Farm Hall, Godmanchester, 1961

Farm Hall, 24 West Street, Godmanchester

History of Farm Hall

Listed Building

Mid C18. Dated 1746 on a brick.

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Farm Hall was rebuilt in 1746 for Charles Clarke the Recorder of Huntingdon.

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After VE Day, ten German scientists, including Werner Heisenberg and Otto Hahn, who had been working on the development of atomic weapons were brought to England. They were to be isolated so that no notion of an atomic weapon would leak out. They were housed at Farm Hall, a property owned by MI6.

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A later owner Dr Echenique found extensive listening devices under the floorboards of the house.