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From the outside this looks like an old church
Inside, it is a 3 bedroom home over 3 floors
CD, I see what you mean. I posted that as an illustration of what they could have done.
I admit that the solar panels on the roof are a bit of a giveaway.
If they had restored the old castle to what it was originally, then build a house inside, it would have looked a lot better.
Round here, we have quite a few churches that have been decomissioned and being used as warehouses and shops, but this is the first one I know of which has been turned into a residential property.
But it's not an eyesore because you can't see that there's anything inside it. I like it!
If they'd rebuilt it as it was, what good would it be to anybody?
I bet it costs a bomb to stay there!
You can certainly see they've bricked in between the walls and made no attempt to match anything, they've gone out of their way to be "different". It's ghastly. It looks like a badly done, amateurish bit of DIY gone wrong.
When I saw it being promoted for the prize, I just knew people would go for it.
Oh, hello, back with that one?
Yes, the surroundings are lovely but most of the building is still a burned out decaying ruin.
If anyone has the time and inclination, try googling Witley Court and have a look at what it used to be, what it was in the 60's and what the gardens look like today.
Over time, the building could have at least been roofed and eventually some of it repaired/restored to make a useful house.
When I first saw it, the "gardens" were a field and a lot of stuff had been sold off the site. The fountains were about to go but fortunately were saved.
If it was OK to do what's been done to that castle, what would people say if a similar stunt was pulled on a place like Conway Castle? Nearly all of the exterior is intact and it wouldn't take much (comparatively speaking) to make a house in that? Would people still think that was a good idea?
