Ayot St Lawrence

Ayot St Lawrence

infobox UK place

country = England
latitude=51.83434
longitude=-0.26709
official_name= Ayot St Lawrence
population =
shire_district= Welwyn Hatfield
shire_county = Hertfordshire
region= East of England

constituency_westminster= Welwyn Hatfield
post_town= WELWYN
postcode_district = AL6
postcode_area= AL
dial_code= 01707
os_grid_reference= TL195165

Ayot St Lawrence is a small village in Hertfordshire, between Harpenden and Welwyn. There are several other "Ayots" in the area, including Ayot Green and Ayot St Peter.

George Bernard Shaw lived in the village, at Shaw's Corner, from 1906 until his death in 1950. The house is open to the public as a National Trust property.

Another resident of the village was the Shaws' friend, neighbour and bibliographer Stephen Winsten and his wife Claire Winsten.

The village has one pub, the Brocket Arms [http://www.brocketarms.com/] , which is reputed to be haunted.

The village has two churches. The old one, in the centre of the village, was partially demolished in 1775, because it was obstructing the view from Sir Lionel Lyde's new home.


The new St Lawrence church was designed in a neo-classical style by Nicholas Revett and features a Palladian-style frontage with Doric columns.


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