The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-13
BUILDINGS NEVER FINISHED.
Curious History OF Some Enterprises
Begun Long Ago in England

curious History Of Some Enterprises
Begun Long Ago in England
A nne church i'm the village Of
vS Hassall, near ~Sandbach, has been
the sport Of all the winds that
Ags tlow since about 1887, says Stray
Stories.
)ranl Begun in 1886, and designed to
eiyet seat some 500 people, it grew
,ent steadily till shortly after the ac.
ds a cessiOn of Queen Victoria in the
Their following year.
& th The day after that historical
event the founder private gen
'ees heman-was seized with a fatal
owe illness, and consequently his in
lsits tentiOns were unfulflled, not.
path Vithstanding that the structure
{ pre- was so far advanced that they
= the could have been carried out at
b tina small expense. Since then the
Or til building has remained unfinished.
Ma A similar history is attached to
N sh an uncOmpleted church in Somer-
tary set. According to local report,
to no TOO. a church at StourpOrt, in
bly,. Worcestershire, is never to be fin.
u OF tHhed, although it has been in
{ We course of construction for a very
grou Gong period.
Fl Near a railway in a certain Ian.
TEND cashire town, for instance, there
the is a row of half-built cottages.
tent This cOnglOmeratiOn of bricks and
PAec mortar was thrown together
lare many years ago by an enterpris-
drc ing Spectator, who thought that
dan the railway would be carried
folk across the land which it occupies,
ant and that he would therefore be
uni able to sell at an excellent profit.
hal But his a%nticipations we're not
raj realized, so he left the embryo cot
ar, tages to their fate. On his death
al his estate passed into chancery,
Of and for this and other reasons it
w Is extremely improbable that the
W property will ever be finished.
pe Numbers of structures now in a
pl more or less ruinOus condition
are so because the builders laid
Il their plans too hastily. A curious
T lie instance is a part of a lighthouse
+ on the summit of st. GATHERINGS
!" J hill, in the Isle Of Wight.
When this edifce was well ad-
vanced the tardy discovery was
~, / made that, owing to the height
9' to which it would reach, fog or
w clouds would obscure the beacon
nj the top. The structure was
I'M consequently abandoned.
"a Equally curious is the history
the of a picturesque ruin on Now COP.
WEI near Congleton. A certain gen
use tleman determined to build a cas-.
dlo tie on this eminence.
any When it was nearly completed
nan the owner of the adjoining estate
NoN came forward and claimed that
0ha the hill top was in his domain. So,
cnei in fact, it proved, and as a result
wat the proposed castle remains un
con finished to this day.
thel There are, moreover, som
IN buildings which are designedly in
nou complete. Near Southport stands
OUT aresidence which, though it seems
ear TO be finished, always has men
cur working on it-painters, paper
arr hangers, etc.
Bla Ihe reason it is continually in
ecu the hands Of such artisans is that
WI when it is completed it must be
cal surrendered; so the occupier takes
boy care that it cannot be pronounced
hal Anished. In fact, it will never be
for completed.
.ot Cathedrals will never be really
bu finished. Large stats of masons,
sac ftc, are permanently engaged on
tit them, as men are always painting
ed the Forth bridge and others are
fo' repairing the Liverpool landing
Z .fe Ftage.
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