Nick's Manor - August 2013

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LittleOz

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Now, I wouldn’t normally post this, as I only managed to grab a few exterior shots, but the place is a bit special (in a really big, neo-classical, some would say ugly way), so I thought it might be of passing interest to a few viewers.



Somewhere in the south of England …

A big house.

A very very big house.

Apparently it’s the biggest new house built in Britain since… well, since the last biggest new house built in Britain was built in Britain.

No really, it’s seriously big.

It’s apparently about 85% complete. Work stopped over 10 years ago following a dispute with the builders. The cost so far runs into tens of millions.

I’m not going to name it because the owner has a rather scary reputation – his ‘colourful’ past is resplendent with tales of grenades, manslaughter, jail sentences and … philately

Did I mention that it’s big? From at least 50 yards away, I still couldn’t fit it all in with my 10-20mm set to its widest!

Sadly, that 50 yards from the doorbell is as close as I got before a kindly (!) gentleman on a tractor showed me the shortest route off the estate.

p.s. The rumour of armed guards appears unfounded, but don’t hold me to that

p.p.s. It’s big


The back from the east wing



A bit of the front from the east wing



Front and centre from east side



Front and centre from west side



From 50 yards at 10mm. Note neither of the wings are in this shot!



Detail of the front



And lastly, a couple of the boathouse 'folly' in matching style to the main house







Thanks for looking.
 
It looks amazing. I'd love to know it's history though, if you could maybe tell us in a roundabout, non-incriminating way!
 
An experiment in what can be achieved when money is no object, a gross display of probably ill-gotten gains.

Would love to see inside....
 
"Oh no, I left my phone in the kitchen, I'll be back in half an hour"

Amazing stuff! Thanks for sharing! Ashamed to say I never knew of this!

Edit: Just been researching the man and the place. Wow, what a story! I'm surprised to see he even has his own website! :p He also still has companies registered to the Estate Office of this address!
 
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If this was being built by who I think(currently hanging with Mugabe?) then I can understand why you did not go in, unless you fancied becoming part of the foundations!

Great pics though.
 
If anyone else ventures there and finds a nice Zippo lighter it's mine. Dropped when doing some footings there many years ago. One of the stranger jobs I've been on, Nicks representative would turn up on a Friday afternoon and we would tramp into the site hut and the guy would open a briefcase and on presentation of the General Foremans list, we all got paid in readies. Nothing mentioned about Tax or N.I.
Memories.
 
Wow! This is funny! I ggogle-earthed it & it seems doable! How come you were spotted? Did the man with the tractor belong to the place? Was it a guard mounted on a tractor? If this is so, no doubt he was armed & had hidden said arms in said tractor, don't you think?
 

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