Bentley Priory

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country house former military headquarters historic house museum

Bentley Priory is a historic estate in Stanmore, London, best known as the headquarters of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain in World War II.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Bentley Priory canonical	6
Bentley Priory Museum	3
Bentley Priory (temporary use)	1
Bentley Priory Nature Reserve	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country house ⓘ former military headquarters ⓘ historic house ⓘ museum ⓘ
architect	Sir John Soane ⓘ
architecturalStyle	neoclassical architecture ⓘ
commandedFrom	RAF Fighter Command headquarters ⓘ
convertedTo	museum and residential development ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse	museum ⓘ residential apartments ⓘ
formerOwner	Marquess of Abercorn ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Viscount Abercorn ⓘ
hasCategory	Country houses in London ⓘ Grade II* listed houses in London ⓘ Headquarters of military organizations ⓘ Military and war museums in London ⓘ Royal Air Force stations in London ⓘ World War II museums in the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasExhibition	Battle of Britain exhibitions ⓘ
hasFunction	education about the Battle of Britain ⓘ preservation of RAF Fighter Command heritage ⓘ
hasMemorial	museum of the Battle of Britain ⓘ surface form: Battle of Britain memorials
hasPark	Bentley Priory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bentley Priory Nature Reserve
hasPart	Bentley Priory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bentley Priory Museum
hasVisitorAttraction	Bentley Priory Museum tours ⓘ
heritageStatus	Grade II* listed building ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London London Borough of Harrow ⓘ London Borough of Harrow ⓘ surface form: Stanmore United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNear	London Borough of Harrow ⓘ surface form: Harrow Stanmore Common ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ surface form: RAF Fighter Command
notableFor	development of the Dowding System of air defence ⓘ role in the Battle of Britain ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operator	Royal Air Force ⓘ
roleDuringWorldWarII	command and control centre for air defence of the United Kingdom ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Britain ⓘ
significantPeriod	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
usedAs	RAF Bentley Priory ⓘ surface form: Royal Air Force station headquarters of RAF Fighter Command ⓘ museum of the Battle of Britain ⓘ
usedBy	Hugh Dowding ⓘ surface form: Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding
usedUntil	late 20th century as RAF station ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Britain → RAFFighterCommandHeadquarters → Bentley Priory ⓘ

Dowding system → headquarters → Bentley Priory ⓘ

Bentley Priory → hasPart → Bentley Priory self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bentley Priory Museum

Bentley Priory → hasPark → Bentley Priory self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bentley Priory Nature Reserve

RAF Bentley Priory → namedAfter → Bentley Priory ⓘ

RAF Bentley Priory → currentUse → Bentley Priory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bentley Priory Museum

RAF Bentley Priory → hasVisitorAttraction → Bentley Priory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bentley Priory Museum

RAF Coastal Command → headquartersLocation → Bentley Priory ⓘ

Bentley Priory Nature Reserve → adjacentTo → Bentley Priory ⓘ

Stanmore → hasHistoricalSite → Bentley Priory ⓘ

RAF Bomber Command headquarters → previousLocation → Bentley Priory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bentley Priory (temporary use)