Overstone Hall April 2011

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MD

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some condensed history burnt down 10 years ago was owned by a church as their headquarters, grade 2 listed now for sale homeless dudes live next door....

overstone1 by M D Allen, on Flickr

My bum was twitching standing on the creaky fire escape !!

fire escape by M D Allen, on Flickr

fireplaces
ruin by M D Allen, on Flickr

The arch and gates are grade two listed. The main arch was designed and built in the late 16th Century or early 17th Century. It is built from limestone and surrounds the double iron gates, which along with the two smaller pedestrian arches and their gates were added in the 19th Century.

The gateway originally formed the entrance to the estate of Pytchley Old Hall but this was demolished in about 1824. The gates were dismantled and moved to their current location (and the pedestrian side arches and metal gates added) in 1843 to form part of the entrance to Overstone Hall.

The gates were damaged by a car accident in 1973 and had to be substantially re-built.

Pytchley gates from the landing.. by M D Allen, on Flickr

bedsprings by M D Allen, on Flickr

side by M D Allen, on Flickr

some more on flickr too
 
Nice stuff, this is the second report I have seen on this place and I really want to add my own to it some day soon :mrgreen:
 

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