Childwickbury — Attraction in Dacorum

Lovely bit of countryside for a stroll with a picturesque village and a beautiful Manor house. The Lomax family bought the house in 1666 and lived there until 1854 when Joshua Lomax sold it to Henry Hayman Toulmin, a wealthy ship owner, High Sheriff of Hertfordshire and mayor of St Albans. Toulmin left the property to Sir John Blundell Maple around 20 years later. Sir John Blundell Maple, 1st Baronet bred and raced thoroughbreds and built Childwickbury Stud into a very successful horse breeding operation. Another prominent racehorse owner, Jack Barnato Joel, bought the estate including the stud farm in 1906. On his death in 1940, his son Jim Joel took over the operation. He too became a successful racehorse owner and breeder and maintained the property until 1978 when the stud and the manor were sold separately. Film director Stanley Kubrick bought the manor in 1978. He used the estate as both a home and a nerve centre for his film productions. He lived there until his death in 1999 and is interred in its grounds together with his eldest daughter Anya Kubrick, who died in 2009. His widow, Christiane, still lives in the...

An excellent place to spend a few hours. And if you're a movie buff, you'll know that this is the former home of director Stanley Kubrick. Indeed both he and his daughter are buried with the grounds. His widow still resides in the...

Would derail day out to a lovely stately home. Very nicely kept and made for an excellent venue for a Christmas market...