Stocks House | |
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Former names | La Stok |
General information | |
Type | English country house |
Architectural style | Neoclassical |
Town or city | Aldbury, Hertfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°48′38″N 0°36′20″W / 51.81056°N 0.60556°W |
Completed | 1773 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Stocks House |
Designated | 21 May 1973 |
Reference no. | 1078055 |
Stocks Manor House is a large Georgian mansion, built in 1773.[1] It is the largest property in the village of Aldbury, Hertfordshire. Stocks House and its manorial farm is an 182-acre (0.74 km2) estate surrounded by 10,000 acres (40 km2) of National Trust Ashridge Forest and the Chiltern Hills.
It takes its name from the old famous stocks of the medieval village of Aldbury just down the road.