| Posted by OnceUponATime |
4/29/2005 5:10 PM | remove |
Ooh, purdyful. Is that writing above the door?
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| Posted by sleek |
4/29/2005 6:11 PM | remove |
Amazing disposable country houses? why was it abandoned
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| Posted by lost |
4/29/2005 8:51 PM | remove |
It's something that confuses me about all of these places. Maybe it was deteriorating as the last owners were living there, they couldn't afford to renovate it, and nobody else could afford to take it on.
The writing says "KEVIN JAYN AND TARRA WERE HERE". Inspired!
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| Posted by Jennibel |
4/30/2005 12:44 AM | remove |
Wow...it still retains some of its grandeur.
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| Posted by SnakeCorp |
4/30/2005 1:35 PM | remove |
What must be remebered is that majority of these houses were built at the height of Britain's imperial power, when vast fortunes were made from trading around the world. As long ago as the 1930s, the money started to run out and the cost maintence and staffing these vast houses became overpowering, with literally thousands of superb houses either being demolished or just abandoned, with the owners usually moving into a smaller house on the Estate. Fortunately, a lot have still survived, with many of the larger ones now in the care of the National Trust.
One of the Trust's latest and largest acqusistions has been the massive Gothic mansion called Tyntesfield, near Bristol, an amzing survivor from the 1930s, practically unaltered from its heyday - even down the the furnishings.
Virtual Tour of Tyntesfield and more info here:
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/places/tyntesfield/
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| Posted by lost |
4/30/2005 3:11 PM | remove |
Best explanation yet, Tyntesfield I like. :)
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| Posted by Slickis |
7/26/2005 10:17 PM | remove |
Thats guilding isn't it? Paint would be gone or almost antway.
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| Posted by slacker |
10/25/2005 6:41 PM | remove |
are those eyes i see above the writing? that is spooky
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| Posted by metalwitch40 |
7/26/2006 4:58 AM | remove |
beautiful
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| Posted by Into_the_abyss |
12/7/2006 9:06 PM | remove |
Just can't get over the beauty of this place if I had the $$$ I would snap that up no matter what the cost to fix it!
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| Posted by White Winged Dove |
4/23/2007 4:31 AM | remove |
That is a beautiful ceiling.
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| Posted by nel58 |
4/23/2007 11:07 AM | remove |
When I was in Glasgow and around,ceilings were amoung the things that struck me ! Everywhere I put my foot in,abandoned or active,I would find a gorgeous ceiling ! Ceiling...a scotish thing ?
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
4/24/2007 7:43 AM | remove |
Your talking about my house, right?
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| Posted by nel58 |
4/24/2007 1:21 PM | remove |
ahahahahahahaahahahahh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course ! The best paint job ever ! And the great palm tree ! I was impressed ! You scots are rad !
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
4/25/2007 9:40 AM | remove |
You should see it now, with the border up and the ornate pictures of dicks in place! Come visit me again?
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| Posted by nel58 |
4/25/2007 1:42 PM | remove |
Anytime dear ! But, no quorn for me please,I had an overdose ! But I'll bring some veggies for your great curry !
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
4/27/2007 4:55 PM | remove |
That wasn't quorn! :->
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| Posted by spacewood |
7/4/2007 2:53 PM | remove |
That's a lost skill. Very few people in Britain could recreate this with today's levels of experience and expertise. Veto call centres
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