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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]The following is a quote from "The Lost Houses of Derbyshire" (2002) by Craven and Stanley. "[/i]Aldercar Park, Heanor[/i] Demolished in 1962 to make way for a new comprehensive school, this 4 bay 3 storey coursed rubble house had a substantial Arts and Crafts wing, almost Queen Anne Revival. It was added in the 1890s by Arthur Fitzherbert Wright, perhaps to designs by Naylor & Sale of Derby (a firm used elsewhere by the family), as the new entrance front. Thomas Burton built a house here in 1668 with a fine timber staircase. In the early 18th century the Milnes bought it but eventually sold it to the Jessops, from whom it came to the Butterley Company. Under their ownership, it later became a preparatory school until purchased in 1898 by Fitzherbert Wright..." The text is accompanied by copies of two postcards, dated 1912 and 1900. So, am I the only one to question this....? 1. I take it that by Aldercar Park Heanor the authors mean Aldercar Hall? Or was Aldercar Park somewhere else? 2. If it was Aldercar Hall, it could not have been knocked down to make way for a comprehensive school, as it was some distance away from the present Aldercar Comprehensive. 3. Was a building knocked down to make way for Aldercar Comprehensive? 4. Can the dates be correct, as I know that Francis Beresford Wright was already living at Aldercar Hall in 1881?[/quote]
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replied on: 1/3/2003 6:11:38 AM

The following is a quote from "The Lost Houses of Derbyshire" (2002) by Craven and Stanley.

"Aldercar Park, Heanor

Demolished in 1962 to make way for a new comprehensive school, this 4 bay 3 storey coursed rubble house had a substantial Arts and Crafts wing, almost Queen Anne Revival. It was added in the 1890s by Arthur Fitzherbert Wright, perhaps to designs by Naylor & Sale of Derby (a firm used elsewhere by the family), as the new entrance front.

Thomas Burton built a house here in 1668 with a fine timber staircase. In the early 18th century the Milnes bought it but eventually sold it to the Jessops, from whom it came to the Butterley Company. Under their ownership, it later became a preparatory school until purchased in 1898 by Fitzherbert Wright..."

The text is accompanied by copies of two postcards, dated 1912 and 1900.

So, am I the only one to question this....?

1. I take it that by Aldercar Park Heanor the authors mean Aldercar Hall? Or was Aldercar Park somewhere else?

2. If it was Aldercar Hall, it could not have been knocked down to make way for a comprehensive school, as it was some distance away from the present Aldercar Comprehensive.

3. Was a building knocked down to make way for Aldercar Comprehensive?

4. Can the dates be correct, as I know that Francis Beresford Wright was already living at Aldercar Hall in 1881?

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