Catherine's Home up for sale!
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
July 11, 2016 8:22pm CST
The price is undisclosed but a few years ago it went for 1 million pounds. Apparently some tripadvisor reviews were referenced and people were calling it "weird".
Hmmph!
I don't know whose hands it will fall into but I hope whoever does take it will keep it up and not destroy it's history.
Apparently it dates from the 13th century.
A listed building which was once the home of the first of Henry VIII's six wives is up for sale in Shropshire.
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@Mike197602 (15504)
• United Kingdom
12 Jul 16
They won't be able to do anything much to it as at that age it'd almost certainly be grade 1 listed which places A LOT of restrictions on what you can do to a building and how you do it.
Historical buildings like that are pretty much untouchable here and if you mess with them you'll get in a lot of trouble and have to pay serious fines.
I'd never even heard of this place...shropshire is the next county north of me here in worcestershire.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Jul 16
I thought you might be close by the place. I hadn't heard of it either but apparently she stayed there. I wonder if potential buyers have to go through a more rigorous background check for buying historical buildings there?
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@Mike197602 (15504)
• United Kingdom
12 Jul 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum no they don't have to go through background checks but they have to comply with the laws regarding buying listed buildings.
There are a lot of things you can't do to buildings of this type.
Any alterations need to be approved by English Heritage.
The way you do things in terms of building works must be the same as they were done then.
If you buy a ruin you even have to pay for the county archaeologists to do a survey.
So where the sale price may be a million you'd also need serious money to spend on the upkeep of a building that age.
The link is to a site which explains the rules around listed buildings in the UK if you're interested in learning more.
If you are considering buying a listed building to be your new period home, make sure you are aware of the implications. There are specific rules which apply even to Grade II listed buildings which means you must seek approval for a variety of changes you
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Jul 16
@Mike197602 I am skimming through it now. 6,000 buildings are considered Grade I. It also seems that people who would need or want to run pipes and other cable lines through the building would need to keep the integrity of the building itself. I can see why they'd forbade the alteration of the timber though.
I can imagine it would be a year round project just ensuring that everything is treated safely and kept away from rotting or otherwise decaying.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
12 Jul 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum yes indeed for its history
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Jul 16
Not just for it's age but for it's history as well.
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@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
12 Jul 16
You are buying a piece of history with that house.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Jul 16
I'd be too intimidated to buy it.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Jul 16
The financial ability to do so doesn't necessarily beget the want to do so, unfortunately.
@JESSY3236 (22244)
• United States
12 Jul 16
It looks like a nice house. But is it haunted?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Jul 16
Any place that has seen so many lives could very well be. I'd think this one, with it's past occupants and their past, would more than likely have some spectors.
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