Fascinating pictures inside the crumbling manor house that was once home to epic poet John Milton
These haunting images show the crumbling remains of the country retreat once home to iconic writer and poet, John Milton.
What
was once an elegant mansion is now certainly a state of Paradise Lost,
as Berkyn Manor lies decayed, damp and dirty, 28 years after it was
abandoned by its last owners.
In
its prime, the vast property - now barely standing - housed some of the
country's wealthiest families in its 450 years as a family home.
Haunting images taken inside the dangerously dilapidated manor show its
crumbling remains - and all the possessions frozen in time when its most
recent owners left. A cobweb covered, rusting pram sits motionless in
front of a stained sofa
In its prime, the vast property - now barely standing - housed some of
the country's wealthiest families in its 450 years as a family home. A
desk, packed with papers and catalogues, remains in the home
However, its
most famous resident was John Milton, the London-born poet whose most
celebrated work, Paradise Lost, cemented his reputation as one of the
greatest English poets of all time.
He lived in the house with his family between 1632 to 1638 - when he was in his 20s.
For
the next two centuries, the mansion - in Horton, Slough - changed hands
between several well off owners, before being purchased in 1848 by
wealthy Edward Tyrell, who rebuilt Berkyn Manor into the home it remains
today.
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