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Wyastone Leys is a country house estate and Grade II listed building situated near Ganarew, in the southwestern corner of The Doward, in Herefordshire, England. The house and estate has also been known as The Leys or Lays House. It is located from Monmouth and from Ross-on-Wye. The house is in close proximity to the River Wye and less than from the county boundary between Herefordshire and Monmouthshire. The house and its surrounding buildings are now occupied by Nimbus Records, who were the first producers of compact discs in the UK. In the woodland of Little Doward Hill above the house, the Forestry Commission planted, in 1953, a pattern of trees with contrasting foliage in the shape of the letters ER, to mark the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. ==The house and grounds== The original house, The Leys, was built in 1795 by S. O. Attley of London. It was purchased around 1820 by Richard Blakemore. The turnpiking of the road between Monmouth and Ross-on-Wye in 1821, creating a new road higher up the hillside than the old road, allowed Blakemore to extend the estate. Blakemore also bought the Hadnock estate on the other side of the River Wye, demolished Hadnock House, and used the materials to rebuild and extend the Leys, between 1821 and 1838.〔〔 He also demolished cottages on the estate, to improve the views; converted the old Ross road into a private driveway; planted woodland to screen the house from the new road; and added walls, railings and an entrance lodge. A deer park was created on Little Doward Hill, stocked with deer brought in from Llantrithyd in Glamorgan, and an observatory was built on the hilltop.〔( Herefordshire Through Time: Wyastone Leys ). Accessed 27 March 2012〕〔 The house was rebuilt in 1861 for John Bannerman of Manchester, by William Burn.〔Keith Kissack, ''Monmouth and its Buildings'', Logaston Press, 2003, ISBN 1 904396 01 1, p.24〕 The 1861 sale catalogue mentions extensive pleasure grounds, gardens, conservatories, vineries and an additional house for the gardener.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/21157/details/THE+LEYS%3B+WYASTONE+LEYS/ )〕〔Alan Sutton Publishing, ''Monmouth and the River Wye in Old Photographs'', Alan Sutton Publishing, 1989, ISBN 0-86299-481-0, page 126〕 Bannerman added new lodges, stables, kennels, and a belvedere,〔 and renamed the estate Wyastone Leys.〔 The deer park was abandoned, and the observatory removed, in the early 20th century.〔 The house now is a three-storey building with a 2-storey service wing. A small shaped gable above the entrance bay bears the Bannerman family coat of arms. Features include a block tower and turrets, slate roofs and a four storey clock tower with a clock face on three sides. The interior has been largely altered to accommodate business and domestic uses; a long drawing room at rear of the ground floor retains some fine restored stucco ceiling ornament.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-153799-wyastone-leys-ganarew/map )〕 Despite being in Herefordshire, the house and grounds often hosted Monmouthshire hunt meetings, as parts of the original estate are in Monmouthshire. In 1953, the Forestry Commission decided to commemorate the Coronation of Elizabeth II by planting trees with contrasting foliage in the shape of a crown and the letters ER (for Elizabeth Regina) in the woodland above the house. The pattern can still be seen.〔( Coronation Commemoration- Wyastone Leys, Monmouth )〕 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「Wyastone Leys」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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