Lanwades Hall and the other historic buildings
Lanwades Hall was completed in 1907 and was built by Mr. J.W. Larnach using the £5,450 winnings from a £500 bet he had placed when his horse Jeddah won the 1898 Derby. The Hall is built in the 16th Century style with prominent red brick chimneys. King Edward VII stayed at Lanwades Hall while attending the Newmarket Races. The Animal Health Trust has owned Lanwades Park since 1948 and it has, since then, been apartments and bedsits before becoming the HQ of the AHT in the 1990’s.
The original entrance to Lanwades Hall is between a pair of similarly constructed mirrored gate lodges. The original wrought iron gates are still there and are operational having had a bit of a facelift in 2010. From these gates there is a ½ mile long lime tree lined driveway to the front of the Hall.
The Stable Block (converted to the Visitors Centre in 1998) was also constructed at the same time as the Hall and comprised stables with hay loft and grooms quarters above. Three ranges were around a court, a wall enclosing the fourth side. The centre range comprised a coach-house for three coaches, with a stable on either side; the wings each had two further stables with haylofts above.
The final historic building on site is the old Gardener’s Cottage which is next door to the Walled Garden. The Walled Garden extends to approximately one acre and used to include an extensive range of nine different heated and unheated glasshouses – sadly these have long since gone.
Please note that neither Lanwades Hall nor the cottages are open to the public.
Jeddah – courtesy of jeddahbloodstock.co.uk
Jeddah’s grave stone