One of our Charity parties at Stones House
On Wednesday evening we were invited by the present owners to visit our former home Stones House, Ripponden.
We purchased it in 1963 when it was very run down and had a lot of dry rot, but with a barn, out buildings, large garden with victorian lake [ no water [ and 10 acres of land it just needed care and attention and was a great place to bring up children and we stayed there for 25 years before we moved to allow another person to finish repairing the roof !
The former family home of the Whiteley's of Stones Mills, Cotton Manufacturers and after they had ' banked ' one of the main victorian parts had been demolished.
The main delights were the victorian interiors, wooded floors and sliding doors, painted glass, painted ceilings and interesting fittings.
Luckily since we moved 2 other owners have completed restoration but not changed anything of the ground floor special interiors.
The sad part is that 4 houses have been built on the gardens and site of the lake, and the barn converted to a house.
But the visit was unexpected and we liked being shown round again and explaining how we had taken it on and the history of the house and its families
2 comments:
Mark my daughter and her husband have now bought stones house,I wonder if you have any old photos of it when you first moved in ,also if you have any history or sources for me to get photos information about the house.
Thanks
Sean mc cabe
Wanted information on stones house ripponden
Old photos Or anything about the house would be great
Sean
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