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History of the house and the area.

Chorley and Connon

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Architects Chorley Connon and Chorley Our house is often mistakenly thought to be Edwardian, it isn’t it is older or people think it is…

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Newton Park Chapeltown Leeds

Newton Park Estate

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Newton Park Estate Background The Newton Park Estate is a Victorian Residential Development, in North Leeds, Yorkshire, UK. It has been a conservation area…

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Jack The Lad

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Jack the lad Here is the story of one of the previous owners of Penraevon. He is Jack Foreman and lived here with his…

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The Courtyard

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The Courtyard The courtyard is a rather grand name for a scrap of wasteland with a horrible washing line running across it. The courtyard…

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Upstairs

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Upstairs The house appears to be in a good state of repair, but it is all painted magnolia woodchip with white gloss and cheap…

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A Poet Goes North

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A Poet Goes North This is a beautiful film with the poet John Betjeman wandering the streets of Leeds. It is interesting to see…

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Cragside

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The four month push to get the Kitchen finished is finally coming to an end, so we hopped off for a week away at…

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