Author Archives: Castles of the Realm
Is Lord Sugar fired up by historic Tudor mansion? (From Worcester News)
Is Lord Sugar fired up by historic Tudor mansion? 9:00pm Friday 1st July 2011 Print Email Share Comments(6) SPECULATION is growing that one of the country’s most famous businessmen might be moving to a mansion near Tenbury. Alan Sugar, who fronts the BBC show The Apprentice, flew into Shobdon near Leominster earlier this month and … Continue reading
‘Lost’ Abergavenny manor site reveals its secrets (From South Wales Argus)
‘Lost’ Abergavenny manor site reveals its secrets 5:20pm Friday 1st July 2011 Print Email Share A FOUR-year project by a group ofamateur archaeologists has uncovered a manor house complex at a site near Abergavenny. Trostrey Excavation Group discovered the complex after studying an aerial photograph of the area which showed an irregular rectangular enclosure and … Continue reading
Skylands Manor open for guided tours – NorthJersey.com
RINGWOOD — Guided tours of the ground floor of historic Skylands Manor at the New Jersey State Botanical Garden will be available on Sunday, July 10, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sponsored by the NJBG/Skylands Association, the non-profit member support organization working with the State to preserve the gardens, the 45-minute guided tours of … Continue reading
Pirates Take Over Philipsburg Manor In Sleepy Hollow For Weekend-Long Event Called Pirates of the Hudson: The Siege of Sleepy Hollow « CBS New York
A giant red octopus at Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow (credit: Catherine Cioffi/WCBS 880) Reporting Catherine Cioffi SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY (WCBS 880) – Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow is being transformed into a nautical pirate village, complete with a shipwreck, a giant red octopus, a mermaid and of course, pirates. WCBS 880′s Catherine Cioffi reports: … Continue reading
Manor House will be celebrating with new exhibition and trip to the swinging sixties (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
Manor House will be celebrating with new exhibition and trip to the swinging sixties 9:12am Friday 1st July 2011 Print Email Share Comments(0) A healthy dose of nostalgia and a trip back to the swinging sixties has been promised to visitors at a museum celebrating its 50th birthday this month. The Manor House Museum in … Continue reading
Superb French Château for Sale at $35 Million
Superb French Château for Sale at $35 Million by Alexandra Jul 01st 2011 05:32 AM Leave a comment Do you like this article? Christie’s International Real Estate is selling a gorgeous $35 million 136-acre property in Provence, France. It is one of the finest estates in the country, with a 17th century residence, called Château … Continue reading
Pompadour’s Hideout Goes on the Market – NYTimes.com
L’Ermitage de Pompadour is an 18th-century architectural gem that has sailed through the centuries intact. FONTAINEBLEAU, FRANCE — Across the street from the legendary Renaissance chateau, heavy doors set into the stone entrance arch of a walled private property open to reveal L’Ermitage de Pompadour, an 18th-century architectural gem that has sailed through the centuries … Continue reading
Francis Ford Coppola’s second career as a winemaker – Telegraph
He had better get used to it. Coppola is on the road today selling not his films but his Napa Valley wines. His ambitions for them are clearly as lavishly big-scale as his best movies. He has just poached Philippe Bascaules from Chateau Margaux in Bordeaux to be winemaker. And shelled out a small fortune … Continue reading
Headwater’s Top 10 Spring Gardens – EIN News – News Media Monitoring
Headwater’s Top 10 Spring Gardens July 1, 2011 Knowing how many of you are keen gardeners, and with the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show opening this week, we’ve decided to share our top 10 garden choices for summer 2011.CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, July 01, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ — Knowing how many of you are keen gardeners, and with the … Continue reading
Rude sense: Rothesay Castle, Bute – Around the Scottish Islands in 80 monuments
‘Do Go Up The Bloody Stair’. It’s the bluntest suggestion I’ve yet seen on an Historic Scotland information board. Nothing daunted (but a little surprised), I comply. The outlook from the rim of the Rothesay Castle battlements is well worth the short ascent. I can see the medieval fortress in the round from here – … Continue reading