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Minsteracres is an 18th-century mansion house, now a Christian retreat centre, in Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II listed building.〔( Keys to the Past )〕 The house was built in 1758 by George Silvertop.〔( English Heritage, Images of England )〕 Originally erected with two storeys, a third storey was added in 1811 and a new North wing was built in 1865.〔 The Silvertops were a Roman Catholic family.〔''Burkes Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of England and Ireland'' (1835) Vol 3 pp300-2 Google Books〕 George Silvertop was in 1831 the first Catholic appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland following the repeal of the penal law.〔''Archaeologia Aeliana'' CH Hunter Blair (1943) p47 and 51 Google Books〕 His nephew Henry Charles Silvertop, High Sheriff in 1859〔 built a Catholic chapel adjoining the hall, and dedicated to St Elizabeth of Hungary in 1854.〔〔 The chapel is a Grade II listed building. The Silvertop family sold the House in 1949 for conversion to a Passionist Monastery. ==References== 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「Minsteracres」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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