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Broomfield ParkA large park with vast green space behind it. Also has tennis and basketball courts and crazy golf which is open in the summer. In the middle of the park is Broomfield House which was destroyed in an electrical fire many years ago. Debates still rage over its future. History of Broomfield ParkBroomfield Lodge is said to have been built as a hunting lodge for James I in the 16th century but it has been changed many times over the years.. In Elizabethan times it belonged to Sir John Spencer.By 1624 there are records of a big house 'with 14 hearths' belonging to a City merchant, Joseph Jackson. Jackson improved and enlarged both house and estate in the early 18th century probably including the formal gardens to the west. The formal garden, ponds and house are enclosed by red brick walls which date from the 16th century and 18th century. In 1773 Mary Jackson inherited the house.On her death in 1811 she left it to Louise Powys and her husband Henry Phillip Powys of Hardwick House, Buckinghamshire. The Powys family owned Broomfield until 1902, living there until 1858 after which it was let to a series of tenants, including the barrister Sir Ralph Little. In 1901 most of the land was sold for building. In 1902 the house and 54 acres of its grounds were purchased by Southgate Urban District Council and opened to the public in 1903. The oldest part of the house is about 200 years old. Facilities
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