Edgware, George V Memorial Gardens, Canon's Park c.1955
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E126020
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Originally owned by the Priory of St Bartholomew The Great, the estate was acquired in 1709 by James Brydges, later Duke of Chandos. Here he created one of London's great houses. After the Duke's death the estate was sold and the house demolished; various features were salvaged and dispersed, mainly over southern England. The present building on its site, now the North London Collegiate School, dates from 1910, and it is difficult to say with absolute certainty whether any of the original fabric is incorporated in the structure. Handel was Kapellmeister here between 1717 and 1719, and wrote the eleven Chandos Anthems for his patron. He is said to have played the organ at one of the most amazing churches in Greater London, St Lawrence, Whitchurch Lane. Two walled gardens that once belonged to the house survive, including the Memorial Gardens, which were laid out in 1938.
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