To Cassandra, from Steventon, "Who is Miss Maria Montresor going to marry, and what is to become of Miss Mulcaster?" - Jane Austen, Saturday 1-Sunday 2 December 1798
This reads like the opening scene for a soap opera, does it not?
Miss Maria-Lucy Montresor of Nash Court, Kent was the sister to General Sir Henry-Tucker Montresor. She married Lt.-gen. Sir F. W. Mulcaster in September of 1801. Miss Mulcaster was his sister. So, Miss Mulcaster became Miss Maria Montresor's sister-in-law.
I love that these beautiful, massive estates are still around. It seems as though England does a very good job of taking care of it's national treasures.
http://chooseireland.com/county/longford/carrigglas-manor-house/
It is a very sad story, what has happened to Tom Lefroy's estate in Ireland. In August 2007 the Becoming Jane Fansite posted that Tom Lefroy's estate, Carrigglas, was to be sold and turned into a four star hotel. You can read about it here.
http://becomingjane.blogspot.com/2007/08/oh-no-carrigglas-is-turned-into-hotel.html
This is bad enough, but, it got worse. At the end of September this year they posted an update. If you have time take a few minutes and watch this video showing what has happened to Carrigglas.
http://becomingjane.blogspot.nl/2012/09/the-sad-fate-of-carrigglas-manor.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYDKZ33pWX8
This is a link to another video on youtube about Carrigglas, but this one has some great views of Carrigglas as it was before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqIJdSW1ko&feature=related
I told my husband that if we had a lot of money I would buy Carrigglas and turn it back into a bed and breakfast. He was not big on it. I have also been known to say that I would buy the swamp land Steventon sat on and rebuild it as close to the original as could be known. I suppose that is why we do not have a lot of money;)
I hope you had a good day today!
Terrie
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