After working at the live hotel that stands on these grounds for a month or two i decided it was about time to sploor the numerous derelict buildings! i took my little dude with me he did me proud! he's got a lot more courage than i have!! especially when faced with footsteps that weren't ours and gigantic stingers and thorns!!
any way here is history taken from wiki.
The manor of Studley was owned by the Lyttleton family and was bequeathed by Philip Lyttleton to his niece Dorothy, who married Francis Holyoake. Their son Francis Lyttleton Holyoake, (High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1834), inherited in 1833 the Ribston Hall, Yorkshire estates of a business partner and changed his name to Holyoake-Goodricke (see Holyoake-Goodricke Baronets). The sale of the Yorkshire property financed the building of a new mansion at Studley.
The new house, designed in Gothic Revival style by the architect Samuel Beazley, was completed in 1836.
From 1903 to the 1960s the house was occupied by Studley College, a horticultural training establishment for ladies. It later became offices for British Leyland and Rover Cars.
Despite its title, the building has never been a castle. The site of the medieval castle at Studley is occupied by the nearby 16th century house known as Old Studley Castle.
The college was founded by Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick. In 1898 she had founded Warwick Hostel in Reading to offer training to 'surplus women in the lighter branches of agriculture'. Warwick Hostel expanded and moved to Studley Castle in Warwickshire in 1903, becoming Studley Horticultural & Agricultural College for Women. An early student was Adela Pankhurst, and an early warden in the years before World War I was Dr Lillias Hamilton. Students included Taki Handa a student and instructor at Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Japan, who studied at Studley from 1906-1907, and designed a garden at Cowden Estate in Muckhart, Scotland. The College students undertook hard practical work in its greenhouses and vegetable gardens.
The College remained an all-women college throughout its existence, closing in 1969. The assets were used to found the Studley College Trust, a charitable trust that awards grants to students of agriculture and horticulture.
we tried and failed to get into this one, we were beaten by the man eating blackberry bushes and stingers!
DSC05803 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05800 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05796 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05795 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05794 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05793 by dazrhi, on Flickr
my little dude took the rest of these photos as the gaps to get in were wayyy to small for me to fit in!! just to the left of this was a tiny shower room but the pics turned out badly!
DSC05828 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05824 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05823 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05821 by dazrhi, on Flickr
love the flooring in this one
DSC05820 by dazrhi, on Flickr
little dude looking for an entry point
DSC05814 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05811 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05809 by dazrhi, on Flickr
my little urbexer!
DSC05822 by dazrhi, on Flickr
it is almost impossible to tell what each building was used for so it's up to imagination i guess!!
Thanks for looking
any way here is history taken from wiki.
The manor of Studley was owned by the Lyttleton family and was bequeathed by Philip Lyttleton to his niece Dorothy, who married Francis Holyoake. Their son Francis Lyttleton Holyoake, (High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1834), inherited in 1833 the Ribston Hall, Yorkshire estates of a business partner and changed his name to Holyoake-Goodricke (see Holyoake-Goodricke Baronets). The sale of the Yorkshire property financed the building of a new mansion at Studley.
The new house, designed in Gothic Revival style by the architect Samuel Beazley, was completed in 1836.
From 1903 to the 1960s the house was occupied by Studley College, a horticultural training establishment for ladies. It later became offices for British Leyland and Rover Cars.
Despite its title, the building has never been a castle. The site of the medieval castle at Studley is occupied by the nearby 16th century house known as Old Studley Castle.
The college was founded by Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick. In 1898 she had founded Warwick Hostel in Reading to offer training to 'surplus women in the lighter branches of agriculture'. Warwick Hostel expanded and moved to Studley Castle in Warwickshire in 1903, becoming Studley Horticultural & Agricultural College for Women. An early student was Adela Pankhurst, and an early warden in the years before World War I was Dr Lillias Hamilton. Students included Taki Handa a student and instructor at Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Japan, who studied at Studley from 1906-1907, and designed a garden at Cowden Estate in Muckhart, Scotland. The College students undertook hard practical work in its greenhouses and vegetable gardens.
The College remained an all-women college throughout its existence, closing in 1969. The assets were used to found the Studley College Trust, a charitable trust that awards grants to students of agriculture and horticulture.
we tried and failed to get into this one, we were beaten by the man eating blackberry bushes and stingers!
DSC05803 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05800 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05796 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05795 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05794 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05793 by dazrhi, on Flickr
my little dude took the rest of these photos as the gaps to get in were wayyy to small for me to fit in!! just to the left of this was a tiny shower room but the pics turned out badly!
DSC05828 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05824 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05823 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05821 by dazrhi, on Flickr
love the flooring in this one
DSC05820 by dazrhi, on Flickr
little dude looking for an entry point
DSC05814 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05811 by dazrhi, on Flickr
DSC05809 by dazrhi, on Flickr
my little urbexer!
DSC05822 by dazrhi, on Flickr
it is almost impossible to tell what each building was used for so it's up to imagination i guess!!
Thanks for looking
