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
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