OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY AT BARNSLEY GARDENS

Thank you to our hostess, Susan, for this very enjoyable weekly event.
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Barnsley Gardens was a mansion built by Godfrey Barnsley, of Liverpool England, in the late 1840’s. It is located in Adairsville, Georgia, where it was once referred to as Woodlands, by Barnsley. The home was built for his wife Julia. When Julia fell ill, Barnsley wanted to stop construction of the mansion, until he said he had felt her presence at the site telling him to finish the house for him and his children. The estate was built in the style of an Italian villa by architect, Andrew Jackson Downing. During the Civil War, the mansion had been the site of a Union battle, with much of the house and Barnsley's possessions being ransacked by the Union Army. Barnsley lost his fortune during the Civil War and later moved to New Orleansbefore he died in 1873. His heirs stayed at Woodlands until the roof of the manor house was blown off by a tornado in 1906. The remaining Barnsley heirs moved into the detached kitchen building and did not restore the manor house. The home eventually fell to ruins, and it wasn’t until Prince Hubertus Fugger, purchased the estate, in 1988, that it was restored. He restored the mansion and expanded its gardens. Today Barnsley Gardens is open to the public as a historic golf resort.                       www.barnsleyresort.com

These charming cottages offer luxurious overnight accommodations. They have a really nice website for anybody who wants more information.    www.barnsleyresort.com