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''Not to be confused with the Ashcombe House in Wiltshire occupied by Madonna and Guy Ritchie.'' Ashcombe House at Swainswick, north-east of Bath in Somerset, England is a Gothic revival country house. It is a Grade II listed building. Ashcombe House stands on the slopes of the Lam Valley in of grounds. It dates from the early nineteenth century, and was altered in the late nineteenth century. It started life as a hunting lodge, and there are the remains of the former kennels in the grounds. The 1900 1:10,560 scale (6 inch) Ordnance Survey map〔http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/maps/os62htm/0809.htm〕 shows the building was known at that time as Ashcombe Farm, with Ashcombe Wood lying to the north-east of it. The house has a rear wing constructed from a converted coach house and stables, and has nine bedrooms and six reception rooms, including a Georgian ballroom. The house was on the market in 2003 for £1.6 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Images of England )〕〔''Western Daily Press'', 2003 house sale details〕 Ashcombe House is the family home of Barbara and Michael James. Musician Peter Gabriel rented the property between 1978 and 1987 as his family home and converted the house's barn into his home studio, where he recorded three of his albums: his 1982 album ''Peter Gabriel'', commonly known as ''4'' (or as ''Security'' in the US);〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Synergy-emusic.com )〕 the soundtrack for the film ''Birdy'', which he recorded between October and December 1984; and his album ''So'', recorded in 1985 and released in 1986. The track ''My Secret Place'' from the Joni Mitchell album ''Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm'' was also recorded at Gabriel's studios at Ashcombe House in 1986. The studio was destroyed in a fire and is now a workshop. == References == 〔 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「Ashcombe House, Somerset」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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