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Default 17-01-2013, 19:12

I bet another winter hasn't been kind to those rotten floors :(
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Default 19-01-2013, 15:04

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I bet another winter hasn't been kind to those rotten floors :(

It's not in the best of health now with the top floors now coming down.

However, plans are afoot to hopefully save the old girl. A few others and myself have been involved with meetings with some interested parties that would see the hall brought back to it's former glory, if all goes to plan.

The BBC are looking to include it in a forth coming series about country houses.

http://countryhouses.wordpress.com/2...-you-can-help/

http://www.savebritainsheritage.org/...ign.php?id=229


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