Farewell Clandon Park.

I’m very lucky to live in an area full of beautiful National Trust properties. Since I was a child we’ve visited the majority of them over the years, and Clandon Park along with Hatchlands are the closest ones to where I’ve lived and grown up. Sadly last night a huge fire broke out at Clandon Park, built in 1720 for Lord Onslow, it contained priceless textiles, marble fireplaces, porcelain, artwork, furniture, and the most beautiful of all; the Marble Hall. 
As news of the fire broke out my parents were at Clandon Park having a coffee and cake in the garden centre there, but they had no clue there was a fire just metres from where they were sat until it was on the news later that night! We decided to head down there around 10pm to see what was going on (because ya know, we’re super nosey…), and found dozens of cars parked up alongside the fields infront of the house, everyone out of their cars taking photos and watching this magnificent old building go up in flames.
I grabbed my camera and forgot my tripod and 300mm lens (what an idiot), so I’m afraid I had to get these photos with a 35mm lens, and I balanced it on a low fence. Also, I love the horse photobombing the first photo…it was so dark I had no clue he was there!
clandon park house fire

clandon park house fire

clandon park house fire

We watched as the flames engulfed the building we’d all driven past and visited countless times, the windows were bright orange as the flames took hold and the smell of the priceless antiques burning filled our nostrils all the way across the fields.

We’re hoping that they managed to save some of the antique collection, and will somehow be able to restore the property, but with the inside a complete shell, who knows that they’ll be able to do with it 🙁

Have you ever visited Clandon Park? What are your memories of it?

Find me: Twitter | Youtube | Facebook | Bloglovin | Pinterest | Google+ | Instagram

Follow:
Catherine Lux
Catherine Lux

Catherine Lux is a veteran travel blogger by night and the Head of SEO at Havas Media Group by day. Originally from Surrey, she spent four years living in Australia (2007-2009, and 2016-2018), and now lives in London. An ex-party girl sometimes prone to relapses, she loves nothing more than sharing her fine dining and luxury travel experiences with her loyal readers.

Find me on: Web | Instagram

Share:

14 Comments

  1. Unknown
    April 30, 2015 / 7:46 am

    So sad! It's always terrible when fires start in such historic, and beautiful buildings.

    Lauren xx | The Lifestyle Diaries

    • Catherine Lux
      May 2, 2015 / 1:12 pm

      It's so so sad! 🙁

      C x

    • Catherine Lux
      May 2, 2015 / 1:13 pm

      I know, it's awful 🙁

      C x

  2. Jennifer @ This Off Script Life
    April 30, 2015 / 7:05 pm

    I heard about this on the news today…so terribly sad. I hope it can be restored.

    • Catherine Lux
      May 2, 2015 / 1:14 pm

      Same, I'm not sure how they'll do it though :/

      C x

  3. Unknown
    April 30, 2015 / 10:41 pm

    It's such a beautiful building – it is such a shame!

    • Catherine Lux
      May 2, 2015 / 1:15 pm

      It's gorgeous, such a shame that the interior is gutted!

      C x

  4. Danielle GEE
    May 1, 2015 / 8:02 pm

    What a shame- there was a big fire in my neighborhood of East Village in New York recently- it's a very sad, profound thing to watch as a building burns. Hope no one got hurt.

    • Catherine Lux
      May 2, 2015 / 1:16 pm

      It's so awful when history is just destroyed like that! Luckily there were no injuries or fatalities!

      C x

  5. Unknown
    May 2, 2015 / 11:41 am

    This is so sad. Seeing a beautiful building going up in flames 🙁 especially if you had lots of memories there x

    Amanda / Amanda's Escape

    • Catherine Lux
      May 2, 2015 / 1:16 pm

      Yeh 🙁 so so upsetting!

      C x

  6. LuxuryColumnist
    May 2, 2015 / 9:20 pm

    Such a shame, I hope they are able to salvage some of the interior. A couple of my friends from Wimbledon visited it just the week before and said how beautiful it was.

    Suze | LuxuryColumnist

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *