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Gayhurst House (aka Gayhurst Court) is a late-Elizabethan country house at Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire. The earliest house dates from the 1520s. In 1597 it was greatly expanded by William Moulsoe. His son-in-law, Everard Digby, completed the rebuilding, prior to his execution in 1606 for participating in the Gunpowder Plot. The house was subsequently owned by the Wrightes, and latterly the Carringtons. The house was extensively refurbished from 1858 to 1872. During the Second World War a Bombe outstation to the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park was based at Gayhurst House. The Carringtons sold the estate and the house itself was converted into flats. Other estate buildings were developed into houses. It is within the council area of Milton Keynes.
Historic England Grade I Listed 1115951.

Primary Name(s): Gayhurst House
Variant Name(s):  Gayhurst Court
Place Type: Tudor House
Historic County: Buckinghamshire
Lat, Long: 52.107968,-0.76719128
Grid Reference: SP 8452 4623
Civil Parish: Gayhurst CP
Council Area: Milton Keynes CA
Police Area: Thames Valley PA
GBPN ID:  GBPN302008

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