UK - Castles & Palaces

[debbydeb]

From the BBC Series, "The Queen's Palaces":
http://www.youtube.com/us...ealm/videos?query=palaces

Balmoral: Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4

Buckingham: full episode

Holyrood: part 1, part 2

Windsor: part 1, part 2

[Future Crayon]

Highgrove

I haven't seen much coverage of Highgrove, Prince Charles Tetbury home, but is seems an interesting and pretty house:







The gardens are stunning:

[Future Crayon]

Prince Charles's Welsh home is Llwynywermod

It's an old Welsh farmhouse in Carmarthenshire, quite plain and modest:





Inside:

[Future Crayon]

And finally, Birkhall is Prince Charles's official residence in Scotland:





The interiors when it was the Queen Mother's home:





The grounds, where the Middletons learnt to shoot:







The log cabin, where the QM loved to get away from it all:

[Rasputin]

Prince Charles has wonderful residences. He has a great taste in the matter of gardens, too
Thank you FC 

[DowntownTO]

Hi Guys,

I am a new registry here, but I have been visiting for a while. I have a question. Can anyone tell me where this is? I found it as I was browsing for UK castles to visit when I go to England again.

http://bigfon.com/wallpap...ru_201104221146075962.jpg

Hi Vessy, welcome to the Dish!  

I don't know what that building is, but I'm in lust with it . . .

ETA: Clara, thanks for the ID. 

[pixiecat]

Hi Guys,

I am a new registry here, but I have been visiting for a while. I have a question. Can anyone tell me where this is? I found it as I was browsing for UK castles to visit when I go to England again.

http://bigfon.com/wallpap...ru_201104221146075962.jpg

Hi Vessy, welcome to the Dish!  

I don't know what that building is, but I'm in lust with it . . .

ETA: Clara, thanks for the ID. 

Me too

I also like Charles' properties; even the plain farmhouse in Wales is beautiful.

[Future Crayon]

Hi Guys,

I am a new registry here, but I have been visiting for a while. I have a question. Can anyone tell me where this is? I found it as I was browsing for UK castles to visit when I go to England again.

http://bigfon.com/wallpap...ru_201104221146075962.jpg

Hi Vessy, welcome to the Dish!  

I don't know what that building is, but I'm in lust with it . . .

ETA: Clara, thanks for the ID. 

It's Forde Abbey in Dorset!

[Cloaked]

Forde Abbey has beautiful grounds.  

I loved your display of Prince Charles' homes, Future Crayon.    Thank you.
The gardens at all three homes are a gardener's paradise!  
Each house is lovely in it's own way; each suited to it's own country side.

[Leesa]

Indeed! The grounds look wonderful! - I am such a sucker for British castles, and love to visit them whenever I go to Britain. - But, out of the castles on this thread, the log cabin is probably my favourite.  It's the one where I'd like to spend some time to relax. Second comes Charlie & Cam "modest" place in Wales (looks fabulous to me!). I like the relaxed atmosphere it seems to have.

[Future Crayon]

A few more BRF homes:

Princess Anne has Gatcombe Park, in the Cotswolds, which hosts annual horse trials:







Sophie and Edward have the extremely large and extremely grand Bagshot Park, in Surrey:





The entrance:



Prince Andrew gets the Royal Lodge at Windsor:







The Duke of Gloucester has Barnwell Manor, but is currently leasing it out. It has a ruined castle in the grounds!

[editorathome]

Forde Abbey is

[editorathome]

Prince Charles's Welsh home is Llwynywermod

It's an old Welsh farmhouse in Carmarthenshire, quite plain and modest:





Inside:

Llwynywermod looks really charming. Rooms there are available for rent. Here's the official rental website:

http://www.duchyofcornwal...k/cottage/north-range.php

And the official site for the entire property:

http://www.princeofwales....s/residences/llwynywermod

[Leesa]

Out of the ones above Anne's looks the least attractive. Eddy and Andy both have it too good; don't think either of them deserves what they've got. Not fair, is it, but life's not fair.

[Cloaked]

Prince Charles's Welsh home is Llwynywermod

It's an old Welsh farmhouse in Carmarthenshire, quite plain and modest:





Inside:

Llwynywermod looks really charming. Rooms there are available for rent. Here's the official rental website:

http://www.duchyofcornwal...k/cottage/north-range.php

And the official site for the entire property:

http://www.princeofwales....s/residences/llwynywermod

Editorathome.  
The accommodation "North Range" in the grounds of Charles' Wales residence has quite a reasonable tariff - from about 1400 to 2000 AUS dollars per week.  Gorgeous countryside.  
I like how the cottages have been renovated using sustainable insulation, heating, paint and even hemp plaster!