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The Park, University of Gloucestershire () is a community green space in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.〔(Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust online on The Park )〕 The site is owned and managed by the University of Gloucestershire in partnership with the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. The partnership arrangements were launched at the University in April 2009.〔('New Partnership Launched at University', 21 April 2009, University of Gloucestershire )〕 The site has been surveyed by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.〔'Exploring the grounds of The Park – The history and wildlife of this beautiful University of Gloucestershire site', (undated), Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and University of Gloucestershire joint publication〕 The Park was purchased by a forerunner college of the university in 1931.〔Hickey, M, 1991, 'Trees & Shrubs of The Park', Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education〕 ==History of The Park Estate== A local solicitor called Thomas Billings purchased the site in 1831 and put plans in train for Gloucestershire Zoological, Botanical and Horticultural Gardens. This was an ambitious project which eventually failed. It is reported that it was to be opened officially on the day of Queen Victoria's coronation in 1838. Elements of the original plans remain which include the ''Elephant Walk'' and the lake which is in the shape of Africa.〔〔('History of The Park Estate', April 2009, University of Gloucestershire/Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust )〕 The Park is teardrop shaped and at the point of the teardrop is the building which was to be the entrance to the Gardens, which is called ''Cornerways'' and has a high tower.〔 The original design included a grand promenade and a crescent of villas and was engraved by J. Fisher.〔Griffith, Samuel Young, 1838, 'Griffiths History of Cheltenham and its Vicinity', 3rd edition, London: Longman, Hurst and Co.〕 The site was sold to architect Samuel Whitfield Daukes in 1839. Dawkes developed The Park as 'pleasure grounds' and designed and had built the villas around it.〔 There are a set of entrance gates which remain from this period, and Fullwood House in the grounds provides a point of interest within the landscape.〔 Daukes also designed a number of other buildings in Cheltenham.〔 A publication provides a graphical image of the teardrop layout, historial information and species information.〔(University of Gloucestershire online download of a graphical representation of The Park and historial and species summaries )〕 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 Park, University of Gloucestershire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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