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The Homestead is a nine-bedroom Georgian house in the conservation area of Spondon, Derby, England. It is Grade I listed. == History == The Homestead was originally known as ''Homeside'',〔(Homestead website archive. ) Retrieved 15 February 2012.〕 and was built for local tanner John Anthill between 1710〔 and 1736,〔(Spondon Online. ) Retrieved 15 February 2012.〕 although the only certain date is a rainwater head marked 1740. It is similar in style to contemporary houses in the area designed by Francis Smith of Warwick,〔 but because of peculiar proportioning, it is thought that it is actually a copy by a more local builder.〔Maxwell Craven (November 1997). "The Homestead". ''Derbyshire Life'' 62 (11) pp55-58.〕 It was listed in 1967 on the Register of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, and is currently Grade I,〔(British Listed Buildings. ) Retrieved 15 February 2012.〕 meaning it is of exceptional interest.〔(Principles of Selection for Listing Buildings. ) Retrieved 16 February 2012.〕 In the corner of the grounds there is a mostly Edwardian coach house & stable block with a cupola〔 and weather vane atop;〔 it is Grade II listed.〔 The house was briefly used as a school by Rev John Cade, whose first wife, Mary, inherited the house from William Anthill in 1788.〔 The house was continuously owned by the Cade family until 1911, when Charles James Cade chose to sell.〔 The house was used from 1917 as the residence of the managing director of the local chemical plant,〔 known as the British Cellulose and Chemical Manufacturing Co or later British Celanese. At the beginning of that period, the interior oak panelling was stripped of its paint by Elizabeth, wife of Garnet Hughes, and the original large fireplace in the drawing room was uncovered.〔Hughes SHS. "Steering the course: a memoir". ''McGill-Queen's University Press'' (2000), p15. ISBN 0-7735-2042-2〕 The Homestead was officially purchased by the company in 1920, when the managing director W.A.M. Soller was installed.〔 In 1954,〔 the house became a corporate guest facility for the plant. Courtaulds, the successor to British Celanese and who maintained the house in exemplary fashion,〔 sold The Homestead in 1996 for £250000.〔(Zoopla. ) Retrieved 15 February 2012.〕 In 2011, it was unsuccessfully put up for sale with a guide price of £1.2M.〔(Sales brochure )〕 and it is currently being marketed again at an asking price of £1.23M. An ancient watercourse runs along Hall Dyke and through the grounds.〔(planning letter )〕 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「The Homestead, Spondon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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