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  • Wezzit? Old painting of house
  • Esme
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    We all love a good wezzit, don’t we?

    Sorry, but this isn’t a good one, since the house may be long demolished for a motorway or housing estate.

    Newspaper article

    Anyone recognise any of the features? The chimneys seem unusually prominent. Is that typical of a particular area or period?

    It’s likely to be Cheshire, Staffordshire or Shropshire, since the owner believed it to be in Wybunbury.

    maccruiskeen
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    That’s Flashy’s house isn’t it? The east wing.

    whitestone
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    STW Towers?

    Esme
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    Hmmm, doesn’t STW Towers have a moat (or maybe a canal) just outside?

    perchypanther
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    Mcmoonters greenhouse?

    mariner
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    Looks like ones alma mater but that was in Somerset.

    matt_outandabout
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    Mine 8)

    Esme
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    Somerset? That’s useful, thank you, Mariner.
    Exterior chimneys do seem more prevalent down south (according to my Google images search).

    JAG
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    I always thought chimneys in that style were a Tudor thing 😀

    Like these; Tudor chimneys

    CountZero
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    Certainly Tudor/Elizabethan in style, but often copied by later architects, I believe.

    hamishthecat
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    Looks a bit like Mapledurham House in Oxfordshire.

    Esme
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    That’s an interesting suggestion, Hamish. It does look like a scaled-down version of Mapledurham House (which is Elizabethan, as per CountZero)

    brack
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    Initially thought – King Edward Vii hospital in midhurst

    Though on closer inspection prob not

    midlifecrashes
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    It’s got a lot of similarities to Burton Agnes Hall, East Yorkshire. That would be one of the grandest Elizabethan brick houses, this place isn’t quite as grand or have as much variation in the facades.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Agnes_Hall

    Esme
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    Thanks for all the suggestions. I don’t think we’re much closer to identifying it, except to say it’s a mixture of Elizabethan chimneys and Georgian windows!

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