Andrew Handyside who made Friargate bridge in Derby also made ironwork for many buildings and hotels, a lot of their building ironwork is structural and can’t be seen but here is one example where their ironwork was made to be on view, quite a unique Handyside find this one.
Audleys Wood Hotel, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK.
This hotel is in Basingstoke, Hampshire. It was built in 1880, Originally the Neo Gothic Renaissance mansion of auctioneer Thomas Pain (director of the bloodstock auctioneers Messrs Tattersalls).
In 1989 it was converted to a 4-star 72 bedroom hotel surrounded by woodlands and seven acres of private grounds.
Great to see they have left all the fine ironwork on show, all made in Derby at the Britannia foundry 146 years ago.
As you can see in the photographs, there is lots of ironwork on show here. Round cast iron support pillars with square capitals, decorative riveted rafters, decorative cast iron spandrels surrounding the doorways etc.
This ironwork was originally painted black, but they have now painted it cream to match the walls, it all looks rather splendid.
A potted history of this building :
1880 Built.
1887 Owned by William Bradshaw.
1900 Henry Adolphus Simonds purchased the estate.
1944 Owned by Viscount Camrose, the editor and proprietor of The Daily Telegraph.
1951 The house and gardens were sold to the county council, who ran Audleys Wood as a home for the elderly and a workshop for the disabled.
1989 Converted to Audleys Wood Hotel.
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