Stowell Park Estate
Coordinates: 51°49′19″N 1°53′31″W / 51.822°N 1.892°W
Stowell Park Estate is a 6,000-acre (24 km2) historic agricultural and sporting estate in the Cotswold Hills, Gloucestershire, England. The estate includes the village of Yanworth. The main house is a Grade II* listed building and surrounded by extensive parkland a mill and church. The landscaped park is listed Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
The house was built around 1600 for Robert Atkinson, on the site of a previous house. It is Grade II* listed. The Church of St Leonard was the chapel for the owners of the previous house, having been built in the 12th century. The estate was passed to relatives of Atkinson until 1685 when it was bought by John Grubham Howe whose descendants owned the estate until 1811 when it was bought by the judge William Scott. He took the title of Baron Stowell from the estate when raised to the peerage upon the coronation of George IV in 1821. On his death in 1824 the estate was inherited by his brother John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon and passed down through the family until sold in 1923 to 1st Lord Vestey, whose great grandson Sam Vestey, 3rd Lord Vestey, is the current head of the family and Chairman of the Vestey Group. During World War II Stowell Park was used for evacuees from Great Ballard School.
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