&
&
~~~~~~~~~~#########~~~~~~~~~~
CHEPSTOW CHAT –
Memories, Nibs, Obituaries, Announcements & News
Piercefield House, Chepstow continues to collapse past viable restoration …
Posted by:
Greg Lance – Watkins
Greg_L-W
eMail Address:
Greg_L-W@BTconnect.com
The BLOG:
https://InfoWebSiteUK.wordpress.com
The Main Web Site:
www.InfoWebSite.UK
TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/Greg_LW
PARLER:
https://parler.com/GregLW
~~~~~~~~~~#########~~~~~~~~~~
Hi,
.
Piercefield House, Chepstow – no action to stop disrepair
Over the years, many people had explored the crumbling ruin until metal hoardings were put in place for safety reasons.
David and Simon Reuben bought the firm which owned Chepstow Racecourse back in 2007, acquiring Piercefield House in the process.
Since then, little has been heard from them and the house remains a shell.
In 2013, Save Britain’s Heritage launched a campaign to rescue the house, but as yet it has not yielded any action on the owners’ part.
In 1740, the house was purchased by Valentine Morris – who was a slave owner and plantation magnate in Antigua.
His son, who bore the same name, worked to develop the estate, but this ended up bankrupting him.
Piercefield House changed hands a few more times before being acquired in 1802 by one of its more well-known owners, Nathaniel Wells.
Wells was the son of St Kitts slave owner William Wells who had fathered him with an enslaved house servant named ‘Juggy’ (later Jordine Wells).
Nathaniel Wells inherited much of his late father’s wealth and moved into Piercefield House.
He later became High Sherriff of Monmouth, the first black man to hold the position.
Over the years the house has inspired writers such as Wordsworth and Coleridge due to its location on the Wye Tour – an early sort of package holiday for the very rich.
It is rumoured to have even hosted Admiral Horatio Nelson at one point.
With the opening of the racecourse in the 1920s the house fell further into disrepair.
During the Second World War, the house was used by the American army for target practice ahead of the 1944 Normandy Landings.
The Reuben Brothers were contacted for comment.
To View the Original Article CLICK HERE
Regards,
Greg_L-W.
tel: 44 (0)1594 – 528 337
Calls from ‘Number Withheld’ phones Are Blocked
All unanswered messages are recorded.
Leave your name & a UK land line number & I will return your call.
Please Be Sure To
.
.
&
Re-TWEET my TWEETS
TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/Greg_LW
&
PARLER:
https://parler.com/GregLW
My MainWebSite & Blogs
Greg_L-W@BTconnect.com
The Main Web Site:
www.InfoWebSite.UK
https://www.infowebsite.uk/gregs-websites/
TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/Greg_LW
From 04-Jul-2022 until Early December 2022:
I was banned from TWITTER.
Allegedly, I had broken a TWITTER Rule,
But, Seemingly they lacked the integrity or competence
to identify the rule!
PRESUMABLY I told the Truth or Used a fact
that does not suit their corrupt WOKE agenda,
bias or propaganda!
As the corrupt & biased owners at the time
no longer use their lies, bias & propaganda on Twitter
to Un-platform People as it is no longer owned & managed by them
as Elon Musk has purchased the platform:
I have rejoined, by deleting my provably accurate Tweet:
CAVEAT
By clicking Remove, you are removing the content of your Tweet and all other edited versions of the tweet,
and forgoing the option to appeal this violation.
Please note that the original content will be replaced with a notice stating:
‘your Tweet is no longer available because it violated the Twitter Rules.
This notice will be accessible via direct URL and via your profile timeline for 14 days. Learn more.
PLEASE NOTE:
Every part of the Tweet are provable FACTS, the truth seems not to have been popular!
Let us hope Elon Musk’s ownership will lead to greater integrity from Twitter!
TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/Greg_LW
PARLER:
https://parler.com/GregLW
~~~~~~~~~~#########~~~~~~~~~~
Chepstow - chat 