Waterend Barn blue plaque
Overview
Waterend Barn blue plaque is recorded as Blue plaque in England St Albans. This blue commemorative plaque records: Waterend Barn is the more prominent of the two barns separately relocated to this site in St. Albans. It dates from the 17th century and was moved from its original location, the Waterend Estate in Wheathampstead, in the 1930's.
Why it was made
The saved account records: This blue commemorative plaque records: Waterend Barn is the more prominent of the two barns separately relocated to this site in St. Albans.
People and events
The saved account records: JD Wetherspoon acquired the buildings in June 2004 and, following substantial renovations supervised by architects Lawrence Beckingham Field, they were reopened to the public in February 2005
How it worked
The saved account records: It dates from the 17th century and was moved from its original location, the Waterend Estate in Wheathampstead, in the 1930's.
What remains
The saved account records: The other barn is older, dating from the 16th century.
Why it mattered
Waterend Barn blue plaque matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: Waterend Barn is the more prominent of the two barns separately relocated to this site in St. Albans. It dates from the 17th century and was moved from its original location, the Waterend Estate in Wheathampstead, in the 1930's. The other barn is older, dating from the 16th century. It was moved from Little Hormead and annexed to the larger barn in the early 1960's. JD Wetherspoon acquired the buildings in June 2004 and, following substantial renovations supervised by architects Lawrence Beckingham Field, they were reopened to the… The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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