Ruins for sale in July 2011

British and Irish stately home ruins and derelict houses for sale – changes this month:

Felix Hall, Essex, England  ** New 12 July
£0.5m, 8 acres, problem: back wall is boundary and not allowed clear windows, built c1710 for Sir Anthony Abdy, 2 wings added c1750 (demolished 1939) for John Williams, fire 1940, Grade II, gardens unlisted, Savills, brochure, reportsatelliteold images,
                                            Filliols Hall, last sold 1953 to Milner Gray, launched 12 Jul 2011,
                                            Country Seat (comment), DiCamilloWiki.

Ranton Abbey, Staffordshire, England  ** Sold 4 July
£3.5m, 304 acres, built 1748, unlisted house and landscape, Knight Frank, Savills, brochure, satellite, photos old & now, last sold 2008, launched Apr 2009, Country Seat, DiCamillo, Wiki.

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Books published in July 2011

Books published during the month on the subject of British and Irish stately homes
(in publishing date order):

Scotland’s Castle Culture

Edited by Audrey Dakin, Miles Glendinning and Aonghus MacKechnie

Hardcover, RRP £25, 288 pages, John Donald Short Run Press,
ISBN 190656633X, 978-1906566333 (1 July).

Ickworth, Suffolk by Catharine Pusey, National Trust (1 July).

National Trust Historic Houses & Collections Annual 2011: No. 5 ed David Adshead (1 Jul).

Royal Britain
Historic Palaces, Castles and Houses

by Jane Struthers
Paperback, RRP £15, 192 pages, New Holland Publishers,
ISBN 1780090099, 978-1780090092 (5 July).

Capability Brown and the English Landscape Garden by Laura Mayer (10 July).

Stowe: The People & the Place by Michael Bevington, National Trust & Scala (21 July).

Gardens of the National Trust by Stephen Lacey, revision of 2005 edition, Anova (21 Jul).

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Movies and TV in July 2011

Movies or TV programmes using British and Irish stately homes as filming locations, screened for the first time this month (in airing date order):

Antiques Roadshow Filming TV Series 34 - Hartland Abbey, North Devon (Thur 7 July).

Bargain Hunt TV episode 29.26, 28, 32 - Sulgrave Manor, BBC1 (712 & 21 July).

Bargain Hunt TV episode 29.27 & 29 - Snowshill Manor, BBC1 (8 & 13 July).

Hidden Houses of Wales TV episode 2.1 – Iscoyd Park, by LLB, BBC1 (Mon 11 July).

Antiques Roadshow Filming TV Series 34 - Seaton Delaval, Northumberland (Th 14 July).

Hidden Houses of Wales TV episode 2.2 – Cresselly, by LLB, BBC1 (Mon 18 July).

Restoration Home TV episode 3 - Stoke Hall, Derbyshire, BBC2 (Tues 19 July).

Flog It! TV filming – Valuation Day at Stapleford Park, BBC2 Series 11 (Thur 21 July).

Hidden Houses of Wales TV episode 2.3 – Soughton House, by LLB, BBC1 (Mon 25 July).

Restoration Home TV episode 4 - Stanwick Hall, Northamptonshire, BBC2 (Tues 26 July).

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Houses for sale in June 2011

British and Irish stately homes for sale – changes this month:

Burnham Westgate Hall, Norfolk, England  ** New 1 June
£7m, 38 acres, rebuilt 1785 for Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford
by Sir John Soane, Grade II*, gardens unlisted, Savills, brochure, satellite, last sold 1991 to Baroness Rawlings, launched 1 Jun 2011, Country Seat, DiCamillo, Wiki.

Gordon House, London, England ** Under Offer 15 Jun
£15m, 0.74 acres, built 1720, Grade II*, gardens unlisted, Knight Frank, last sold 2007 by Octagon Homes to Private Property Group, launched 2009 for £25m (£15m from Jun 2010), DiCamillo, Wiki.

Castle of Invercauld, Aberdeenshire, Scotland – £20m (long term lease), 38,000 acres,
or for short term rent, website, neighbouring to the north of Balmoral Castle, launched 18 May 2011, Category A2003 press  ** New **
Pudleston Court, Herefordshire, England - £5m, 49 acres  ** New **
Donnington Hall, Gloucestershire, England – £6m, 187 acres  ** New **
Hanham Court, Bristol, England – £2.5m, 20 acres (Telegraph** New **
Netherstead Hall, Warwickshire, England – £3.3m, 75 acres  ** New 3 Jun **
Ffynone, Pembrokeshire, Wales – £2.25m, 34 acres  ** New 11 Jun **
Hensol House, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland – £4.25m, 2,264 acres  ** New **
Moor Place, Hertfordshire, England – £4.95m, 51 acres, past saleCountry Seat  ** New
Glencot House, Somerset, England – £2.65m, 17 acres  ** New 15 Jun **
Teaninich Castle, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland – £950,000, 8 acres, CL, website  ** New
Thorpe Manor, Northamptonshire, England – £5.85m, 226 acres (or £3.6m, 49 acres)
also Carter Jonas (was £6.5m/£4.25m) ** Price drop 24 Jun **

Private Sales
(may be privately for sale, but not currently listed on any agents website):
Crichel House, Dorset, England – £100m, 5,000 acres, contents sales (Country Seat).

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Flats for sale in June 2011

British and Irish stately home apartments – no changes this month.

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Ruins for sale in June 2011

British and Irish stately home ruins and derelict houses for sale – changes this month:

Hay Castle, Powys, Wales (part ruin)  ** Sold 5 Jun **
£2m, est 5 acres, built 1400s, Grade I, gardens Grade II, McCartneys, brochure, satellite, old photos, last sold c1968, launched 22 Apr 2011, Country Seat, DiCamillo, Wiki.

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Books published in June 2011

Books published during the month on the subject of British and Irish stately homes
(in publishing date order):

The Big House Library In Ireland
Books In Ulster Country Houses

by Mark Purcell (National Trust - Libraries Curator)
Paperback, RRP £17, 128 pages, National Trust (blog),
ISBN 0707804167, 978-0707804163 (1 June).

Restoration Home
The Essential Guide to Tracing the History of Your House
by Gavin Weightman (accompanying the 6-part BBC TV series)
Paperback, RRP £17, 224 pages, BBC Books,
ISBN 1849901341, 978-1849901345 (2 June).

The National Trust Manual of Housekeeping (2 Jun).

Clitheroe Castle Museum (guidebook) by Susan Ashworth, 978-1857596588.

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