With its own plush billiards room, conservatory, dairy farm and countless bedrooms, Milner Field was an impressive mansion on the Saltaire border.

Overlooking the River Aire, the huge home, in Lower Baildon, was complete with electricity and bathrooms.

It was bought by Titus Salt junior, son of Saltaire's founder Sir Titus Salt, in 1871.

Now all that remains of the former luxurious estate are the overgrown foundations and the cracked mosaic tiles of the conservatory.

But Shipley speaker and former Salts Mill employee Albert Bowtell, pictured, has been given a colourful piece of stained glass from the house.

The small pane, which measures about six inches by four inches, shows a scene from the nursery rhyme the King Was in his Counting House and was believed to be a part of many windows in the children's nursery.

"It truly is an amazing find and it would be lovely to find out some more about the windows and the house itself," said Mr Bowtell, 69, of Avondale Road, Shipley.

"I was given the glass by someone who, as a child, used to play in the grounds after the house was demolished and they rightly thought I'd be interested in it.

"Milner Field was a fantastic mansion and it was definitely the des res of its time."

The estate boasted its own stables, lake and separate quarters for domestic staff.

The building was sold by Titus junior's wife Catherine after his death at the age of 44 in 1887.

"Looking back it's a travesty that such a magnificent building, which was full of history, was allowed to be demolished," said Mr Bowtell, who worked for 28 years in the offices at Salts Mill until it closed in 1957.

Anyone who has any information can contact Mr Bowtell on (01274) 595596.