Two Girls One Building

Great Tew Manor was built in 990. Once home to a 10th century Arch Bishop of Canterbury Elfric of Abingdon who became the Arch Bishop in 995. The manor had a number of famous and prestigious owners. Whom can be looked up easily, the first period of disuse was in 1800, in 1780 the Great Tew estate was bought by George Stratton, who had made a fortune in the East India Company. He died in March 1800 and was succeeded by his son George Frederick Stratton. The Stratton's lived in a smaller Georgian dower house slightly to the south, and the manor house slowly fell into disrepair. Then in 1815 Matthew Robinson Boulton, the son of the manufacturer Matthew Boulton of Soho, Birmingham, bought Great Tew Estate. In 1834 Boulton added a Gothic Revival library to the east end of the house, and in 1856 the Boulton family had a large Tudor style section designed by F.S. Waller added to the west end. Great Tew remained with the Boulton family until M.E. Boulton died without heirs in 1914.

The Parish of Shirburn is a very tiny village in Oxfordshire. It's currently going though some development. A lot of these building were old farmhouses and buildings related to Shirburn castle, with some buildings such as the old gate houses being redeveloped into new homes, and old outhouses being transformed into village meeting halls. Below are some of the abandoned buildings and extra shots. It's a great little place to walk through, very interesting, although its a very private village.

Very little seems to be known about the site. From Wikipedia and other sites, it appears the Schoolhouse was originally a cottage, that was converted into a Schoolhouse in 1871. Originally it housed up to 28 boys, but in 1887 it was reported to be 57 children. In 1946 it was changed into a junior school, all seniors going to Chinnor and then Watlington School. In 1950 the school was closed. It does not appear anyone has touched the property since. We stumbled on the sight without realizing it, while looking at other outhouses and abandoned buildings in the area. Originally we tried (unsuccessfully) to explore an abandoned pub, when disappointed we tried a last-ditch attempt to salvage the day by exploring the nearby Parish of Shirburn. Again the original property we had heard rumours from on the internet had been developed, and we decided just to walk through the village. That's when we first spotted the building, and I very excitedly noted, the gate was wide open. My explorin