The land upon which the Golden Parsonage sits, was once a part of the King's Langley Priory, having been owned on the Orders behalf by the Prioress of Dartford.

[3] The Golden Parsonage as it now stands is credited to Thomas Halsey (1655-1715),[2] a Tory Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire, having been built in c.

[2] The avenue of Lime Trees was planted by Thomas's son, Henshaw Halsey, a monument for whom stands in St John the Baptish Church in Great Gaddesden, created by Flemish Sculptor John Michael Rysbrack.

[2] Further alterations to the Parsonage would be made in 1869, when Frederick Halsey would build a Billiard room.

With the Halsey family living at Gaddesden Place, the Golden Parsonage was used for other purposes.