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amyrummi
09-06-2011, 10:20 PM
Heres a bit of history
The Bulkeleys were originally from Cheshire until William Bulkeley (d. 1490) was appointed Deputy Constable of Beaumaris castle. He managed to marry one of the daughters of Gwilym ap Gruffydd ap Gwilym, a local big cheese, and began the accumulation of land and public offices which eventually lead to the Bulkeley family becoming one of the biggest landowners in Anglesey.
Their family home at Baron Hill, just outside Beaumaris, was originally built during the reign of James I in 1618, and was remodelled in the neo-palladian style in 1776. In the below photo you can see King Edward VII taking afternoon tea on the Baron Hill terrace in 1907http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g406/amyrummi/baron-hill-1.png







It is remarkable that just 13 years after this photo was taken the Bulkeley's found that they could no longer afford the house's upkeep and were forced to move to more modest accommodation. Baron Hill was then used as storage until the second world war when it was converted into a billet for Polish soldiers. Apparently the old house was so cold at night that in despair the Poles burned down a portion of the original house in the hope that they would therefore be transferred to warmer accommodation -- unfortunately for them their plan failed and they were instead rehoused in even colder wooden huts in the grounds instead. The house has remained unused since the war and this is how it looks now:
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amyrummi
09-06-2011, 10:22 PM
I think ill mak the pics smaller for the next one lol

nonsense
09-06-2011, 10:27 PM
Lovely stuff Amy. :) But you know I'm a fan of your work anyway. :)

amyrummi
09-06-2011, 10:32 PM
:thumb:thumb Thank you

Krypton
09-06-2011, 10:46 PM
THeres something really eery about this place.

Thanks for posting :)

amyrummi
09-06-2011, 11:17 PM
It didn't feel eery at the time , al though ive heard since that there are cellars ,very hidden

KelseyRebecca98
09-06-2011, 11:18 PM
Top photos, love that Old swirl banister shot!

amyrummi
09-06-2011, 11:29 PM
Top photos, love that Old swirl banister shot!

Thank you very much, its a nice piece of banister lol

fowle
09-06-2011, 11:45 PM
awesome ! and that tree in the 2nd pic is coooool, it reminds me of sleepy hollow :lol:

captain cave man
10-06-2011, 12:06 AM
nice pics and history too...thanks for posting

CHRIS_M
10-06-2011, 01:08 AM
good report mate nice pics :)

nelly
10-06-2011, 06:43 AM
Nice, I love it when plants take over ;)

woofem
10-06-2011, 08:21 AM
nice pics well done

amyrummi
10-06-2011, 07:11 PM
This is certainly not a very pic heavy report, 13-15 is what i would say was an ideal amount of pictures for a report.

I would say they were slightly too big, but they are fab pics and show some nice features of the place, so its a :thumb from me.

Thank you :) ill try and figure a way of making them smaller lol

The Littlest Jellyfish
10-06-2011, 07:17 PM
Fab pics:thumb

Satsukisan
10-06-2011, 07:19 PM
The trees are fabulous!

Bunkerkid
10-06-2011, 08:39 PM
This is very good, like it a lot, nice stuff :thumb

Oh and did a quick google search, found some pictures of it as well...

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/17894358.jpg

Think this next one is the same place, but might not be....

http://www.penmon.org/userimages/zbaronhill.jpg

Also found some pretty interesting stuff here:

http://www.btinternet.com/~bevbaker/BaronHillPublications.html

amyrummi
10-06-2011, 08:42 PM
Thats great , enjoyed looking at the history pics

the kwan
10-06-2011, 08:51 PM
I loved this place and think that you have done it justice with your shots, very nice.

jST
10-06-2011, 09:20 PM
fab pics :thumb