markus250
07-05-2010, 04:55 PM
Hi all,
After hearing of this place and knowing it was so local to me, we decided to head for a look. I've heard of the place and that was about it so here is some history i pulled off the net!:
Annesley Hall near Annesley in Nottinghamshire, England, is the ancestral home of the Chaworth-Musters family. Mary Chaworth who lived at the Hall was the boyhood lover of the poet Lord Byron, who lived at nearby Newstead Abbey. Byron's poem "The Dream" concerns the meeting of two lovers on Diadem Hill, part of The Misk Hills range, which belonged to the Annesley estate. The uncle of the poet Byron had killed the then Lord Chaworth in a duel outside the house. Mary Chaworth eventually married John Musters of Colwick Hall in 1805. Their teenage son, Charles Musters, sailed as a Volunteer 1st Class aboard HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin, but died of malaria in South America on May 19, 1832.
The Chaworth-Musters family became one of the most powerful families in Nottinghamshire.
The hall is now in private ownership. English Heritage have listed the building on the 'Buildings at Risk Register' as high vulnerability and deteriorating.
Unfortunately the hall suffered a fire which caused damage to the building in 1997 and the building has not been lived in since.
In 2004 the television show "Most Haunted" visited the Hall and spent a night exploring in search for ghosts of "Elizabeth" and "William".
We did go for a second visit with the intentions of getting into the main building as we'd seen a way in. When we arrived security had just done the rounds so we thought we'd go in...however whilst i was climbing in, i heard footsteps inside the building. These steps got so close that the person would have had to have been within touching distance but there was nobody there. I dived out of the building in fear and we ain't been back yet!!! I'm convinced there was someone or something in there but all access points (doors etc) were locked from the outside with padlocks so nobody could have been in there and locked themselves in from the inside...its all very creepy!
Anyway, enough babbling on, here's some pics we took of the day:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5226.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5235.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5240.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5245.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5249.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5256.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5258.jpg
I'm assuming this is the part damaged by fire in the late 90s:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5262.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5267.jpg
proof that there is still activity in the hall!
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5283.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5292.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5307.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5316-1.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5308.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5329.jpg
As i say, we didn't get into the main building but there was still plenty to see eslewhere. From what i could see when i looked into the main building the rooms are empty and looking like they are being restored albeit very slowly.
Thanks for looking!
markus:)
After hearing of this place and knowing it was so local to me, we decided to head for a look. I've heard of the place and that was about it so here is some history i pulled off the net!:
Annesley Hall near Annesley in Nottinghamshire, England, is the ancestral home of the Chaworth-Musters family. Mary Chaworth who lived at the Hall was the boyhood lover of the poet Lord Byron, who lived at nearby Newstead Abbey. Byron's poem "The Dream" concerns the meeting of two lovers on Diadem Hill, part of The Misk Hills range, which belonged to the Annesley estate. The uncle of the poet Byron had killed the then Lord Chaworth in a duel outside the house. Mary Chaworth eventually married John Musters of Colwick Hall in 1805. Their teenage son, Charles Musters, sailed as a Volunteer 1st Class aboard HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin, but died of malaria in South America on May 19, 1832.
The Chaworth-Musters family became one of the most powerful families in Nottinghamshire.
The hall is now in private ownership. English Heritage have listed the building on the 'Buildings at Risk Register' as high vulnerability and deteriorating.
Unfortunately the hall suffered a fire which caused damage to the building in 1997 and the building has not been lived in since.
In 2004 the television show "Most Haunted" visited the Hall and spent a night exploring in search for ghosts of "Elizabeth" and "William".
We did go for a second visit with the intentions of getting into the main building as we'd seen a way in. When we arrived security had just done the rounds so we thought we'd go in...however whilst i was climbing in, i heard footsteps inside the building. These steps got so close that the person would have had to have been within touching distance but there was nobody there. I dived out of the building in fear and we ain't been back yet!!! I'm convinced there was someone or something in there but all access points (doors etc) were locked from the outside with padlocks so nobody could have been in there and locked themselves in from the inside...its all very creepy!
Anyway, enough babbling on, here's some pics we took of the day:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5226.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5235.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5240.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5245.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5249.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5256.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5258.jpg
I'm assuming this is the part damaged by fire in the late 90s:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5262.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5267.jpg
proof that there is still activity in the hall!
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5283.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5292.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5307.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5316-1.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5308.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Annesley%20Hall%20-%2019th%20April%202010/100_5329.jpg
As i say, we didn't get into the main building but there was still plenty to see eslewhere. From what i could see when i looked into the main building the rooms are empty and looking like they are being restored albeit very slowly.
Thanks for looking!
markus:)