{"id":31470,"date":"2021-10-19T17:31:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T16:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31470"},"modified":"2021-10-19T17:31:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T16:31:45","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-inside-the-abandoned-american-cottage-that-overlooks-a-north-wales-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31470","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Inside the abandoned American cottage that overlooks a North Wales village"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-31471\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/NorthWalesLive_191021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" \/>An urban explorer has revealed pictures of a fascinating, abandoned cottage on the \u2018outskirts of Wales\u2019 and dubbed the &#8216;American Cottage&#8217;, writes <em>North Wales Live.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026[John Williams] emigrated to America in the mid 1800s and staked a claim on a piece of land. Unfortunately the claim was not honoured so John was forced to return to Wales\u2026.<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>North Wales Live<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The property has been empty for an unknown amount of years but newspapers found in the house date back to September 1970.<\/p>\n<p>An American property developer, named John Williams is believed to be the man who built the house. He emigrated to America in the mid 1800s and staked a claim on a piece of land.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately the claim was not honoured so John was forced to return to Wales and remain in the cottage and the locals from the nearby village called his house America because of his disappointment&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Yorkshire-based\u00a0Urban Explorer\u00a0Kyle Urbex\u00a0told\u00a0North Wales Live\u00a0of his experience when visiting the house earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>[he said] \u201cIn the pitch black I found this quite eerie, given the fact I was essentially in the middle of nowhere&#8230;.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/news\/property\/inside-abandoned-american-cottage-overlooks-21479444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An urban explorer has revealed pictures of a fascinating, abandoned cottage on the \u2018outskirts of Wales\u2019 and dubbed the &#8216;American Cottage&#8217;, writes North Wales Live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31472,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31470\/revisions\/31472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}