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Youlston Park also known as Youlston House is a privately owned 17th-century mansion house situated at Shirwell, near Barnstaple, North Devon. It is a Grade I listed building.〔( Heritage Gateway: architectural description of listed building )〕 The mediaeval origins of the house including a detached Hall and a kitchen block were incorporated into the new house built in the late 17th century by Sir Arthur Chichester Bt., Member of Parliament for Barnstaple, who died in 1718.( He was a younger son of the first of the Chichester baronets.) The south facing two storeyed entrance front has seven bays, two of which are set within each of the gabled projections to the east and west. The entrance porch supported by four classical columns sits within the western projection. A recessed wing of seven bays adjoins to the west. The rear domestic wing carries an octagonal bell turret and clock dial. There are many fine 17th- and 18th-century internal features. In 1872 the mansion sat within its own park and estate of some 7000 acres〔''The Acre-ocracy of England'' 1876 John Bateman〕 The present owner (as at 2011) who bought the house in 2001, offers the accommodation on short term holiday lets. ==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「Youlston Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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