London - Wealdstone, Harrow - Headstone Manor Tithe Barn - postcard c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  The Tithe Barn, Headstone Manor, Wealdstone [Harrow, London] 
• Publisher: none stated but probably Photo Precision - No. PT7615
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Headstone Manor is a 14th century Grade I listed moated manor house in Harrow, England, and today a part of the Headstone Manor and Museum. Headstone Manor & Museum is a museum of the site itself as well as Harrow more generally. It also hosts a programme of talks, tours, events and family activities for visitors. Headstone Manor & Museum is open Tuesday to Sunday, all year round. Entry to the site and the museum is free.[1]

The land on which Headstone Manor stands is recorded to have belonged to Wulfred, Archbishop of Canterbury in 825 AD. It is located in Headstone, in the London Borough of Harrow.[2]

Headstone Manor

Still in ecclesiastical ownership, the construction of the Manor House began around 1310, as revealed by dendochronological dating of the building’s oldest timbers.[3] Archbishop John Stratford purchased more land around the house in 1344 and used it as his main residence in Middlesex.[3]

Headstone Manor remained the property of the Archbishops of Canterbury until the Reformation, when in 1546 it was surrendered to Henry VIII by Thomas Cranmer. Henry VIII was ‘Lord of the Manor of Headstone’ for six days, before selling the property to Edward North, a court favourite.[2] During the 16th century it appears that parts of the manor were demolished and extended, including the great hall and the high end.[3]

In 1631 the house belonged to Francis Rewse and family, who panelled part of the great hall and built a rear extension. The house was sold in 1649 to William Williams, who built a substantial new wing, including cellars, bedrooms and a pantry. In the 1770s another wing was built, and a brick façade. At some point in the 17th or 18th century, the building was converted to a farmhouse.[3]

Headstone Manor eventually fell into a state of disrepair, and much of its surrounding land was sold off in the 19th & 20th centuries for the development that surrounds it today. In 1925. Hendon Rural District Council bought the site to create what is now Headstone Recreation Ground.

Following local government reorganisation in 1968 responsibility for Headstone Manor fell to the newly created London Borough of Harrow. After further years of increasing dilapidation, local people campaigned and volunteered to turn the site into a Museum for Harrow, which officially opened in 1986. Following a Heritage Lottery Funded regeneration of the site the Museum reopened in 2017. [2]