The Hoby & District Local History Society has just been given some [A2 size] drawings of Ragdale Old Hall by Reginald Chamberlain done between 1902 to 1905 whilst he was training to be an architect; his notes and calculations are also available. He was living in Leicester as shown in 1901 census records. We have not found any direct links between Reginald and Ragdale; at this time the Old Hall was owned by the Italian Cesarini family.
Reginald was the Grandfather of Christopher Chamberlain who has given the documents to the Society.The son of the architect Reginald Chamberlain found this portfolio when he was clearing his dead farther’s belongings. He identified the Hoby and District Local History society as a group that might have an interest in the work and gave it over to us.
The following are scans of the portfolio. The original are in the Leicestershire Records Office but the society have a set of high resolution images.




Ragdale Old Hall working papers for architect drawing done in 1905



