complete list of lost country houses. 8th november 2011

[norfolkexplorer]

hope this is of use to somebody, just found it while surfing the world wide web after work. there are 1805 listings so there must be something of use in there
, i was plesently supprised by the numbert of places in norfolk alone

http://lh.matthewbeckett.com/lh_complete_list.html

[mookster]

Seen that before, it's got details of my dad's family's old country pile on there!

http://lh.matthewbeckett.com/houses/lh_devon_lindridge.html

No joke, that really was where my dad spent the first 3 years of his life as he was a Benthall, my great-grandfather Edward Benthall died in 1961 and passed it to my grandfather Michael Benthall who I never met as he died before I was born. What it doesn't mention about the fire that destroyed it is the Buddha statue that had always sat in the garden - it was mired in folklore but the story went that if that Buddha was ever moved, a terrible thing would happen to the house. On the night of the fire the Buddha was moved inside the house, and it burnt to the ground and still to this day nobody knows what started the fire. As the insurance required the pool to be kept full in the event of a fire and it wasn't, the new owners lost everything and didn't get a penny back.

[norfolkexplorer]

thats some serious heavy stuff man, i love getting to hear the stories that you may not ever hear

[drhowser]

That's an interesting list!
Amusingly there's quite a few entries that link back to here.

[tweek]

cheers dibs :thumb

[neonkidprincess]

Lovely!
Thank you

[Everyonefreezes]

Amazing find! Perfect for my project! Thankyou!

[the invisableman]

Nice!