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Babergh District / イギリス

特別自然美観地域(とくべつしぜんびかんちいき、Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty、以下AONB)は、 イングランド 、 ウェールズ、または北アイルランドの田舎のエリアであり、重要な景観価値があるとみなされ、保全が必要とし、指定されている。 AONBを決めるのはそれぞれの国の公共団体「Natural England」、「Natural Resources Wales」あるいは「 Northern Ireland Environment Agency」である。イングランドのコッツウォルズ、ウェールズのガワー半島と北アイルランドのジャイアンツ・コーズウェーはAONBの例として揚げられる。 AONBの代わりに、スコットランドは同様の国家景観地域 (NSA)が指定。 傑出した自然の美しさの地域は、英国の国立公園と同様の開発からの保護レベルを享受していますが、国立公園とは異なり、責任団体には独自の計画権限がない。 また、大規模な屋外レクリエーションの機会が限られている点で国立公園とは異なる。

Gainsborough's House

Babergh District / イギリス

Gainsborough's House is the birthplace of the leading English painter Thomas Gainsborough. It is now a museum and gallery, located at 46 Gainsborough Street in Sudbury, Suffolk, England. Some of the pictures on display have been acquired with the help of the Art Fund.

Melford Hall

Babergh District / イギリス

Melford Hall is a stately home in the village of Long Melford, Suffolk, England. It is the ancestral seat of the Parker Baronets. The hall was mostly constructed in the 16th century, incorporating parts of a medieval building held by the abbots of Bury St Edmunds which had been in use since before 1065. It has similar roots to nearby Kentwell Hall. It passed from the abbots during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and was later granted by Queen Mary to Sir William Cordell. From Cordell it passed via his sister to Thomas and Mary Savage before being sold back into another male Cordell line. James Howell described the hall and garden in the times of Elizabeth Savage, Countess Rivers in a letter in 1619.During the Stour Valley Riots of 1642 the house was attacked and damaged by an anti-Catholic crowd. In 1786 it was sold to Harry Parker, son of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker. Beatrix Potter was a cousin of the family and was a frequent visitor to the hall from the 1890s onwards. One wing of the hall was gutted by fire in February 1942 but rebuilt after World War II, retaining the external Tudor brickwork with 1950s interior design. The hall was first opened to the public in 1955 by Ulla, Lady Hyde Parker. In 1960 it passed into the care of the National Trust. It is generally open on weekend afternoons in April and October, and on afternoons from Wednesday to Sunday during May to September. The Hall grounds host a number of events including the "Big Night Out" every November to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night and from 2013 the annual LeeStock Music Festival