THE HOUSE ON THE HILL. “Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.” Frank Gehry . Standing almost spookily forlorn and seemingly uncared for, abandoned or unwanted, a large dwelling house towards the top of Burton Road in Melton Mowbray was until quite recently, vacated of all human life and with obvious signs of neglect to passers-by. Connected to this old house today is located the business offices of ‘ Hayward McMullan, Architects run by Laura Hayward and Brendan McMullan: who have promised to breathe new life into the old property as time and money permit; they are the most recent owners of the large Edwardian house which is known locally as “ Braeside ’. With the closure and later the demolition of the ‘retired' school buildings which comprised the King Edward VII Grammar School after a century of continuous service to schoolchildren of the community, the grand Edwardian main school building is set to be saved from the wrecker...
Memories of Days Long Gone.