Walkern Hall

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Le château en bref

Walkern Hall is a country house in north-east Hertfordshire, set at the hamlet of Clay End, away from the village of Walkern, in the Beane valley. Known until the 20th century as Clay Hall, it is nothing like a fortress: it is a Georgian and then Regency gentleman's residence, facing west and surrounded by pleasure gardens enclosed by a ha-ha. Its interest lies above all in its setting: it occupies the site of the former manorial deer park of Walkern, recorded as early as the 14th century and long stocked with game. Several of the estate's outbuildings are also protected – stables, walled garden, summerhouse, fountain and well-head – forming a coherent ensemble of an early 19th-century rural estate. The house, listed Grade II, remains private property not open to visitors according to the available information.