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Crowe Hall is a Georgian house in the Widcombe area of Bath, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II listed building, and the gardens are on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.〔 It was built around 1780 for Brigadier Crowe. It has had a succession of owners since who each adapted and renovated the building. A serious fire in 1926 destroyed a lot of the fabric of the building and further restoration was required. The house is surrounded by several hectares of sloping gardens, below Prior Park, which are terraced and include a rock garden and grotto. ==History== The fabric of the current house dates from around 1780 on the site of an earlier building of 1742. The front of the house was rebuilt in the early 19th century.〔 The house was built by Brigadier Crowe. From 1805 until 1919 it was owned by the Tugwell family.〔 George Hayward Tugwell, the mayor of Bath, having reconstructed the house around 1810.〔 It was then bought by Major Maconochie who made profit from supplying tinned food as food rations for British soldiers in the field during the Boer War〔Maurice Harold Grant, ''History of the war in South Africa, 1899-1902., Vol.4.'' London: Hurst and Blackett, 1910. pg. 567.〕 and in front-line trenches during World War I.〔 The interior was restructured after a major fire in 1926,〔 which completely destroyed the conservatory and much of the back of the house. The work by the architect A. Blomfield Jackson maintained the neo-Georgian appearance. In 1961 it was bought by Sir Sydney Barratt and inherited by his descendants until it was sold in 2010.〔 The furniture books and glassware from the house were sold in a series of auctions. 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「Crowe Hall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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