Youngsbury House is a Grade II listed house near Wadesmill, Hertfordshire, England.[1] The stable block is Grade II* listed.[2] The house was built in about 1745 by David Poole.[3] There are 97 acres of grounds, and gardens landscaped by Capability Brown.[4] They are listed Grade II*.[5]
People connected with it
editDavid Barclay, the Quaker banker and abolitionist, bought the manor in 1769, and enlarged the house. A plan by Capability Brown the following year introduced a serpentine lake,[6] using the waters of the River Rib. Barclay sold it in 1793, after the death of his second wife, to William Cunliffe Shawe, and it passed in 1796 to Daniel Giles.[7]
In 2012, it was for sale, "offers in excess of £3,900,000".[8] As of 2015, it was owned by Jeremy Langmead,[4] the former editor of Wallpaper* magazine and Esquire magazine, who used to be married to writer India Knight.[9] In 2017 it was sold to James and Claire Pearce who have restored it to better, but similar to, its original state. It is their family home for them and their three children. It took nearly three years to obtain all the required Planning and other permissions.[citation needed] However, the house itself was completed in February 2023 and the family occupied it.
[10]The gardens and other nearby features are to be completed, although the parkland remains open to walkers.
References
edit- ^ Historic England. "Youngbury and Garden Wall Attached on North (1102317)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Stable Block at Youngsbury (60 Metres to North of House) (1176876)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ "Youngsbury, Hertford, England". parksandgardens. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ a b Boucher, Caroline (11 April 2015). "Welcome to Youngsbury". The Times. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ "Youngsbury". Parks&Gardens. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ Hugh C. Prince (1 April 2008). Parks in Hertfordshire Since 1500. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. pp. 97–. ISBN 978-0-9542189-9-7. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ William Page, ed. (1912). "Parishes: Standon". A History of the County of Hertford: volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ "7 bedroom house for sale Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12". Rightmove. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ "Ripping up the Yule book: Jeremy Langmead's dysfunctional family festivities", London Evening Standard, 9 December 2011
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