Undershaw

Undershaw was one of the homes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was designed by him and contains a number of unique, specially-commissioned features.

It is the place where he did much of his writing, working on The Return... and The Hound... whilst living there.

It is currently under threat from a proposal by a firm of developers to divide it into three properties. A counter-proposal, spearheaded by actor/TV presenter/author Mark Gatiss is to turn it into a museum/visitor centre.

What`s your view ? Further details from www.saveundershaw.com and http://undershawhelp.blogspot.com.

Thanks for posting that, nick. I already shared it on FB.

Hello again. That`s good, the more people that know about it the better I think.

In case anyone`s interested, the Undershaw Preservation Thingy and the Save Undershaw Campaign have a US representative, Jacquelynn Morris, who can be contacted via ;

http://www.watsonstinbox.org/save-undershaw.html

and/or

http://www.scintillation.org .

Hallo,

Just spotted this group and thought some here would be interested to know that the Judicial Review is happening tomorrow

The Undershaw Preservation Trust main site and twitter feed has all the up to date news (http://www.saveundershaw.com/) (@Save_Undershaw) and A petition to show your support can be found here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save_undershaw/

Thank you, Mr/Ms Unexpected.

I case anyone didn`t know, the judge ruled in favour of the Undershaw Preservation Trust.

The local authority had a chance to appeal, though the time allowed them to do so ran out yesterday I think. As far as I know, they`ve not done so.

However, it`s not all over yet, as now the big question is how the building fares in the future.

Interested parties can find out more by visiting the Trust`s website.