Revision of The house Wallace built in Grays, Essex is up for sale! from Wed, 2014-05-21 12:10

The Dell, the amazing house Wallace built in Grays in Essex from the profits of his trip to the Malay Archipelago is up for sale! See http://www.thedellessex.co.uk/ Considering it has 9 bedrooms the price of £1,500,000 isn't too bad I guess! However, I don't think I will be snapping it up!

I have always fantasized about buying this house and turning at least part of it into a Wallace Museum, and/or using it for some purpose that would benefit the study of the natural world in some way e.g. using it as the headquarters for a natural history society or a conservation organisation. However, knowing how much effort it took to raise the £50,000 for the Wallace statue, I don't fancy trying to raise £1,500,000 plus running costs, unless I  was to give up my job and do it full time.

For more information about the history of the house see http://wallacefund.info/2002-dell-plaque