A scandalous part of the estate's history had been forgotten for almost 200 years, until now.
Archaeological dig at Attingham Park. Pictured: Mervyn Eyles, Ian Thom, Nigel Baker, Viviana Caroli and Terry Carr
In 2022, a survey of the area revealed underground anomalies consistent with the presence of one or more buried buildings. Initially, the team thought the second building was likely to be a servants building, that would have accompanied the elaborate summerhouse.But the most recent dig has suggested the story of Attingham's secret garden has completely changed.
"We can't tell for sure at this stage if it was a full glass house, but it's a fantastic building. At the moment it's about eight metres by 14 metres long but we haven't fully excavated it yet. We expect it to be around 20 metres long." "This was a period where Thomas lived a very extravagant life and pushed the family to ruin, we do have records of his two brothers begging him to leave the country. They didn't want to lose the family estate.
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