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Gopsall (or Gopsall Park) is an area of Crown Estate land in Hinckley and Bosworth, England. It is located between the villages of Appleby Magna, Shackerstone, Twycross and Snarestone. Gopsall is the site of a former Georgian country house that was known as Gopsall Hall. The northern edge of the estate is dissected by the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal and a long distance trail known as the Ivanhoe Way. The area is mostly agricultural and is dotted with privately rented farms. A permissive footpath allows limited access to the public between Little Twycross and Shackerstone. The A444 Ashby to Nuneaton road also leads to a canal wharf on the western edge of the estate. The Estate is part of the Crown Estate, owned by but not private property of the Monarch. ==Gopsall Hall== Gopsall Hall was erected for Charles Jennens around 1750 at a cost of £100,000 (£8,516,000 today). It was long believed to have been designed by John Westley and built by the Hiorns of Warwick, who later added service wings and Rococo interiors. However, later research by John Harris, curator of the RIBA drawings collection suggests that it was designed as well as built by William or David Hiorns. The Hall was set in several hundred acres of land and included two lakes, a walled garden, a Chinese boathouse, a Gothic seat and various garden buildings. In 1818 a grand entrance (modelled on the Arch of Constantine) was added. Queen Adelaide was a frequent visitor to the Hall during her long widowhood. She was popular with the locals, being remembered in many of the surrounding villages. (E.g. The former Queen Adelaide Pub in Appleby Magna, Queen Street, Measham and the Queen Adelaide Oak Tree in Bradgate Park) In 1848 Gopsall Hall was described as follows: By 1952 most of the buildings were demolished. Gopsall Park Farm was built over most of the original site and is not accessible without invitation. The remains include parts of the walled garden, the electricity generating building, an underground reservoir, the tree-lined avenue, the gatehouse and the temple ruins associated with Handel. During the 1920s and 1930s Gopsall hosted a motor racing circuit and part of the woodland is still named “The Race Course”. Notable guests who stayed at the estate included King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra, Queen Adelaide and Winston Churchill. Land around Gopsall was considered as a possible site for East Midlands Airport. Between 1873 and the 1930s Gopsall was served via the Ashby to Nuneaton railway line. The station at Shackerstone is part of a preserved railway and visitor attraction (Battlefield Line Railway). There was a Great Western Railway steam locomotive by the name of "Gopsal Hall". Note the misspelling of the name. File:CS p2.288 - Gopsal Hall, Leicestershire - Morris's County Seats, 1868.jpg|1868 view File:Gopsall North Front.jpg|North Front of Gopsall Hall File:Gopsall-deer.jpg|Deer in Gopsall Park File:Gopsall-gatehouse.jpg|The Gate House at Gopsall Park File:Gopsall Hall and Park.jpg File:Gopsall-chapel.jpg|Chapel at Gopsall Hall Image:Gopsall Temple.jpg|Remains of Gopsall Temple 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「Gopsall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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