Moore Place

Built in the late 18th century or early 19th century, the mansion had a glasshouse and formal garden, along with a nine-hole golf course which was opened in 1926. Alfred Hayes was living at Moore Place in 1860. Edmund Henry Hayes was the occupant three years later. Lady Byron, widow of Lord Byron, lived at the mansion in the first half of the 19th century. In the 1920s, the building became a hotel and restaurant. It was later painted purple, which became a talking point. In 2004, Gordon Ramsay visited the restaurant in an early episode of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. The restaurant had been recently purchased by Richard Hodgson and Nick Whitehouse. They sold the business in 2006, when it…