My father has just sent this link through regarding a property in Lawrence near Kansas City.
http://www.reececommercial.com/listings/72175
It has family connections for us as my great grandad, Sidney Endacott, was commissioned to undertake the carving of the wooden features found throughout the castle such as the panels and fireplaces. These can be seen in the photos in the link above. Sidney was only 17 at the time and when he returned to England he went on to become one of England's most acclaimed sculptors and water colour artists. Drawing (no pun intended) upon his skills as an artist he also produced maintenance diagrams of vehicles for the army in the first world war. Sidney died in 1918 aged 45. I have many fond memories of his son, Bernard, my grandfather 'Pa', who was normally seen with a pipe of choice and his favourite 'baccy, Erinmore Flake. 'Pa' also went on to become a renowned sculptor and artist and was commissioned to repair the windows in Exeter cathedral that were damaged during the bombing raids of WWII. Family legend had it that 'Pa' had left a hidden message in one of the windows of the cathedral so if I returned to Exeter to see my parents during leave, armed with a pair of binoculars I would often head up to the cathedral to search for the window in question. It took me about 15 years' of occasional trips home to locate it; on a brass plaque depicted behind a mayoral procession high up in a series of 3 arched windows, the initials of his four children is inscribed, one of whom of course is my mum.
http://www.reececommercial.com/listings/72175
It has family connections for us as my great grandad, Sidney Endacott, was commissioned to undertake the carving of the wooden features found throughout the castle such as the panels and fireplaces. These can be seen in the photos in the link above. Sidney was only 17 at the time and when he returned to England he went on to become one of England's most acclaimed sculptors and water colour artists. Drawing (no pun intended) upon his skills as an artist he also produced maintenance diagrams of vehicles for the army in the first world war. Sidney died in 1918 aged 45. I have many fond memories of his son, Bernard, my grandfather 'Pa', who was normally seen with a pipe of choice and his favourite 'baccy, Erinmore Flake. 'Pa' also went on to become a renowned sculptor and artist and was commissioned to repair the windows in Exeter cathedral that were damaged during the bombing raids of WWII. Family legend had it that 'Pa' had left a hidden message in one of the windows of the cathedral so if I returned to Exeter to see my parents during leave, armed with a pair of binoculars I would often head up to the cathedral to search for the window in question. It took me about 15 years' of occasional trips home to locate it; on a brass plaque depicted behind a mayoral procession high up in a series of 3 arched windows, the initials of his four children is inscribed, one of whom of course is my mum.
