Youngsbury
| Youngsbury | |
| Hertfordshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL36891789 |
| Location: | 51°50’34"N, 0°-0’51"W |
| History | |
| Built 1745 | |
| For: | David Poole |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
Youngsbury House is a country house near Wadesmill and Thundridge, Hertfordshire, in the east of the county, north of Ware. It was built in about 1745 by David Poole,[1] and stands within 97 acres of grounds, and gardens landscaped by Capability Brown.[2]
The house is Grade II listed[3] and its stable block is Grade II* listed.[4]
Later owners
David 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.[5] After the death of his second wife, Barclay sold the estate in 1793 to William Cunliffe Shawe, and it passed in 1796 to Daniel Giles.[6]
In 2012, the house was for sale, "offers in excess of £3,900,000".[7]
As of 2015, the estate was owned by Jeremy Langmead,[2] the former editor of Wallpaper* magazine and Esquire magazine.[8].
References
- ↑ Youngsbury, Hertford on Parks and Gardens
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boucher, Caroline (11 April 2015). "Welcome to Youngsbury". The Times. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/magazine/article4404176.ece. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1102317: Youngbury and Garden Wall Attached on North
- ↑ National Heritage List 1176876: Stable Block at Youngsbury (to North of House)
- ↑ Prince, Hugh C.: 'Parks in Hertfordshire Since 1500' (Univ of Hertfordshire Press, 2008) ISBN 978-0-9542189-9-7 page 97
- ↑ Parishes: Standon: A History of the County of Hertford - Volume 3 : {{{2}}} (Victoria County History)
- ↑ '7 bedroom house for sale Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12': Rightmove
- ↑ "Ripping up the Yule book: Jeremy Langmead's dysfunctional family festivities", London Evening Standard, 9 December 2011