This print is on the same card as OP29816 and OP29817.
Coleshill House, now demolished, was completely gutted by fire in 1952. It has been built around 1660 and was occupied by the Pleydell Bouverie family. The house played a role in the Second World War as it was requisitioned by the War Department to become the top secret training headquarters for the British Resistance or Auxiliary Unit.
This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.
Date received: 24th November 1952.
This is part of the Series: RBO01/34 Early Photographic Print Collection: Oxfordshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection
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Second World War Civil Defence Training Centre, Post Medieval House