Surplus to requirement. A country house that was stripped of its interiors and subsequently demolished. Chipstead Place was once part of the demesne and lands of the manor of the de Chepsted family. It was first mentioned in the latter end of the reign of Elizabeth I, when it was in the possession of Robert … Continue reading CHIPSTEAD PLACE→| HOUSE AND HERITAGE
“It was impossible to save when nobody had heard of Bonomi.” In 1961, Kitty Cruft, the leading officer of the Scottish National Buildings Record, visited Rosneath Castle to record its last dying days. Shortly afterwards, an unsafe ruin, this grand old country house, a ghost of its past, was blown up with 200 LBs of … Continue reading ROSNEATH CASTLE→| HOUSE AND HERITAGE