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Joyce Grove is a country house Jacobean style manor estate in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England. It is owned by Sue Ryder National Charity which operates its Nettlebed Palliative Care Facility at Joyce Grove at Nettlebed in Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire.〔Staff, "(Nettlebed )", Sue Ryder Organization. Retrieved January 12, 2014.〕 Joyce Grove is located approximately west of London. Completed in 1908,〔The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire By Nikolaus Pevsner Oxfordshire (1974) (with Jennifer Sherwood) Penguin ed. p. 405 ISBN 9780140710458 〕 Joyce Grove Mansion is a large Jacobean style building designed by famous landscape architect Charles Edward Mallows (1864–1915) for Robert Fleming (1845–1933), founder of Robert Fleming and Co. merchant bank. Joyce Grove Mansion is a Grade 2 Listed (protected) Building on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest in the UK.〔http://www.oxfordshirevillages.co.uk/southoxonvillages/nettlebed.html Retrieved January 9, 2014〕 == History == As early as 1637 Joyce Grove, named for Cornet George Joyce, was sold to James Thompson of Wallingford. By 1840, Joyce Grove was registered as a freehold estate of 33 acres belonging to John Toovey. London businessman H. H. Gardiner purchased Joyce Grove estate in 1894. Joyce Grove estate, including a William and Mary style manor house dating from 1725,〔Mackay, Ralph, “From Bonds to James Bond: Reflections on Ian Fleming and his Fictional Hero”, Chumley & Pepys On Books, March 27, 2012, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2014. 〕 was incorporated into the main Nettlebed estate in 1895. In 1903, Robert Fleming purchased the Nettlebed Estate which included 2000 acres, cottages, clayworks, and Joyce Grove estate with its manor house and land. Shortly after purchasing Joyce Grove, Robert Fleming tore down the older manor house and in its place he authorized noted landscape architect Charles Edward Mallows of Bedford and London to build a large Jacobean style house with 44 bedrooms and gardens. The main construction material was red brick with Bath stone dressings. In 1908, the new Joyce Grove mansion and gardens was completed.〔Pevsner, Nikolaus“The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire By Oxfordshire (with Jennifer Sherwood)” Penguin ed. p. 405 (1974) ISBN 9780140710458 〕 The huge building and its grounds provided many jobs for residents of Nettlebed as gardeners, servants, and grooms.〔Staff, "NETTLEBED - A BRIEF HISTORY", http://www.nettlebed.org.uk, Parish Council, http://www.nettlebed.org.uk/nettlebed_history.htm Retrieved January 13, 2014.〕 On November 14, 1913 a fire at Joyce Grove mansion damaged the roof and the mansion was enlarged.〔Staff, "(Turning Back the Pages )", Henley Standard, 18/11/2013. Retrieved January 9, 2014.〕 Robert Fleming's grandson, Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels, spent much of his childhood at Joyce Grove. At Robert Fleming' 〕 who used it as a convalescent home.〔Staff, "(Hospice move to Townlands )", Henley Standard, 21/11/11. Retrieved January 9, 2014〕 By the 1950s, St Mary's Hospital had partnered with Royal Berkshire Hospital to train nurses at Joyce Grove.〔Margaret Mosley, "(A Memorable 'stay' at Joyce Grove - Nettlebed )", Francis Frith. Retrieved January 10, 2014〕 Sue Ryder Charity purchased Joyce Grove mansion and estate from St Mary's〔Publicly sourced, "Sue Ryder Home Joyce Grove",(BBC.co.uk ). British broadcasting company, 1986 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-468000-186000/page/10 ). Retrieved January 9, 2014 〕 and opened Joyce Grove as the Nettlebed Palliative Care Hospice, in 1979.〔Publicly sourced, "Sue Ryder Home Joyce Grove",(BBC.co.uk ). British broadcasting company, 1986 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-468000-186000/page/10 ). Retrieved January 9, 2014 〕 On 13 February 1985, Joyce Grove was designated a Grade II Building in the UK.〔 (http://www.oxfordshirevillages.co.uk/southoxonvillages/nettlebed.html ). Retrieved January 9, 2014 〕 In November 2011 Sue Ryder Charity announced that the hospice was for sale and that they intended to vacate the building in 2013 when palliative care was to be transferred to Townlands Community Hospital in Henley-on-Thames.〔Staff, "Hospice move to Townlands", (www.henleystandard.co.uk ), Henley Standard, 21/11/11, News, (http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=1015204 ). Retrieved January 9, 2014 〕 However, the project was delayed due to the re-structure of the NHS, so the transfer of palliative services are now scheduled to take place in May 2016.〔(Henley Standard article on March 23, 2014, 'Townlands redevelopment finally gets go-ahead', retrieved November 16, 2014. )〕 In December 2014 Sue Ryder announced that they would no longer be moving to 'Townlands' and would continue providing care at Nettlebed Hospice.〔http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=40414〕 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「Joyce Grove」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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