Christian is a 'head the ball' i love it.
Lyndhurst Hall is a truly lovely space for recording hall - strings float . I'm thinking what Hansa Tonstudio and Tony Visconti did creating an plugin enviroment where you can move the mics around - it was called T-verb.
Lyndhurst Hall i think should try this.
Could be a winner.
Metal heads - this may be made for you - Aperture: The Stack - totally mad