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Surya Hotels has announced the start of a £25 million restoration project for Theobalds Park, the Grade II listed Georgian mansion, which was once the home of Lady Valerie Meux until 1910. The house is set within 55 acres of Hertfordshire parkland and is just 10 miles north of Central London and minutes from the M25. The house was converted into a hotel in the 1990s and previously owned by the De Vere Group. The property was most recently operated by Birch, which closed the s

Does art speak to you? If so, what does it say? And what would James McNeill Whistler’s   1881’s Harmony in Pink and Grey (Portrait of...

The Stuyvesant Theatre, New York, 1909. Here was a special room. To some, it was an office or study, to others, a workshop. This was the...

A feud sparked by troublesome ghosts, non-payment of rent, and an international legal battle that ranged from London to Paris before...

Many thanks to Axis , the monthly magazine for eastern Hertfordshire and its borders, for the coverage of Spice of the Devil: The...

This is the plaque that marks the site of Temple Bar when it was the gateway to Theobald's Park, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire. It can be...

Whitewebbs House, now a Toby Carvery The felling of an ancient oak tree has catapulted Whitewebbs Park, Enfield, North London, once owned...

One of Lady Meux's hybrid zebras bred at Theobalds Park. Photograph: The Pennycuik Experiments by James Cossat Ewart The internet is...

Newspaper columnist Frederick Cunliffe-Owen La Marquise de Fontenoy figures frequently throughout  Spice of the Devil: The Outrageous...

This is the Imperial Union Club, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, a gift to the working men of the town and neighbouring Enfield from Lady...

If you have a few minutes to spare - 18 minutes 45 seconds to be precise - you may find this interesting. Click HERE . Spice of the...

Lady Valerie Meux , of Theobald’s Park, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, the banjo-playing barmaid, the showgirl with a dubious reputation...

Now this is a real treasure, an Egyptian-style letterbox that once belonged to Lady Valerie Meux and was kept in her museum at...

Temple Bar in 1895. Image: The Guildhall Library (Corporation of London) In 2004, Temple Bar – the ancient western gateway to the City of...

December 2020. We are in the dark days of Covid and Lady Valerie Meux leaps back into the limelight when a shotgun which once belonged...

Well, this is slightly surreal. American artist James McNeill Whistler's 1881 portrait of Lady Valerie Meux is brought to 'life' thanks...

Cedar's Park and Theobald's Park were once one and the same. Take this fascinating drone flight and see how time has changed the...

The Hertfordshire Mercury, Thursday, 6th March 2025

This is the spectacular carved oak Elizabethan staircase once graced the old Theobald's Palace in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, the...

Theobalds Park Lady Valerie Meux’s home, The Theobalds Park, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, has been bought by Surya Hotels for £12.5...