Scrappy and I visited this place with some new friends - Mars Lander, Shush, Lowri to name but a few! Big thanks to them for inviting us to join them on what was a very fun explore
This place was MASSIVE, you could get lost in it. We had some close calls with people on the grounds, visitors to this site are not welcome and that's putting it mildly!
Luck was on our side that day and we got to see the majority of the site before a leisurely walk back to the car. In my opinion, this place is worth seeing for the rooftop views alone, they were spectacular
A little bit of history on the place:
The Grade 2 listed house is set in walled Venetian gardens of around 18 acres. the mansion, constructed in Wales in the 1870s. The stables are Grade 1 listed.
There are 122 rooms with 52 main bedrooms and quarters for 60 live-in servants.
The prodigious estate passed through various generations and still bares its coat of arms on the huge wrought iron gates.
During World War II it was used as a military hospital and it later became private Clarendon Girls' School.
In 1975 the hall was extensively damaged in a fire, forcing the school to close.
It was then restored and used as a conference centre. It was sold at auction in 2001 but a proposed redevelopment failed to materialise.
The steps up to the stables
Exterior shot of the mansion
Rooftop shot. You may spy a few familiar faces up there
Thanks for looking
This place was MASSIVE, you could get lost in it. We had some close calls with people on the grounds, visitors to this site are not welcome and that's putting it mildly!
Luck was on our side that day and we got to see the majority of the site before a leisurely walk back to the car. In my opinion, this place is worth seeing for the rooftop views alone, they were spectacular
A little bit of history on the place:
The Grade 2 listed house is set in walled Venetian gardens of around 18 acres. the mansion, constructed in Wales in the 1870s. The stables are Grade 1 listed.
There are 122 rooms with 52 main bedrooms and quarters for 60 live-in servants.
The prodigious estate passed through various generations and still bares its coat of arms on the huge wrought iron gates.
During World War II it was used as a military hospital and it later became private Clarendon Girls' School.
In 1975 the hall was extensively damaged in a fire, forcing the school to close.
It was then restored and used as a conference centre. It was sold at auction in 2001 but a proposed redevelopment failed to materialise.
The steps up to the stables
Exterior shot of the mansion
Rooftop shot. You may spy a few familiar faces up there
Thanks for looking