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Baylis House (Grade I Listing)
Includes Forecourt Walls and Pavilions adjoining to North East
Block and Godolphin Court, approx. 40 metres to North of Baylis House.

Location: Baylis House, Stoke Poges Lane, Slough

Baylis House was built by Dr Gregory Hascard, Dean of Windsor in 1696, later bought by Dr Henry Godolphin, Provost of Eton. The house remained in the Osborne family until it passed by marriage to the Dukes of Leeds.
It was leased by various tenants until it became a Roman Catholic School in 1830, run by the Butt family.

It became a hotel in 1923, when the swimming pool was constructed. Slough Borough Council bought Baylis House in 1939

During the Second World War it was used for various official services and then as a meeting place for local clubs and organisations..
In 1954 the property was leased to Urwick Management Centre.

In 1996 it was leased to Towry Law.
Today Baylis House Ltd. offers Banqueting and Conference Centre facilities with Offices and Residential accommodation, in Godolphin Court.

Reference -
The History of Slough by Maxwell Fraser 1973. Slough Corporation
The Changing Face of Slough. Published in Association with the Slough Museum by Breedon Books Publishing 2003.
The General Manager, Baylis House Ltd. Stoke Poges Lane Slough. SL1 3PD

Baylis house

Godolphin Court, in the grounds at Baylis house c. 2006
© Rip Hunter

Photograph of the Godolphin family crest on the gates of Baylis House c.1959

Photograph of the Godolphin family crest on the gates of Baylis House c.1959
© The Greville Organisation Ltd

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