Its ten years now since a devastating fire tore through Overstone Hall destroying more than 60% of this grade II listed building. Still owned by the New Testament Church of God, this once 119 room pile was purchased in 1980 following its closure as Overstone School For Girls. The building has now been placed on English Heritages’ Buildings at risk register, it's on the market with a guide price of one million
Ok, but consider it’s a listed building and any sale would surely require the buyer to restore the building to its former glory at an estimated cost of 4 to 6 million?
Amazingly approximately 40% of the building did survive the fire and is currently housing several homeless men under the watchful eye of a member of the church.
I visited the hall in 1999 as an electrical apprentice with a local company, regrettably I didn’t see the lost grand staircase or the library, but what I did see; I can tell you the few pictures found on Google don’t do it justice.
Hope is someone with a very deep pocket will step in soon before it completely collapses.
Thanks for looking
Ok, but consider it’s a listed building and any sale would surely require the buyer to restore the building to its former glory at an estimated cost of 4 to 6 million?
Amazingly approximately 40% of the building did survive the fire and is currently housing several homeless men under the watchful eye of a member of the church.
I visited the hall in 1999 as an electrical apprentice with a local company, regrettably I didn’t see the lost grand staircase or the library, but what I did see; I can tell you the few pictures found on Google don’t do it justice.
Hope is someone with a very deep pocket will step in soon before it completely collapses.
Thanks for looking