If money was no object...

[Lucius Vorenus]

...I'd be making a property purchase!

http://www.myhome.ie/commercial/brochur ... ath/325492

Dangan Castle, the childhood home of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Sold by his family before he became famous, then ruined by fire!

At least by winning several quite important battles he had other places to rest his (cocked) hat.


Anyone else see awesome properties/places that could do with some redevelopment?

[Vogless]

With a little work, Warlord's new HQ!

They should have the money after Salute. No?

[grant]

With a little work, Warlord's new HQ!

They should have the money after Salute. No?

Seems like a real fixer-upper!

[Cubster]

I used to live near Swindon and there's a place called Barbary Castle ... which ain't a castle. It's the earthworks of an old hillfort and acts like a little circuit for people to walk their dogs round and enjoy the view. I always though a really nice bit of reconstruction would work a treat, maybe with a live-in community of re-enactors.

[westwaller]

Or you could spend the money on redesigning Swindon...

[Cubster]

I fear it may be past saving ... other than the railway museum.

[Comte Michel]

http://www.colinswalestourism.co.uk/#/c ... 4533618348

or maybe

http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/C ... rmany7.htm

[Chesh]

i am going a little of track here from the opening posts, but this is one house I wish was still about so that I could see....

My 3 x geat grandfather was Sir James Brunlees the Victorian Engineer and he lived in a house called Argyle Lodge directly opposite WImbledon common.

The house looks fantastic and I wish it was still about but was knocked down in the 50's

We have tried to compare it to other houses around the area with the same scale and I guestimate it at about £10 million at todays prices. His son ( my 2 x great grandfather ) lost the family money in a dispute with the railway companies over the rights of electrifying the lines of the Mersey Rail Tunnel (which 'Sir Jimmy' built).

Below are two snippets of deatails of sales from the Times at different points.

[Cubster]

Looks like a delightful little holiday cottage.

Here's some snippets in the City of London archives http://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/coll ... 27306&sp=X

There are also two side views available.

[grant]

neat