Grade II listed building on the outskirts of Northampton. It had 119 rooms and is surrounded by 35 acres of parkland and grounds. In 2001 a catastrophic fire destroyed 50% of the Hall and over the last 15 years the other half has deteriorated through vandalism and weather.
The building was designed by the London architect William Milford Teulon and was highly advanced when new.
It was built with double walls, giving it the earliest known cavity wall insulation and had a central heating system, gas lighting and a butler’s lift.
The Grade II listed building was built in the early 1860s for Lord and Lady Overstone.
However, Lord Overstone expressed his “unmitigated disappointment” over the building.
In a scathing letter, he wrote: “It is an utter failure – we have fallen into the hands of an architect in whom incapacity is his smallest fault.
“The house tho’ very large and full of pretension – has neither taste, comfort, nor convenience. I am utterly ashamed of it… the principal rooms are literally uninhabitable – I shall never fit them up… I grieve to think that I shall hand such an abortion to my successors.”
After his death, the building passed to his daughter and was later converted into a boarding school.
In 1980 the mansion was bought by the New Testament Church of God.
In 2001 half the building was destroyed by fire.
Despite that, seven years later part of the southern range was still in use as retirement accommodation.
In 2015, Barry Howard Homes purchased the hall with the intention of restoring it, which is estimated to cost over £25 million.
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After left farm house to decide to visit Overstone Hall to explore, its easy to access again when we enter the building spent around 2 hour to enjoyable explore as we found cellar also very challenge to went 2nd floor because some floorboard very weak & collapse, so sadly unable enter the tower to reach the top.
