The namesake of this once abandoned, ochre-tinted mansion owned a number of tin mines in the early 20th century. The mansion sat forlorn for decades, its hanging shutters, overgrown lawn and friendly ghosts offering an eerie tumbledown grace to anyone who dared cross the creaky gates. At research time it was under major renovation and being converted into a tony Thai eatery, a sister to London’s famed Blue Elephant.
