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1320s Read Article

Land held by Hatfield Broad Oak Priory under Benedictine monks

Down Hall Hotel From Medieval Priory Lands to Victorian Mansion: The Layered History of Down Hall

1667 Read Article

Foundation stone laid for the farmhouse building, now visible in Cromwell's Bar fireplace

Cromwell Hotel From Cromwell's Spymaster to Haunted Hotel: The History of The Cromwell in Stevenage

1668 Read Article

John Thurloe, former Secretary of State and spymaster to Oliver Cromwell, dies at his estate

Cromwell Hotel From Cromwell's Spymaster to Haunted Hotel: The History of The Cromwell in Stevenage

c.1720 Read Article

Park designed by royal gardener Charles Bridgeman

Down Hall Hotel From Medieval Priory Lands to Victorian Mansion: The Layered History of Down Hall

1871-1873 Read Article

House substantially rebuilt in Italianate style by architect F. P. Cockerell

Down Hall Hotel From Medieval Priory Lands to Victorian Mansion: The Layered History of Down Hall

1914-1918 Read Article

Mansion requisitioned and converted into a military hospital during WWI

Down Hall Hotel From Medieval Priory Lands to Victorian Mansion: The Layered History of Down Hall

1925 Read Article

The property is established as The Cromwell Hotel, opening to travellers

Cromwell Hotel From Cromwell's Spymaster to Haunted Hotel: The History of The Cromwell in Stevenage

1930s Read Article

Building converted into a girls' boarding school

Down Hall Hotel From Medieval Priory Lands to Victorian Mansion: The Layered History of Down Hall

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From Cromwell's Spymaster to Haunted Hotel: The History of The Cromwell in Stevenage

Cromwell Hotel

📍 Stevenage, Hertfordshire

hotel history

The Cromwell Hotel in Stevenage traces its origins to a 17th-century farmhouse once owned by Oliver Cromwell's chief spymaster, John Thurloe. The building's transformation from agricultural estate to coaching inn to modern hotel spans over 350 years of English history.

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From Medieval Priory Lands to Victorian Mansion: The Layered History of Down Hall

Down Hall Hotel

📍 Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire

hotel history

Down Hall's history stretches back to the fourteenth century when Benedictine monks held the land. The current Italianate mansion, rebuilt in the 1870s, has served as a wartime hospital and a girls' school before becoming a luxury hotel.

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