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St Fagans Castle is an Elizabeth mansion in St Fagans, Cardiff, Wales, dating from the late 16th century. The house and remaining medieval fortifications are Grade I listed. The grounds of St Fagans Castle now contain St Fagans National History Museum. ==History== A medieval castle dating from the 13th century previously existed on the site. By 1536 it lay in ruins. By 1563 the site had been sold to a Dr John Gibbon. A new house was built on the site either by Gibbon or by Nicholas Herbert, who bought the site from Gibbon in 1586.〔(St Fagans Castle ), Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 2013-09-12.〕 Part of the D-shaped medieval boundary fortifications remain, forming a wall around the current house. Sir Edward Lewis of The Van, Caerphilly, bought the house in 1616 and the interior dates partly from then and partly from after 1850, when it became the summer residence of Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth and his family. The sequence of terraces in the gardens was created for the Windsor-Clives in 1865–6 and extended in the early 20th century. The house became a convalescence hospital for soldiers during World War I, with the banqueting hall containing a ward of 40 beds.〔("St Fagans 'hidden' gems give World War I insight" ), BBC News, 21 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-12.〕 In 1947 the Windsor-Clives gave the house and grounds to the National Museum of Wales and the grounds subsequently became the site of the Welsh Folk Museum, now St Fagans National History Museum. St Fagans Castle became a Grade I listed building in 1977.〔 The lead water cistern in the courtyard of the castle is Grade II * listed,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lead Cistern in the east forecourt of St Fagans Castle, St Fagans )〕 while a number of features in the gardens are listed as Grade II.〔 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「St Fagans Castle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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