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Abbey House Gardens is a country house garden in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, covering 5 acres (20,200 m²). Privately owned, the gardens—but not the house itself—are open to the public seven days a week from late March until late October. It is one of the main tourist attractions in England's oldest town, Malmesbury. == History == Abbey House dates from the 16th century, built on 13th century foundations, with some evidence of a substantial house on the site as early as the 11th century; in the 'basement' there also is a Saxon arch.It has been extensively renovated and extended since, particularly in Tudor times. It was connected to Malmesbury Abbey, next door, and its 'basement' is thought to have been the infirmary of the famous Benedictine abbey. It is a Grade I listed building. In 1539, Malmesbury Abbey was sold by Henry VIII to a local clothier William Stumpe, who also bought the site and lived in it himself. In 1542, he rebuilt the home in the Tudor style, using the foundations of the 13th century Abbot's house; the old section of the house remains mostly unchanged since then. The house and its grounds were handed down through the Stumpe family, which by the time of the English Civil War had married into the Ivey family. The house remained in private hands and was bought by Captain Elliot Scott McKirdy during the 1920s, who enlarged the house, added a nursery wing and servants' quarters, keeping the same exterior style. The house was bought in 1968 by The Deaconness Community of St Andrew, who ran the home as a base for parish ministry and as a home for its elderly Sisters and Guests until 1990. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abbey House Gardens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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