Everything about Putteridge Bury totally explained
Putteridge Bury is a
country house on the edge of the built-up area of
Luton,
Bedfordshire,
England but actually over the county boundary in the parish of
Offley in
Hertfordshire.
Mansion
The mansion was built in the style of
Chequers by architects Sir
Ernest George and Alfred Yeats and completed in 1911. The grounds were redesigned by
Edwin L Lutyens, soon to be recognised as the foremost architect of the era, and planted by
Gertrude Jekyll, one of the first lady Victorian gardeners. Particular features are the reflective pool and massive
yew hedges.
Queen Mary and
King George V often visited Putteridge Bury with the
Prince of Wales and on
1 December 1926 the King planted an
oak tree in the lawn to the south of the house.
History
In 1965 it was acquired by Luton Borough Council and opened as Putteridge Bury College of Education in 1966.
Following Government cutbacks during the 1970s Putteridge Bury ended its brief life as a teacher training centre and was merged with Luton Technical College to become the Luton College of Higher Education, in September 1978.
From 1985 the function rooms were gradually renovated to their original splendour and to conference centre standards.
The unused gymnasium was converted to a learning resources centre.
Luton Technical College became the University of Luton in 1993, and remains
University of Bedfordshire property after the merger with the Bedford campus of De Montfort University in August 2006.
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