Author Archives: Castles of the Realm
Fire damaged Peckforton Castle to be back in business by Friday
A message on the Cheshire venue’s website says all weddings will go ahead as planned and business will be back to normal from 24 June. Some conferences had to be cancelled this week but the public areas are due to open from this weekend onwards. No-one was hurt in the blaze that started in the … Continue reading
Solstice caught on camera as sun stands still over Dunluce Castle – Northern Ireland, Local & National – Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
The romantic ruins of Dunluce Castle on the north Antrim coast were stunningly silhouetted in this photograph on the longest day of the year. Teenage photographer Steven McAuley, from Ballycastle, captured the scene at 1am yesterday, June 21, when the sun had barely set. “The sun never faded all night,” the 16-year-old said. “Talk about … Continue reading
Historic Castle Green opens for summer tour – Pasadena Star-News
PASADENA – On Sunday, the century-old Castle Green will open its doors at 99 S. Raymond Ave. for the summer tour, and a step back in time for visitors. The grounds, the restored ground floor interiors and more than 20 residential units in the seven-story historic Moorish and Mission revival-style former hotel will be open … Continue reading
Petra Ecclestone, Candy Spelling, Aaron Spelling and the Spelling Mansion – The Daily Beast
It takes a lot to set the chattering class a-chattering when it comes to real estate in Los Angeles, a land where real housewives live in chateau-ified campuses and weekend cottages come equipped with helipads and horse stables. But last week, when The Wall Street Journal reported that Candy Spelling’s bigger-than-the-White-House-size manse in Holmby Hills … Continue reading
Exclusive: Nick Lachey Lists Bel Air Mansion For Sale a Second Time | Zillow Blog – Real Estate Market Stats, Celebrity Real Estate, and Zillow News
Source: People While some homes are taken off the market because they are not selling for the desired price, Nick Lachey’s home was removed from the Bel-Air real estate market for an entirely different reason. It wasn’t the amount of the offers, explains listing agent Mauricio Umansky of Hilton & Hyland, but simply Lachey wasn’t … Continue reading
Raymond Burr’s Hollywood Hills Mansion For $4.95 Million
This historical Hollywood Hills mansion is listed for $4.95 million. The six bedroom, eight bathroom house is located near the popular Runyon Canyon, and was once owned by Emmy Award winner Raymond Burr. The property has two greenhouses, where Burr cultivated and hybridized many of the 1,500 orchids that he introduced to the world. The … Continue reading
Maine News
Posted: June 22 Updated: Today at 11:51 AM Bishop giving up Portland mansion Bishop Richard Malone will soon move from a 16-room mansion in one of Portland’s most upscale neighborhoods to a three-bedroom home in a suburban subdivision. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland announced Tuesday that Malone’s mansion on the Western Promenade will be … Continue reading
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By Quaid Najmi Kolhapur, June 22 (IANS) A sprawling and lavish home for Kolhapur’s erstwhile rulers and then a school before becoming Maharashtra’s only heritage palace hotel, the Shalini Palace Hotel faces the prospect of being auctioned because of financial problems. Spread over 12 acres of lush greenery on the banks of the Rankala Lake … Continue reading
Rowdy restyling of regal sites | Fraser Coast Travel | Holidays and Tourism in Fraser Coast | Fraser Coast Chronicle
Hampton Court Palace will be the start-finish point for road cycling. British Tourist Authority AT one point during the recent royal wedding, the coach carrying the just-married Duke and Duchess of Gloucester passed under an archway en route to Buckingham Palace, giving the world a view of a large, gravelled square: Horse Guards Parade. Keep … Continue reading
The Hindu : Cities / Hyderabad : Sardar Mahal to house a museum, finally
Built by the sixth Nizam, the palace was never used by royal family This is one of those palaces which was built but no one ever lived in it. The sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, constructed the Sardar Mahal for one of his beloved consorts, Sardar Begum. But sadly enough, it didn’t … Continue reading