Chateau Impney
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Chateau Impney is an imposing 19th century house built in the style of an elaborate French chateau near Droitwich Spa, in Worcestershire England.
It was built for local industrialist John Corbett in the style of a Louis XIII French chateau for Corbett's wife, Hannah Eliza O'Meara, was of mixed French/Irish descent; he built the house in the 1870s, at a cost of GBP £247,000 (equivalent to £16,685,895.00 today as of 2007) [1], to satisfy her nostalgia for Paris. Sadly, she never lived permanently in the house, preferring one of Corbett's properties in Towyn, North Wales.
In 1945, the house was purchased by Ralph Edwards who restored it and developed it as a hotel. As of 2007, it remains an upmarket hotel [2] and presents an eycatching sight from the road [3].
