Baron Hill Mansion, Beaumaris - Jan 2011

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 WWII, 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.

Visited with ceejam and Judderman62.

Gatehouse/gardeners house..



The Mansion..













Stables..







Gardens..



Thanks for looking

I really liked this place, totally wrecked but very intresting.

Here are my pics from the day.

The lodge



The main house







Interior and really nice features













The well and pump




The stables



The walled gardens





How big is this tree ?...



I think this may have outgrown its pot....



And finally a bit of graff..




Ta for looking

Cool stuff, looks a very nice place that

Very nice - quite sad to see it in such a state!

looks really intresting! nice and decrepit

This is fabulous, Noodle & Ceejam...just my favourite kind of explore. Love all the odd, remaining features. Cheers.

Beautiful photos.

Oooh that's fantastic!

Thanks for the comments, people

Wish I had know about that place when I was up there. Not sure I'd want to run into th edog in the green coat though.

Really lovely place! Kind of reminds me of Rougham Hall that I visited recently.

Thanks for sharing

A really beautiful place.

Awesome place! Cheers for that!

What a cracker! Cheers

That’s my favourite old mansions, and this one is beautiful, i must get up there for a visit

night crawler said:

Wish I had know about that place when I was up there. Not sure I'd want to run into th edog in the green coat though.

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Dogs in green coats are ok. It's the ones with orange eyebrows which you have to watch.

Excellent set of photos. Love the trees.

I have crossed all the Poles off my Christmas card list.

Really lik this place especially the way nature has taken over.

Excellent pics!

-0xy

night crawler said:

Wish I had know about that place when I was up there. Not sure I'd want to run into th edog in the green coat though.

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What run into dognoodle ?, she would probably drown you, "lick lick lick" she is the biggest daft dog you could ever meet, just looks scary.....
she is my little baby.

ceejam said:

What run into dognoodle ?, she would probably drown you, "lick lick lick" she is the biggest daft dog you could ever meet, just looks scary.....
she is my little baby.

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I can confirm this - recently there wasn't a square millimetre of my face that she had not licked at least 5 times. Dognoodle is adorable