Mary Gardner

HISTORICAL NOTE: Jenningsbury is recorded as a moated homestead, with much of the moat still extant enclosing 4 acres, with the former manor farmhouse and yard in the centre. The manor was held by the Earl of Pembroke in 1303, the Gardiner family in C16, succeeded by the Dunsters who held it until 1791, when the farm was sold to George Townshend, Earl of Leicester, to become the home farm for Balls Park, and the Faudel-Phillips. The north-east elevation indicates the provenance of the early C20 alterations. To the north of the house is a long red brick garden wall listed separately, (qv). (Victoria History of the Counties of England: Hertfordshire: London: 1902-1912: 410-1; Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England): An Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Hertfordshire: London: 1910-: 113). https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1268863