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Hilfield Castle, also Hilfield Lodge, is a country estate and house about by road southwest of Aldenham, Hertfordshire, on the outskirts of London. It contains a large reservoir which was built by French prisoners of war in the 1790s, and Elstree Aerodrome is located just to the east and the M1 motorway passes to the west. ==History and description== The castle dates to 1798-99, when it was built by architect Jeffry Wyatt for Hon. George Villiers, brother of the earl of Clarendon. to replace Slys Castle. It is a picturesque Gothic design, and the estate includes numerous cottages, barns and a boathouse on the reservoir. Nikolaus Pevsner notes that it is a "castellated, turreted, and cemented house with a gatehouse complete with portcullis". He also notes that the entrance and south sides are symmetrical and that the conservatory is of "ecclesiastical appearance."〔 The castle is built from brick with a 4-storey central tower "flanked by octagonal turrets to lower 4-storey bays with outer 2-storey bays with a later mansard attic."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hilfield Castle, Bushey )〕 The turrets have slit windows, which are machicolated and crenellated. Of note is the "octagonal Breakfast Room with a vaulted ceiling and a Gothic conservatory." It became a Grade II * listed building on 1 June 1984. It was owned for years by the Jefferis family. It was sold in 1818 by Villiers to John Fam Timins, who died in 1843, when he was succeeded by his son William Raikes Timins. He died in 1866, and was succeeded by his nephew the Rev. Douglas Cartwright Timins, who died in 1872, when Hilfield passed to his son Douglas Theodore, who sold the house and park in 1906 to the late Lord Aldenham. Mr. Timins still holds some of the property, and the house is unoccupied. 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「Hilfield Castle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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