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Evening all,
This was visited as part of a 4 day trip to North Wales to meet up with some contacts and do a variety of what we enjoy which is eating, laughs, landscapes, beach, explores, religious and much more and also involved one 26 hour day which nearly brought me to my knees I was so tired!!
As part of the first day, we ended up popping to the Baron Hill Estate in the rain and discovered how overgrown it was in the grounds plus one of the places we wanted to see was covered by a large tree following some proper adverse weather conditions. There wasn't anything left inside and we spent most of the morning on our hands and knees negotiating the place but luckily we had a good guide.
History
Baron Hill is an estate in Beaumaris, Anglesey, named after the hill on which it stands. It was established in 1618 by Sir Richard Bulkeley, as the seat of the influential Bulkeley family , who were originally from Cheshire, until William Bulkeley was appointed Deputy Constable of Beaumaris Castle. He then married one of the daughters of Gwilym ap Gruffydd ap Gwylim, a local big cheese, and began the accumulation of land and public offices, which eventually lead to the Bulkeley family being one of the largest landowners in Anglesey.
The house was built in 1618 during the reign of James the 1st and was re-modelled in the Neo-Palladian style in 1776.
King Edward VII visited Baron Hill and had tea on the terrace in 1907. Shortly after this, during WW1, death duties soaked up the family fortune and made it impossible for the family (by then called Williams-Bulkeley) to continue to maintain the house. They were forced to move into more modest accommodation nearby.
Baron Hill was then used for storage until WW2, when it was converted into a billet for Polish soldiers. Apparently the old house was so cold at night that the Poles burnt down part of the building in the hope that they would be transferred to warmer accommodation, but this backfired on them, as they were re-housed in colder wooden huts in the gardens.
The house has remained unused since the fire and this is how it looks today. On with some photos.
#1 - pet cemetary
The headstone reads "It was here you lived your brief but happy day,
Here now you rest where you once used to play,
You were my loving, true and loyal friend,
And tis not here nor thus our friendship ends,
Till love shall die and friendship cease to be,
You shall live on in my sweetest memory"
Magdalen Bulkeley
1906"
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#3
#4 - greenhouses
#5 - lodgings
#6
#7 - creepy tree
#8 - remains of the kitchen - note the ovens
#9
Thanks for looking in.
This was visited as part of a 4 day trip to North Wales to meet up with some contacts and do a variety of what we enjoy which is eating, laughs, landscapes, beach, explores, religious and much more and also involved one 26 hour day which nearly brought me to my knees I was so tired!!
As part of the first day, we ended up popping to the Baron Hill Estate in the rain and discovered how overgrown it was in the grounds plus one of the places we wanted to see was covered by a large tree following some proper adverse weather conditions. There wasn't anything left inside and we spent most of the morning on our hands and knees negotiating the place but luckily we had a good guide.
History
Baron Hill is an estate in Beaumaris, Anglesey, named after the hill on which it stands. It was established in 1618 by Sir Richard Bulkeley, as the seat of the influential Bulkeley family , who were originally from Cheshire, until William Bulkeley was appointed Deputy Constable of Beaumaris Castle. He then married one of the daughters of Gwilym ap Gruffydd ap Gwylim, a local big cheese, and began the accumulation of land and public offices, which eventually lead to the Bulkeley family being one of the largest landowners in Anglesey.
The house was built in 1618 during the reign of James the 1st and was re-modelled in the Neo-Palladian style in 1776.
King Edward VII visited Baron Hill and had tea on the terrace in 1907. Shortly after this, during WW1, death duties soaked up the family fortune and made it impossible for the family (by then called Williams-Bulkeley) to continue to maintain the house. They were forced to move into more modest accommodation nearby.
Baron Hill was then used for storage until WW2, when it was converted into a billet for Polish soldiers. Apparently the old house was so cold at night that the Poles burnt down part of the building in the hope that they would be transferred to warmer accommodation, but this backfired on them, as they were re-housed in colder wooden huts in the gardens.
The house has remained unused since the fire and this is how it looks today. On with some photos.
#1 - pet cemetary
The headstone reads "It was here you lived your brief but happy day,
Here now you rest where you once used to play,
You were my loving, true and loyal friend,
And tis not here nor thus our friendship ends,
Till love shall die and friendship cease to be,
You shall live on in my sweetest memory"
Magdalen Bulkeley
1906"
#2
#3
#4 - greenhouses
#5 - lodgings
#6
#7 - creepy tree
#8 - remains of the kitchen - note the ovens
#9
Thanks for looking in.
