1884 – Bedstone Court, Salop, Shropshire

Constructed for Sir Henry W. Ripley, now a private school. The red brick and black-and-white timbered house was built between 1882 and 1884, to a design by architect Thomas Harris, for Sir Henry Ripley, a wealthy Yorkshire industrialist and Member of Parliament. Reputedly a a “calendar house” with 365 windows, 52 rooms, 12 chimneys and 7 external doors. The central hall has a 52-panelled stained-glass window depicting the months of the year, signs of the zodiac, birds associated with the months, and agricultural activities of the months.