Save Undershaw, Conan Doyle's Historic Home

[SolitaryCyclist]

.(Does anyone else think that profile looks a bit like Brent Spiner?)

 

 

Yep!

[Undead Medic]

(Does anyone else think that profile looks a bit like Brent Spiner?)

 

 

 

Just thought I'd share!

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Cool, Tim!

 

For anyone who's a bit confused at this point:

 

Star Trek [The Next Generation] had an episode where Data played Sherlock Holmes.

 

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

If you enjoy Sherlock fan art, think contests are fun, and/or want to help save Undershaw, MX Publishing is offering an opportunity that you won't want to pass up:

 

 

COMPETITION - the fan that comes up with the best caption for this picture and posts it on the Save Undershaw Facebook page before Friday 15th will win 10 books in iBooks format (iPad, iPhone and PC) including The Art of Deduction - worth over $100…..

 

Raising awareness for Save Undershaw. - please ‘like’ the Facebook page.

 

The Art of Deduction - A Sherlock Holmes Collection, contains more than 50 brilliant examples of fan art and loads of stories, writings and poems.

 

The book was created by blogger and huge BBC Sherlock fan Hannah Rogers and is now out in the USA (click here) and UK (currently the #1 Sherlock Holmes book in the UK click here). For fans outside the US and UK Book Depository (click here) offer free worldwide delivery.

 

Although the book has a big BBC Sherlock focus, there are some very nice additional examples of Holmes fan art like this portrait of Jeremy Brett.

 

Now also in Kindle format - Amazon USA Amazon UK

 

And in stunning colour on iBooks

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

Have already posted my caption on Facebook.

[Carol the Dabbler]

The aforementioned translations of Sherlock's Home: The Empty House are now available from Amazon UK.

 

For additional information, see Sherlockology's write-up.

[Carol the Dabbler]

For this three-day weekend only, a three-book bundle (including two Undershaw fundraisers) is available at a 20% discount from Sherlockology's new online store "Sherlockabilia."
 

 

 

To celebrate the conclusion of filming on Sherlock S3E2: The Sign of Three, and to mark the three day Bank Holiday in the UK and Memorial Day weekend in the USA, MX Publishing are offering a 20% discount on three bundled books on Sherlockabilia, our new online store, until 23:59BST on Monday May 27 2013.
 
The Benedict Bundle contains 3 books – the new unauthorised performance biography Benedict Cumberbatch – In Transition, available here ahead of publication, and the Save Undershaw supporting short story collections The Art of Deduction and Sherlock’s Home – The Empty House. Click each link to learn more about each individual title.
 
To register the 20% discount, add the Bundle to your cart and then ensure to enter the code SpineofThree in the Promo Code Box on the Shopping Cart Page.
 
This deal is available worldwide. Your International Shipping costs will appear once you are checking out with Paypal.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Mxpublishing is raising money to translate their fundraiser book, Sherlock's Home -- The Empty House, into even more languages.  Here's the latest from Sherlockology:

 

 

 

 

mxpublishing:

 

Great start to the Two, To One, Be Kickstarter yesterday with 13 backers already. Each £500 raised will mean an extra language project. The last project we got an amazing 8 languages (English, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, German, Polish, Chinese) - lets try and beat that this time.

 

Click Here - to read about the project. Please also visit the Save Undershaw page on Facebook and ‘like’ to show your support.

Here is Mark Gatiss (BBC Sherlock) our patron talking about Undershaw:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyTeLqb8fm8&feature=player_embedded

 

 

 

 

 

[Caya]

Great news - Undershaw is saved!
 

After a series of legal battles spanning many years, Undershaw - the former home of Sherlock Holmes’ creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - has secured a bright future at last.
Thanks to the DFN Charitable Foundation, the house will form part of a brand new school, in combination with the existing Stepping Stones school in Hindhead, Surrey. Stepping Stones is an independent special school dedicated to the education of pupils with mild learning and physical difficulties, and with the acquisition of Undershaw the school will become ‘The Schools at Undershaw’. Undershaw will play host to the upper school, while the existing Stepping Stones building will become the junior school.
Undershaw is a Grade II listed building which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle drafted the initial designs for himself, with construction completing in 1897. The property was where the author effectively resurrected Sherlock Holmes from his death at the Falls of the Reichenbach, writing ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ and then the stories collected together as ‘The Return of Sherlock Holmes’. Since 1920 the building has been used as a hotel, but in the past decade fell into disrepair. The Undershaw Preservation Trust, with Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss as patron, was thus set up to safeguard the property from development proposals that included an attempt to partly demolish the building so it could be transformed into residential flats - a decision overturned at the High Court in London in May 2012.   
Sherlockology has followed the campaign to save this important building since our creation, and so we extend our warmest congratulations to the team at the Undershaw Preservation Trust for this excellent news that not only safeguards the property but also gives it a bright and productive future in the lives of young people for generations to come. 

View the full article

[Carol the Dabbler]

A followup from Sherlockology:

 

 

 

mxpublishing:

Mark Gatiss, Patron of the Undershaw Preservation Trust has today issued a statement regarding the recent developments concerning Undershaw:

 

"I’m absolutely thrilled that Undershaw has been saved by the DFN Foundation. It’s fitting that the home of one of greatest story tellers should become a school. The historic building, where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle brought back Sherlock Holmes from the dead, created the Hound of the Baskervilles and entertained the likes of J.M. Barrie, Bernard Shaw and Bram Stoker will now be a cheerful and welcoming environment for young minds. And possibly writers of the future! I fervently hope that the connection to the great man will be retained but for now let’s just rejoice in the fact that, after years of battle, Undershaw lives!"

 

Fans should still join the

Undershaw Preservation Trust Facebook

page as the work to help restore the building will begin soon.

 

Undershaw Preservation Trust (UPT) members are coming together to celebrate the Saving of Undershaw on Sir Arthur’s 155th Birthday - May 22nd, from 6.30pm on Baker Street for an evening of theatre and literary fun. Raising funds for the UPT and the National Literacy Trust -

tickets available here

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[Carol the Dabbler]

Largest ever collection of new Sherlock Holmes stories will raise money to restore Conan Doyle's house

 

Thanks for that info, J.P. -- it's good to know that the project is still moving forward.