Barnsley Park

A watchtower in Barnsley Park

Barnsley Park is a country house and park, measuring about 3 miles (4.8 km) in circumference in Barnsley, Gloucestershire, England.[1] An Iron Age settlement was once situated within Barnsley Park, and upon the Roman invasion in 360, a Roman villa was built at the settlement.[2]

In 1693, the estate was inherited by Brereton Bourchier,[3] who in the early years of the following century built a Georgian style house with Italianate influences. The landscaped garden was laid out in the 18th century.[3] It was owned for a period by the Perrot family, and in 1819 it was owned by James Musgrave.[1] The Saloon of the house is noted for its striking frescoes. The estate has been subject to redevelopment, and lets out cottages.

References

  1. 1 2 Dugdale, James (1819). The New British Traveller: Or, Modern Panorama of England and Wales; Exhibiting ... an ... Account, Historical, Topographical, and Statistical, of this ... Portion of the British Empire ... Interspersed with Biographical Particulars of Eminent and Remarkable Persons. J. Robins and Company. p. 436.
  2. ↑ Adams, Geoffrey William (2005). Romano-Celtic Élites and Their Religion: A Study of Archaeological Sites in Gloucestershire. Caeros Pty Ltd. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-9758445-1-9.
  3. 1 2 "Barnsley Park". Parksandgardens.org. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

Coordinates: 51°45′6″N 1°52′46″W / 51.75167°N 1.87944°W / 51.75167; -1.87944

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