Author Archives: Castles of the Realm
Lock, stock… and 200 solar panels: Guy Ritchie fills field of £9m Wiltshire mansion | Mail Online
Lock, stock… and 200 solar panels: Guy Ritchie fills field of £9m Wiltshire mansion By Mail On Sunday Reporter Last updated at 12:51 AM on 21st August 2011 Going green: Guy Ritchie wants to instal 200 solar panels at his home He made his name as the director of gritty gangster film Lock, Stock And … Continue reading
Lord Mandelson’s £8m mansion: Questions over former Labour minister’s wealth | Mail Online
Mandelson’s £8m mansion: New questions over former Labour minister’s wealth after ‘huge property offer’ £8m home boasts wine cellar, atrium and elegant reception rooms By Andy Whelan and Martin Delgado Last updated at 2:59 PM on 21st August 2011 Former Labour Minister Lord Mandelson is understood to have made an offer to buy an £8 … Continue reading
The $2.1m mansion being sold by singer Norwood Young because it’s more famous than he is! | Mail Online
The singer selling his statue-festooned $2.1m LA mansion…because it’s more famous than he is By Mike O’brien Last updated at 8:09 PM on 21st August 2011 He came in search of fame and fortune – a singer with a dream of seeing his name up in lights in Los Angeles, the capital of showbusiness. Norwood … Continue reading
Sarasota mansion: 21,000 square feet of trouble | HeraldTribune.com
Published: Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 9:35 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 11:37 p.m. Second in size only to Cà d’Zan — the famed John and Mable Ringling mansion — is a 21,192-square-foot home that is likely the largest built in Sarasota since the Ringling brothers’ spending spree in the mid-1920s. This … Continue reading
BARE: Modesto’s McHenry Mansion has seen many eras – Local – Modbee.com
Modesto’s treasure, the McHenry Mansion, sits majestically on the corner of 15th and I streets. It has remained there for 128 years, since 1883. It has survived many eras, beginning with the first when the streets were ungraded and unclean; when the vehicles going by were pulled by horses; and when the children, walking along … Continue reading
Michael Winner decides to sell his mansion worth £60m | Mail Online
Calm down dear, it only costs £60million: Michael Winner puts mansion on market (despite promising to leave it to nation) By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:20 AM on 22nd August 2011 Time to say goodbye: Michael Winner, with his fiancée Geraldine Lynton-Edwards, plans to sell his home Michael Winner has decided to put … Continue reading
Gardens to visit: Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire – Telegraph
Built in the 1130s, The Manor is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britain and much of the original house remains virtually intact, in spite of more than 900 years of changes. The house was recreated and made famous as Green Knowe, the estate at the centre of the series of six books … Continue reading
BBC News – Farnham Castle restoration up for award
21 August 2011 Last updated at 12:59 ET The £700,000 restoration of a 12th Century Surrey castle which reopened last year is up for a design award. Farnham Castle was described as “one of the most important historical sites in the South” by the Heritage Lottery Fund who gave a grant for the renovations. The … Continue reading
In Search of ‘Nature In Her Best Attire’ – Eagle Rock, CA Patch
It’s not often that you go on a vacation—to get away from Eagle Rock and to unwind—only to find Eagle Rock “follows” you on your trip. That’s pretty much what happened to my wife Julie and I when we recently took a road trip to the California’s central coast. We stayed three nights in the … Continue reading
Norman’s Woe From Hammond Castle | GoodMorningGloucester
Norman’s Woe From Hammond Castle Location, History, and Legends The rock and reef of Norman’s Woe are a short distance from the westernmost point of Gloucester’s outer harbor. Norman’s Woe can best be seen from Hammond Castle on Hesperus Ave., off route 127 in Gloucester. There is no clear record of how Norman’s Woe got … Continue reading