Author Archives: Castles of the Realm
Mystery bidder buys 18th century Grade I listed Castle Goring for bargain price of £700k | Mail Online
Mystery bidder buys 18th century Grade I listed castle for knockdown price of £700,000 (but the repair bill will top £2m) Castle Goring was designed to look like the nearby Arundel CastleBut the property has smashed windows and crumbling wallsSomerset family have owned the property since 1845Current incumbent Clement, 56, decided to sell as the … Continue reading
Public tours of Dunham Castle give glimpses of old glory – DailyHerald.com
Article updated: 5/5/2013 7:55 AM Public tours of Dunham Castle give glimpses of old glory Article Photos (5) Catherine Forrest of South Elgin photographs the interior of the reception hall at Dunham Castle in Wayne on Saturday. Â Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer The reception hall of Dunham Castle in Wayne, where the wall is … Continue reading
Chapultepec Castle and Cinco de Mayo – Baltimore Post-Examiner
Chapultepec Castle (1889-1897) Some of you were probably enjoying the Cinco de Mayo celebrations over the weekend. I’m sure lots of margaritas were served. I saw a woman in my building dressed up as an Aztec with bells on her legs. You could hear her long before you saw her. I grew up in Mexico … Continue reading
Sign-Up for a Tour of Preston Castle | Glenbrooke News
Building of the Preston School of Industry started right away. The bricks for the building were made at San Quentin and Folsom prisons using sandstone that was quarried six miles from Ione. The bricks were then delivered by rail at 6,000 bricks per car. The cornerstone was laid on December 23, 1890 with 2,500 people … Continue reading
Pacific Northwest Castle in the Woods for Sale – Bloomberg
Out of a Fairy Tale Photograph via Zillow This stone castle in the middle of a forest clearing looks like something out of the pages of a Grimm fairy tale. Located on 20 private acres at 28523 Bacus Rd, Sedro Woolley, WA, the home is currently listed for $1.395 million. Over the Bridge & Through … Continue reading
Laird blasts ‘catalogue of abuse’ over estate plan – Top stories – Scotsman.com
A DONSIDE laird has claimed his two horses have been deliberately poisoned, his tyres slashed and the body of a deer dumped on the doorstep of his mansion as part of a “cornucopia of bitterness” against controversial plans to develop his Aberdeenshire estate. • An Aberdeenshire laird has claimed that he has been met with … Continue reading
Churchill Downs allows first look inside The Mansion – Louisville – Business First
Ron Bath | Business First A long hallway leads to the reception area for the 10,000-square-foot Mansion area. Churchill Downs racetrack unveiled its most exclusive area, The Mansion, on Wednesday afternoon. The details long had been kept secret, but officials provided media representatives a first glimpse of the 10,000-square-foot space and its ornate flooring, Derby-inspired … Continue reading
Reese Witherspoon ‘buys her third house in same exclusive Brentwood street as she plans to build mega mansion’ | Mail Online
There goes the neighborhood! Reese Witherspoon ‘buys her third house in same exclusive Brentwood street as she plans to build mega mansion’ By Chelsea White PUBLISHED: 22:19 EST, 7 May 2013 | UPDATED: 22:31 EST, 7 May 2013 Reese Witherspoon sure knows how to get along with her neighbours – do not have any! On … Continue reading
Gormans on the droperty ladder as mansion gets price cut | The Sun |Scottish News
TROUBLED tycoons Chris and Mary Gorman have slashed the price of their Scots mansion by more than £300,000. The multi-millionaires quit Scotland for a new life south of the border last year after Mary was accused in the US of assaulting a cop and possessing cocaine. She and her husband hoped to sell their eight-bedroom … Continue reading
TOWNNEWS – Worcester Telegram & Gazette – telegram.com
Editor’s Note: 2013 marks the 200th birthday of Millbury, whose 70-year-old petition to separate from Sutton was finally approved by Beacon Hill in 1813. This is the first of a series on Millbury’s history, with material excerpted from “The Centennial History of Millbury,” from 1915. On any given Thanksgiving morning, Millbury football fans come together … Continue reading