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Athlone House in Highgate, London, England, is an ornate large house in large gardens for industrialist owners from 1870 and 1940. In this time it was in the former county of Middlesex. It is in a state of disrepair and is awaiting restoration by current owners. It was designed by Edward Salomons and John Philpot in an intricate style, particularly as to shape and brickwork, blending Dutch and classical civilisation influences. It lies on the northern edge of elevated Hampstead Heath, from which it can be seen. ==Origine== Edward Brooke built the house in about 1872. Brooke was born in Manchester in 1832.〔England Census of 1861〕 He married in 1857 Jane Emily Alston and had many children. He also owned Pabo Hall in Conwy, Wales which still has his portrait in the hallway. The house he had built is chiefly a mixture of classical architecture and neo-Gothic crenular with a tall dutch gable making up the pinnacle of the façade in front of a multi-turretted tower and with long, narrow Tudor-style chimneys on the left wing. A variety of stone and brick materials is therefore used in appropriate sections and the building can be compared to the generally smaller follies of the time. In 1869 Brooke came from Manchester to London and bought Lord Dufferin’s estate at Highgate. Shortly after, he built Caen Wood Towers on this property.〔North Wales Chronicle (Bangor), 18 October 1890, Issue 3280〕 In 1877 his wife Jane died and in the following year he married Frances Amyand Bellairs, daughter of the Reverend Henry Walford Bellairs.〔The Standard (London) December 24, 1877, p. 1〕 He was a partner in the firm of Brooke, Simpson and Spiller who were aniline dye manufacturers in London. Edward Brooke became Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, for the City of London and for the County of Carnarvon. He was also one of Her Majesty’s Commissioners for the Lieutenancy of the City of London.〔 In 1880 the book entitled “A series of picturesque views of seats of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland” included a coloured engraving of Caen Wood Towers and a descriptive article about Edward Brooke and the house.〔(【引用サイトリンク】page=32 )〕 The coloured engraving is shown on the right and a link to the article is in the reference below. Brooke left Caen Wood Towers in about 1885 and Francis Reckitt and his family came to live in the house.〔UK Census of 1891〕 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「Athlone House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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