I've been obsessed with this place since seeing it online, but it's around 2 and a half hours away from me, so I've had to be patient. I visited twice, one week apart for model shoots so these are images I snapped in between. It is far more overgrown than images online suggest...but it did not disappoint. On our second visit I found the stables and an old carriage. I did see the ice house but didn't get any good shots as it was so overgrown and a huge tree had fallen outside it.
Baron Hill house, a massive Neo-Gothic building, formerly stood on the east side of a N-S running wooded ridge, through which ran a maze of paths The home farm and possibly a kitchen garden complex lay to the west.
During World War I, death duties soaked up the family fortune and made it impossible for the family (by then called Williams-Bulkeley) to continue to maintain the house. During the war, Royal Engineers were stationed at the house. It was later damaged by fire, but the shell of the house survives.
I managed to find images of what it would have looked like between the fire and now. Fascinating stuff.
Coflein pictures
Main house:
Colonade/Viewing Platform:
Grounds/Outhouses:
Stables/Carriage:
Baron Hill house, a massive Neo-Gothic building, formerly stood on the east side of a N-S running wooded ridge, through which ran a maze of paths The home farm and possibly a kitchen garden complex lay to the west.
During World War I, death duties soaked up the family fortune and made it impossible for the family (by then called Williams-Bulkeley) to continue to maintain the house. During the war, Royal Engineers were stationed at the house. It was later damaged by fire, but the shell of the house survives.
I managed to find images of what it would have looked like between the fire and now. Fascinating stuff.
Coflein pictures
Main house:
Colonade/Viewing Platform:
Grounds/Outhouses:
Stables/Carriage:
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