The house that time forgot: Abandoned home known as Red Dress Manor filled with black-and-white photos, intimate love letters and an eerie bridesmaid frock goes on sale after lying empty for more than 40 years

An abandoned former dairy farm that is packed to the rafters with black-and-white photographs, intimate love letters and decaying clothes and furnishings, has gone on the market for £700,000 ($923,000). Scroll through to see the fascinating, haunting images...
An abandoned former dairy farm that is packed to the rafters with black-and-white photographs, intimate love letters and decaying clothes and furnishings, has gone on the market for £700,000 ($923,000). Scroll through to see the fascinating, haunting images...
Appearing to be frozen in time after lying empty for more than 40 years, the 2.3 acre Calcott Hall estate, standing in the depths of the Welsh countryside in Llanymynech, Powys, is filed to the brim with personal belongings (pictured) - including a floor-length red satin frock.
Appearing to be frozen in time after lying empty for more than 40 years, the 2.3 acre Calcott Hall estate, standing in the depths of the Welsh countryside in Llanymynech, Powys, is filed to the brim with personal belongings (pictured) - including a floor-length red satin frock.
Now the mansion has been put up for sale with Roger Parry and Partners for just £700,000 ($923,000), and is currently within the planning process to renovate the hall and convert the traditional barns to up to 7 residential units.
Now the mansion has been put up for sale with Roger Parry and Partners for just £700,000 ($923,000), and is currently within the planning process to renovate the hall and convert the traditional barns to up to 7 residential units.
Dubbed the Red Dress Manor (pictured) by locals, the eerie building has kept its nickname despite the original gown no longer resting in the wardrobe - instead, another lookalike version was mysteriously placed there some years ago.
Dubbed the Red Dress Manor (pictured) by locals, the eerie building has kept its nickname despite the original gown no longer resting in the wardrobe - instead, another lookalike version was mysteriously placed there some years ago.
The six-bedroom house was grade II* listed in 1953 - more than two centuries after it was first built as a dairy farm - and is in need of a complete renovation. Pictured is one of the bedrooms in the property.
The six-bedroom house was grade II* listed in 1953 - more than two centuries after it was first built as a dairy farm - and is in need of a complete renovation. Pictured is one of the bedrooms in the property.
According to census records, the last owner, Ellen Jones, died in the early 1970s and her home became a forgotten relic in its leafy surroundings - but her belongings (pictured in the living room) are thought to have stayed exactly as she left them.
According to census records, the last owner, Ellen Jones, died in the early 1970s and her home became a forgotten relic in its leafy surroundings - but her belongings (pictured in the living room) are thought to have stayed exactly as she left them.
Namesake: The woman in the red dress that has given the manor its nickname. The picture shows Ellen Jones, who appears in other images around the house. This photograph has since been taken from the property.
Namesake: The woman in the red dress that has given the manor its nickname. The picture shows Ellen Jones, who appears in other images around the house. This photograph has since been taken from the property.

1 comment:

  1. It's truly amazing how thing can fall apart in time. I'm sure this was a really nice looking place 40 years ago. Now time has ghettoized it. Inner city blacks would feel right at home here if they could afford it.

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