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We are the only surveying company that we know of that asks the owner / vendor to complete and sign a questionnaire about the building being surveyed and who also have a chat with the owner / vendor about the property to find out if there are any issues or problems with the property that we feel we should bring to the attention of our client.

Facts and places of interest in and around Berkhamsted

Interesting Facts about Berkhamsted

• Many important and famous people including royalty stayed at Berkhamsted Castle Thomas a Becket once lived in the castle and The Black Prince lived there at one point. Geoffrey Chaucer also lived here.

• Berkhamsted was well known in years gone by for trading wool.

• Hertfordshire has vineyards producing local wines and Frithsden Vines is only a few miles to the north of Berkhamsted.

• Berkhamsted School was founded in 1541. Writer of hymns and poetry, William Cowper, was born in the Berkhamsted Rectory, less than two hundred years before Graham Greene was born at Berkhamsted School.

• In 1731 the writer of hymns and poetry, William Cowper ,was born at the Berkhamsted Rectory. A window is dedicated to his memory in the 13th century Church of St Peter.

• The town centre has a street market every Saturday.

• The Duke of Bridgewater, known as the 'Father of Inland Navigation', lived on the hill at Ashridge.
  

   

Places of Interest in and around Berkhamsted

Berkhamsted Castle

Not much is left of Berkhamsted Castle which was once considered a very important castle as it is the place where William the Conqueror accepted the surrender of the Saxons following King Harold's defeat at Hastings . It was at this very castle that William was declared King of England. You can view the remains of this romantic Norman motte and bailey castle, with its unique double, inner and outer, moats. The castle is run by English Heritage and open all year round.

Chenies Manor House

Chenies Manor House was built circa 1460 by Sir John Cheyne and displays furniture from this period and tapestries. The house and beautiful gardens, which have a Physic garden and a sunken garden, are open to the public during the summer.

Old Gorhambury House, St Albans

Old Gorhambury House was built in 1563-1568 by Queen Elizabeth I's Lord Keeper, Sir Nicholas Bacon. Now all that is left is the remains of this once huge mansion. The extravagantly two storey porch has survived along with parts of the hall, clock tower and chapel.

The Natural History Museum , Tring

The Natural History Museum was the private collection of Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild the 2nd Baron Rothschild. The museum has over 4,000 species of animals on display from all over the world all within a unique Victorian setting with the fantastic high-ceilinged rooms and glass cases you can get up close to this amazing collection, which includes many rare and extinct species, including all sorts of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, domestic dogs and even dressed fleas.

The Rothschild family gifted the entire Museum and its collections to the nation in 1937.

Ashridge Estate

Ashridge Estate is a large area of open countryside and mature woods set on the edge of the Chilterns Hills running across the borders of Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. There are some lovely walks here and a much wildlife to see, for instance the fallow and muntjac deer. You may even spot a red kite!

There are fantastic views from the 108 feet tall Duke of Bridgewater Monument and Ivinghoe Beacon.

The Duke of Bridgewater Monument was erected in 1831 in memory of canal pioneer, 3 rd Duke of Bridgewater. You can climb the 172 steps to the top.

Gadebridge Park

Gadebridge Park runs from Hemel Hempstead Town Centre along the Gade Valley towards Piccotts End on either side of the Leighton Buzzard Road . There is a big children's playground with a paddling pool, crazy golf, croquet, giant chess and petanque.

Lowndes Park

Lowndes Park is situated in the centre of Chesham with a nice lake with geese and ducks.

Tring Park

Ting Park is the setting for Rothschild's mansion which was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. The parkland was bought by the council for the people of the town and is a great place for walks as there is around 300 acres to explore.

If you are interested in buying a residential property in Berkhamsted or taking a lease on a commercial property in Berkhamsted then we would be pleased to offer you our professional services. As Chartered Surveyors we provide building Surveys, structural surveys, engineer's reports, homebuyers reports as well as schedule of conditions, commercial building surveys, feasibility studies etc all carried out by independent Chartered Surveyors. We would always recommend that you have a survey carried out on a property you intend to purchase in Berkhamsted and the surrounding area.

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