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Watford Court

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South Entrance of Watford Court (you can see the church on the right).And another view of the South Entrance.
"taxes destroyed the Henley estate, most of it being sold off, including Watford Court, the manor house. Within two years [of 1975] this house of some architectural repute had been demolished, to make way for executive homes."
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North (Entrance) - showing remains of one-mile Beech Avenue.Two-storied oriel, springing from large corbel, over four centred main entrance.
My thanks to John Benfield, who took these photographs shortly before the demolition of the house, and who has given me permission to reproduce them here.
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