Balls Park in Hertford is a Grade I Listed mid-17th-century house. The estate and house are set in over 63 acres of parkland which is listed Grade II on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. The estate and house has been claimed to have been the inspiration for Netherfield in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice, which is set in Hertfordshire.[1][2][3]
- ^ Old Hertfordshire Calendar, Doris Jones-Baker, Phillimore, 1974, p. 263
- ^ Jane Austen's Geographies, Robert Clark, Taylor & Francis, 2017
- ^ "Properties fit for a Jane Austen heroine". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013.