But still, if they ever catch on fire, which, with any luck, they might
But still, if they ever catch on fire, which, with any luck, they might
#1But still, if they ever catch on fire, which, with any luck, they might
Posted: 5/1/15 at 6:28pm
That song takes a bitter taste and there's one less stately home in England this week after Clandon Park house became an inferno. Those who read my posts here will know I share my passion for Broadway musicals with a passion for historic architecture and I've visited this grade 1 listed building, which was almost 300 years old, on more than one occasion, so viewing these photographs seems quite surreal:
Heritage burns well and, it seems, there was little time to rescue the contents. Some remarkable interiors and artefacts went up in smoke.
Note, for comparison purposes, the marble statue at the top right of the photograph above, charred and with right-leg smashed off below.
The place was evacuated successfully and none of the staff, the family or the visitors were hurt but this must be devastating for all whose lives and work were associated with it.
Updated On: 5/2/15 at 06:28 PM#2But still, if they ever catch on fire, which, with any luck, they might
Posted: 5/1/15 at 6:41pm
#2But still, if they ever catch on fire which, with any luck, they might
Posted: 5/1/15 at 9:20pm
Do they know what was the cause of the blaze?
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#3But still, if they ever catch on fire which, with any luck, they might
Posted: 5/2/15 at 9:17am
Not yet.
It apparently started in the basement and, looking at the photographs, seems to have got up to the roof pretty quickly. The way these buildings were built back then was to use brickwork for the main structure, nail wooden latticing to the interior side and then plaster the latticing to form the interior walls of a room. If fire gets to the latticing between the plaster and the brickwork it can spread very quickly throughout such a building without anyone noticing or being sure whereabouts it has spread to.
Interiors for the 2008 film The Duchess with Keira Knighley and Ralph Fiennes were filmed there:
Note the frieze and fireplace above and below.
The heritage experts will sift through the wreckage with a toothcomb to capture anything small and precious that may have survived and also to see if there's anything that can be re-used should they decide to restore.
The investigation will take some time...
Updated On: 5/2/15 at 09:17 AM
#4But still, if they ever catch on fire which, with any luck, they might
Posted: 5/2/15 at 10:17am
Do you think the butler did it?
#5But still, if they ever catch on fire which, with any luck, they might
Posted: 5/2/15 at 11:07am
It was Mrs Scarlet in the library with a candlestick.
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Updated On: 5/2/15 at 11:07 AM
#6But still, if they ever catch on fire which, with any luck, they might
Posted: 5/2/15 at 12:17pm
Heartbreaking.
#7But still, if they ever catch on fire which, with any luck, they might
Posted: 5/2/15 at 2:15pm
i don't think th ebutler did it in this case but it wouldn't surprise me if some of the homes that Coward refers to in that song caught fire as a result of disgruntled servants accidentally-on-purpose starting something.
Updated On: 5/2/15 at 02:15 PM#8But still, if they ever catch on fire which, with any luck, they might
Posted: 5/3/15 at 3:02am
I will bet anything , they will find it was electrical wiring. Many of these older places, no matter how opulent, still rely on their age old wiring.
It is really quite sad to see something this grand gutted.
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