| Beatrix Potter once went there for tea, but became bored. Its white pillars were imitation, made of wood not stone, and hollow. Potterells was once one of the great manors of North Mymms. The origins of this ‘unusual country house’ are thought to date back to the 15th century. Over 300 years it become home to many wealthy and influential families, including the Conningsbys and Casamajors. During World War II some of its outbuildings were used to make small arms, and in 1965 it was sold and left empty, gradually becoming derelict. The last pictures of Potterells, taken in the early 80s, are of a ruin shortly before it crumbled into a heap of rubble. |
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