Milner Field has been abandoned and ravaged, blown up and pillaged, and now lies in mounds of bricks and stones
It has been abandoned and ravaged, blown up and pillaged, and now lies in mounds of bricks and stones, chunks of masonry covered in lichen and ivy, but Milner Field, the colossal country house that Titus Salt Jnr built, refuses to disappear completely.
Frances was introduced to the ruins of Milner Field by her friend Lindsay Attree. I joined them for a walk to see what remains, beginning at the bottom of the long driveway to what was once the dream house built by Titus Jnr. The mosaic floor of the conservatory can still be seen, as can the remains of the Gothic arched gateway, the cellars and chunks of carved masonry.In A Mansion for Murder, Frances envisages Milner Field as it might have been in 1930. “It was the year the mansion went up for auction, and I’d reached 1930 in the Kate Shackleton stories, so it was a perfect fit,” she says.
During her investigations, Kate stays in the Tower Room, and soon she finds herself embroiled in all sorts of mysterious goings on.
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