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Kingscote Park (formerly Kingscote Cottage) is a grade II listed house and country estate in Kingscote, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. The original Kingscote Park was demolished in 1951. Both houses formed part of the manor of Kingscote which was held by the Kingscote family from the 12th century and is mentioned in the Domesday Book as 'Chingescote'. ==The original house== It was owned by Anthony Kingscote, whose daughter Catherine married Edward Jenner on 6 March 1788.〔(Image of the inscription in the porch of Kingscote church at Geograph )〕 The couple met in the grounds of the manor house when a balloon that Edward Jenner was experimenting with landed in the park. In April 1829, the grounds were described in ''The Gardener's Magazine'' as 'A fine place; the pleasure-grounds extensive, and within the last five years greatly improved'. In 1914, Frank Henry, writing of Colonel Sir Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote, who owned Kingscote Park until his death in 1906, describes 'one of the finest racecourses in England' being in the estate grounds, 'although it has not been used for that purpose since 1825'. Also, of 'a secluded dell in the Park' where 'many prize fights were contested'. In 1915, the house was described as 'a large and handsome building of stone, in a well-wooded park of about 300 acres'. The owner was Nigel Richard Fitzhardinge Kingscote, of 4 Southwich Crescent, Hyde Park, but the estate was leased to John Jameson Cairness, who resided there. Following the Second World War the house was neglected and fell into disrepair. In was demolished in 1951,〔 with building materials being re-used in new buildings in the Kingscote area.〔 The stables, built in 1862,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Kingscote Park, Nr Tetbury, England )〕 and former coach house remain and are grade II listed. The former walled garden is now part of a small housing development.〔 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「Kingscote Park, Gloucestershire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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