tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025003688816329142.post8987343417433649098..comments2023-11-12T17:03:39.127+00:00Comments on Step into Ashdown's Story: Hamstead Marshall PalaceNicola Cornickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12916076219284821820noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025003688816329142.post-52444420719926588662014-06-09T08:10:05.798+01:002014-06-09T08:10:05.798+01:00Hi Angie
Yes, the Cravens converted the hunting l...Hi Angie<br /><br />Yes, the Cravens converted the hunting lodge on the estate into a bigger house, Hamstead Lodge. Email me if you would like some more information on your grandfather's family. Thanks!Nicola Cornickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12916076219284821820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025003688816329142.post-42509475011158457322014-06-05T12:41:35.556+01:002014-06-05T12:41:35.556+01:00Hi did the Craven family build another house after...Hi did the Craven family build another house after the fire? As my Grandfather, Augustus Craven, was a member of the Craven family, I am very interested in finding out all information of them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00137819696529042198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025003688816329142.post-64139491250695142552013-03-28T10:40:36.662+00:002013-03-28T10:40:36.662+00:00Thank you, Minerva. I find lost villages and lost ...Thank you, Minerva. I find lost villages and lost mansions fascinating - the footprint of the lives that were once lived there.Nicola Cornickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12916076219284821820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025003688816329142.post-66120535229200599242013-03-27T18:33:21.709+00:002013-03-27T18:33:21.709+00:00I do not know this site, but sounds like another r...I do not know this site, but sounds like another ruin I must visit. Those gateposts look familar, perhaps I have seen them before and just not known what I was looking at. So sad we have lost so much history. But then how lucky we are to have people as yourself to help keep it alive and share with us! Minerva ~ LeeAnn at Mrs Black's https://www.blogger.com/profile/05923451542086673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025003688816329142.post-13825617740366876372013-03-15T13:36:47.033+00:002013-03-15T13:36:47.033+00:00Yes, unfortunately fire was a huge danger to all t...Yes, unfortunately fire was a huge danger to all these old buildings and of course once it took hold there was no practical way of putting it out, simply no resources great enough to cope. I've read about so many tragic fires including one at Coleshill House in the 1950s. Coleshill was built around the same time as Ashdown and Hamstead Marshall and it's roof cupola crashed straight through the floors beneath when the roof gave way.<br /><br />Hamstead Marshall is a very poignant site these days.Nicola Cornickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12916076219284821820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025003688816329142.post-53069025527242789342013-03-15T13:02:30.615+00:002013-03-15T13:02:30.615+00:00That is so tragic. Nothing left but 2 lonely gate...That is so tragic. Nothing left but 2 lonely gateposts. I am amazed at how many fires start that way. A NYC church was nearly razed with a roof fire a few years ago.<br /><br />All I could think of was what idiot leaves a torch (or a fire) unattended on a roof???<br /><br />I guess the answer is a lot of people!Deana Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14908407077861396161noreply@blogger.com