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Buckland House is a large Georgian stately home and the manor house of Buckland in the Oxfordshire, England (formerly in Berkshire). It is a masterpiece of Palladian architecture erected by John Wood, the Younger for Sir Robert Throckmorton in 1757. Buckland House stands with extensive grounds known as Buckland Park, which includes gardens, a cricket ground and a deer park.〔 The previous manor house, Buckland Manor House, also stands in the park. Buckland House is a Grade II * listed building〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/sites/buckland.htm ) 〕 in the Palladian style.〔 Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "the most splendid Georgian house in the Country", It is rumoured that a ghost of a white lady haunts the house. ==Owners== In the mid-1750s Sir Robert Throckmorton had Buckland House build to replace his previous manor house. Following his death in 1791, Sir John Courtenay Throckmorton inherited the estate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/component/option,com_parksandgardens/task,site/id,615/Itemid,292/ )〕 Between 1870-1872, it was said the house had relics of Mary, Queen of Scots and Charles I, some other curiosities and some fine pictures.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/gaztext_page.jsp?u_id=10201548&c_id=10001043 )〕 Sir Maurice and Lady Fitzgerald took over the property from the Throckmortons and lived there until 1947. Visitors to the house during the Fitzgeralds' tenure included Winston Churchill and Queen Mary, who had objets d'art stored in the basement during World War II. Buckland House then passed to Major Richard Wellesley, grandson of Lady Fitzgerald.〔 In 1962 Major Richard Wellesley advertised Buckland House in ''The Times'' for ''"£8 a week"''. In 1963, it became an independent university college (University Hall, Buckland) offering London External degrees. In 2004, motorcar driver Paddy McNally bought Buckland House and began a major restoration to its former glory. 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「Buckland House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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