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The following is courtesy of The House of the Seven Gables.
Residents of Essex and Suffolk Counties — make The Gables in historic Salem your summer destination.
A “TWO FOR ONE” ticket is being offered to all (with I.D.) during the months of July and August. The historic site is easily reached by MBTA train from Boston’s North Station, by car, and by The Salem Ferry which leaves Long Wharf North regularly and docks just steps away from the great hous… (View original article)
KING GEORGE, Va., July 25 (UPI) — A Virginia manor house where John Wilkes Booth sought medical help after assassinating President Abraham Lincoln is heading for auction, officials say.
Preservationists hope to save the King George, Va., house, where Booth turned up April 23, 1865 — nine days after shooting Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre — seeking help for a broken leg he suffered while fleeing, The Fredricksburg (Va.) Free-Lance Star reported.
Maple Cottage, Lordly Manor re-opens
posted on 07/24/11The Chester Municipal Heritage Society and Chester Municipal Council are planning to celebrate the grand re-opening of Maple Cottage in a somewhat unique manner.
On July 28, council will move their regular 9 a.m. meeting to the cottage which is best known as being the district’s first municipal office.
The building, which is located next door to Lordly House at 75 Regent Street in Chester, has undergone a si… (View original article)
25 July 2011
Last updated at 12:07 ET
A project to redevelop a museum at a historic castle in Essex has received £3.2m from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Colchester Castle has been given the money as part of a £4.2m plan to refurbish the Norman building and upgrade its displays.
The money will be used to help tell the history of the Roman town, improve the museum shop and insulate its roof.
It is hoped the work will help attract mo… (View original article)
Sudeley is owned by the Dent-Brocklehurst family: Lady Ashcombe and her
children Henry and Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst. Since 1970 it has been open to
the public but, like most stately homes, faces crippling maintenance and
upkeep bills. Three years ago it was said to be losing £100,000 a year. The
trustees had already sold a magnificent Poussin landscape for £16 million in
1997, now in the J Paul Getty Museum in California, and in 2008 sold J M W
… (View original article)
25 July 2011
Last updated at 02:19 ET
Up to 30,000 people are expected to attend the fourth Camp Bestival music and arts festival in Dorset this weekend.
Preparations are well under way for the four-day event, at Lulworth Castle near the village of East Lulworth, which begins on Friday 29 July.
For castle and estate manager Paul Pinnock, minimising local disruption is crucial to its success.
He said: “We are mindful of people living nearby -… (View original article)
The Welsh Castle of Oystermouth has officially re-opened earlier this month, after the first phase of an ambitious project to improve access to medieval fortress. On July 16th a 30ft (10m) high glass bridge was unveiled that will allow visitors into a part of the castle called Alina’s Chapel for the first time in hundreds of years. From the chapel there are spectacular views across Swansea Bay.
The reopening brought hundreds of people to the castle to share in the festivities… (View original article)
Adithya Sambamurthy/The Bay Citizen
The Fernandez Mansion attracts attention not only because of its design but also because of the items in its yard.
The Fernandez Mansion is a rare local example of 19th-century architecture combining Second Empire French with elements of Queen Anne and Northern Italian styles. Perched near the waterfront in Pinole, the mansion, with its tower-like construction, gabled roof and projecting cupola, has the classic look of a haunted… (View original article)
24 July 2011
Last updated at 03:47 ET
A 13th Century castle in Denbighshire is closing to the public for six months for a £600,000 revamp.
A new visitor centre is being built at Denbigh Castle and walks will be opened up around the town walls.
The castle, which overlooks the town, will shut on Sunday to allow workers access to the site.
It is due to reopen in February, and the Welsh Government said it would be a significant attraction … (View original article)
Château de Blandy-les-Tours, a turreted castle about 45 minutes from Paris, has been rescued from 200 years of neglect and turned into an exhibition space that showcases contemporary art against a romantic backdrop of Medieval architecture. Its current show also has a particularly contemporary feel, referencing the recent political upheavals of the so-called Arab Spring.
Opened to the public in 2007 after painstaking restoration, Blandy (33-1-60-59-17-80) offers residency progr… (View original article)