No Renovation
Unfortunately, these plans seemed to have been forgotten as no renovation eventually took place. There were speculations about plans to take down the estate and build a brand-new mansion, but it never transpired as well. Since then, the mansion has served as a house to many squatters.
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Its History
Now, let’s peek into a little bit of the mansion’s history. It was originally built in 1925, during the time that the Spanish Colonial Revival architecture was starting to gain popularity. Some of the notable elements of this architectural style are terracotta, flat roofs, and smooth plastered walls. However, between 1944 and 1953, the mansion underwent a renovation and was redesigned by John Elgin Woolf following a French Louis XV style.