Central Entrance Block to Bentley Priory
CENTRAL ENTRANCE BLOCK TO BENTLEY PRIORY, THE COMMON
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1358638
- Date first listed:
- 25-May-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Central Entrance Block to Bentley Priory
- Statutory Address:
- CENTRAL ENTRANCE BLOCK TO BENTLEY PRIORY, THE COMMON
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1358638
- Date first listed:
- 25-May-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Central Entrance Block to Bentley Priory
- Statutory Address 1:
- CENTRAL ENTRANCE BLOCK TO BENTLEY PRIORY, THE COMMON
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CENTRAL ENTRANCE BLOCK TO BENTLEY PRIORY, THE COMMON
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Harrow (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 15473 93279
Details
THE COMMON 1. 5016 Stanmore Central entrance block to Bentley Priory TQ 19 SE 2/5
II*
2. By Sir John Soane, 1789-90. Enlargement by Robert Smirke 1810-18. Entrance lobby, long drawing room and circular boudoir are probably the only parts by Soane in anything like their original condition. The external facades are quite changed by iron balconies and other C19 additions. Some fragments of older work remain. The house was, for the last year and a half of her life, the home of the Dowager Queen Adelaide, who died here in 1849. It was also the home of the Marquesses of Abercorn and Lord Aberdeen in C19. Gutted by fire 1979. Of historical interest as the headquarters of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain and until 1968. (DRUETT, W W "Stanmore and Harrow Weald Through the Ages" 1938 pages 130 to 137; IREMONGER, Lucille "Lord Aberdeen" 1978 pages 25 and 26).
Listing NGR: TQ1547393279
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 202024
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Iremonger, L, Lord Aberdeen, (1978), 25-6
Druett, W W, Stanmore and Harrow Weald Through the Ages, (1938), 130-7
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 06-Jun-2026 at 14:27:04.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.