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Barrells Hall is a small stately home in the Warwickshire countyside near Henley-in-Arden. The nearest village is Ullenhall, which for many years was the estate village, large parts of it having been built by the owners of Barrells Hall, the Newtons of Glencripesdale Estate. An adjacent house named Barrells Park was built in about 1950 on part of the Barrells estate. == History == The earliest mention of Barrels (as it was spelled at that time) was a reference to a Richard Barel in 1405. In 1554 the estate was purchased by Robert Knight of Beoley and remained in the Knight family until 1856. An inventory taken in 1652 shows that it was an ordinary farmhouse, though a Knight appeared in the 1682 visitation of Warwick. When Henrietta St John was banished to Barrells in 1736 (see below) it was still much the same and in very bad condition. On Henrietta’s death her husband, then Lord Catherlough, rebuilt large parts of it. When Catherlough’s son married in 1791 he commissioned the noted Italian architect Joseph Bonomi the Elder to build an imposing extension, which became the main house at this time.〔"Drawn to Entice" by Peter Meadows. Country Life Magazine 28 April 1988〕 The Newtons, a wealthy local family bought the Barrells Park estate in 1856,〔(A Brief History of Ullenhall )〕 and soon after enlarged the property again, adding a servants wing, Winter Garden entrance and various other features. The house was the victim of a serious fire in March 1935.〔The Birmingham Post, Wednesday 6 March 1935〕 It slowly fell into ruin over the next 65 years, before being extensively restored in 2006.〔(Mansion to be restored ) Birmingham Mail, 29 March 2001〕 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「Barrells Hall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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