{"id":28321,"date":"2011-09-19T16:15:48","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T16:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/telegraph_clive_aslet-dont_let_the_church_of_england_sell_off_rose_castle\/"},"modified":"2011-09-19T16:15:48","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T16:15:48","slug":"telegraph_clive_aslet-dont_let_the_church_of_england_sell_off_rose_castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=28321","title":{"rendered":"(Telegraph) Clive Aslet&#8211;Don\u2019t let the Church of England sell off Rose Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell took a dim view of Rose Castle, the Bishop of Carlisle\u2019s palace in Cumbria. One of the occupants had been rash enough to fire a cannon as he passed by, and so he burnt it. But thanks to the efforts of Georgian and Victorian divines, it recovered from the disaster and entered the 21st century as one of the most precious jewels of the Church Commissioners\u2019 portfolio. But the Puritans are back. Despite a report two years ago by the then Bishop of Carlisle, stating that Rose Castle admirably fulfilled its purpose as a \u201csee house\u201d\u009d, it is now seen as surplus to requirements. Cavaliers fear its sale will be considered at a meeting this month.<\/p>\n<p>We all know that the Church Commissioners have a chequered record where property is concerned&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/property\/periodproperty\/8762709\/Dont-let-the-Church-sell-off-Rose-Castle.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell took a dim view of Rose Castle, the Bishop of Carlisle\u2019s palace in Cumbria. One of the occupants had been rash enough to fire a cannon as he passed by, and so he<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=28321\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,48,39,40,50,74,186,389,149,199,133,600,184,108,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-christian-life-church-life","category-culture-watch","category-economics-politics","category-international-news-commentary","category-anglican-provinces","category-church-history","category-church-of-england-coe","category-economy","category-england-uk","category-history","category-housingreal-estate-market","category-parish-ministry","category-religion-culture","category-stewardship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}