Phyllis Lavelle
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The Kershall Cliff Manor Left Vacant After Rockface Erosion Failure
The Kershall Cliff Manor was completed in 1904 as an experimental Victorian residence embedded directly into the steep alpine cliff…
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The Ravenshollow Floodplain Complex Left Vacant After Permanent Inundation
The Ravenshollow Complex was originally constructed in 1902 as a network of interconnected Victorian townhouses positioned along a low-lying forest…
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The Virelight Desert Observatory Left Vacant After Thermal Collapse
The Virelight Desert Observatory was commissioned in 1901 by the Haldenridge scientific estate as both a private residence and astronomical…
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Wycliffe Cliff Manor Left Vacant After Storm Debt Collapse
The Wycliffe Cliff Manor was commissioned in 1902 by the Harrowgate engineering family, who sought to adapt Victorian residential design…
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Prismvale Spiral House Left Vacant After Cliffside Structural Erosion
The Prismvale Spiral House was first occupied by the Halewick architectural family in 1909, shortly after completion of the lower…
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Silverknot Array Left Vacant After Wartime Fragmentation Failure
The Silverknot Array was occupied in its early years by the Delacroix engineering family, who acquired and expanded the structure…
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Ravenholt Manor Left Vacant After Wartime Decline
The Occupied YearsRavenholt Manor was established in the final decades of the nineteenth century as a remote country residence for…
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The Strange Decline of Hollowbriar Hall
Hollowbriar Hall was built in 1890 for Frederick Alton Merrick, born in 1848 near York. Merrick earned his fortune through…
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The Last Years of Wrenhaven Manor
Wrenhaven Manor was built in 1888 for Arthur Benedict Wren (born 1847 in Durham), a prosperous timber merchant whose contracts…
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Ashwell Tower and the Slow Misalignment of Its Occupation
Ashwell Tower was constructed in 1882 for Dr. Edwin Mallory Harth (b. 1846, Cumberland), a physician-turned-private sanatorium investor whose fortune…
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Crowmere Abbey House and the Quiet Accumulation of Its End
Crowmere Abbey House was commissioned in 1887 by Sir Alistair Wrenfield Crowe (b. 1839, Gloucestershire), a land magnate whose wealth…
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The Hollowbriar Hall and Its Abandonment
Hollowbriar Hall was completed in 1891 for Edmund Calvert Wren, born 1843 in Kent, a forestry estate auditor responsible for…
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