An 1829 engraving of the first house (demolished) from "Neale's Views of Seats"
Earlier Houses: There have been three houses here. The first King's Walden Bury, probably an Elizabethan house (see "Images" section), was replaced in the late 19th century by a neo-Elizabethan style house (the second house), which was itself replaced, 1969-71, by the current (third) house, a neo-Georgian house of five bays by two stories with arched windows and two-bay wings.
Comments: "Country Life" magazine called the third Kings Walden Bury "one of the most handsome Classical country houses built after the Second World War..." Pevsner's "Hertfordshire" calls the new house a "sumptuous neo-Georgian mansion."
Architect: Raymond Charles Erith
Date: 1969-71Architect: John Quinlan Terry
Date: 1969-71John Preston (J.P.) Neale, published under the title of Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, among other titles: 2.S. Vol. V, 1829.
Country Life: CLIV, 858, 974, 1973.
Title: English Houses, 1200-1800: The Hertfordshire Evidence
Author: Smith, J.T.
Year Published: 1992
Reference: pg. 123
Publisher: London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office
ISBN: 0113000375
Book Type: Softback
Title: Country Life (magazine)
Author: NA
Year Published: NA
Reference: Feb 7, 2002, pg. 49
Publisher: London: Future plc
ISBN: NA
Book Type: Magazine
Title: Buildings of England: Hertfordshire, The
Author: Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget
Year Published: 2000
Publisher: London: Penguin Books
ISBN: 0140710078
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Not Listed
Park Listed: Not Listed
Current Seat / Home of: Sir Thomas Henry Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington, 14th Bt.
Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT EARLIER HOUSES: Richard Hale, 16th century; Sir Bernard Hale, Knight, 18th century; George William Hale, 19th century.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No