Lost Heritage | Matthew Beckett

Fire, folly, & fashion have all been reasons for around 2,000 English country houses being lost since 1800. Mainly updates from

[Historic Buildings & Places @hbap1924]

Building at Risk: Woolton Hall (c. 1704), remodelled by Robert Adam and Grade I-listed, has stood empty for years.

Owners previously sought to demolish it, prompting its Grade I designation. Now it’s been gutted by a devastating fire.

https://t.co/pUfeLXEmt5

#Heritage

[Stately Home News @StatelyHomeNews]

@handedon Garnons, Herefordshire, before being partially demolished in 1957.
https://t.co/YMh7QgUnMs

[TheVictorianCommons @TheVictCommons]

Interesting article linked to here on a house once owned by William Hutt, MP for Hull and later for Gateshead. We are particularly intrigued by the clock tower, which has a certain parliamentary vibe!

[Stately Home News @StatelyHomeNews]

The Earl of Harewood @HarewoodHouse has sold Sir Joshua Reynolds' portrait of Lady Worsley (hung in Cinnamon Drawing Room) for c£25m to US billionaire Steve Schwarzman, who is restoring £80m Conholt Park in Wiltshire 2,500 acres.
https://t.co/0AcgFSjtdR
https://t.co/QihZAnlvQR

[Carter Jonas @CarterJonas]

For the first time in its history, we’re delighted to have brought the magnificent Ripley Castle Estate to the market. Encompassing 445 acres, this iconic country estate boasts a rich and extraordinary past dating back over seven centuries. Find out more: https://t.co/twnRUBbRpQ

[gromollet @gromollet]

@johnfielding001 @StatelyHomeNews @LostHeritage Approximative position of the Hall, highlighted in red

[Stately Home News @StatelyHomeNews]

@johnfielding001 Easton Hall, Lincolnshire, demolished c1951.
https://t.co/jw60YChGmc

[John Fielding Aerial Images @johnfielding001]

Easton Walled Gardens aerial image - Lincolnshire. Originally part of the Easton Hall estate established in 1592. The house was demolished in 1951. #EastonWalledGardens #aerial #image #Lincolnshire

[Nicholas Kingsley @NicholasKingsle]

The latest post on my blog concerns the junior branch of a Norfolk family and the many houses they have owned since 1628: https://t.co/ftVJeatpZP

[Kate North @katephillips29]

A very interesting morning visit to Sutton Scarsdale Hall, Derbyshire, today - looking at various elements of this impressive Georgian building (adapted from an earlier house). Here’s some of the beautiful decorative plaster 😍🤩

[Lost Heritage | Matthew Beckett @LostHeritage]

New research shows just how many country houses have been lost in the UK since 1800 - and it's in the thousands.

The growing silence: how many UK country houses were lost? https://t.co/AdHHndlcWa via @thecountryseat

[Stately Home News @StatelyHomeNews]

Antrim Castle, Co Antrim, burnt 28 October 1922 in Irish Civil War when owned by Algernon Skeffington, 12th Viscount Massereene. Demolished 1970.
https://t.co/iaYVE6Fbca

[Nicholas Kingsley @NicholasKingsle]

The latest post on my blog concerns a family with an important London estate and a seat in Suffolk: https://t.co/BjQN7v5DqS

[David Hicks @davidhicksbook]

It is now 50 years this month since a fire destroyed Powerscourt Hous, Co. Wicklow in November 1974. Powerscourt was built in 1731 and was designed by the famous German architect Richard Castle, who also designed Strokestown House, Hazelwood House and Westport House.

[Historic England @HistoricEngland]

Today we've published our 2024 #HeritageAtRisk Register, an annual snapshot of the health of England’s valued historic buildings and places.

👏 124 sites have been saved.

🏰 155 sites have been added.

Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/iO3GgUjYB4

[Nicholas Kingsley @NicholasKingsle]

The latest post on my blog concerns a remarkable Dutch-influenced Irish house and the family who owned it: https://t.co/muK9C0GqCK

[Lancashire 🌹 @LancashireReal]

Hall i’th’ Wood is a rare surviving example of a Tudor wooden-framed house in #Bolton.

The house was inhabited until the late 19th century, after which it fell into disrepair.

Thanks to Lord Leverhulme, the building was saved from ruin and it is now a museum.

#Lancashire

[Country Life @Countrylifemag]

'Wrecking balls swung from the ceiling, pillars were shown toppling, cornices crumbled... it was sensational': The groundbreaking museum exhibition that helped save the country house https://t.co/lXA55RkbQx

[Steven Brindle @StevenPBrindle]

London, Lost Interiors, from Atlantic Publishing, is out this week. Over 600 images of interiors in London houses, 1880-1950, representing the extraordinary sweep and range of interior design, and (almost) all gone. In all good bookshops.

[House & Garden Magazine @_houseandgarden]

Delving into the Historic England archive for his fascinating new book, London Lost Interiors, Steven Brindle explores the rooms of notable buildings across the capital that have since been destroyed https://t.co/ft0G0vO75D