Baron Hill - Feb 22

[BikinGlynn]

Baron Hill Hall

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History stole from the ever informal @HughieD, this was one of many visited on a epic weekend with my main non forum mate. Very photogenic place tht it is.

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Baron Hill Mansion lies parkland to the north of Beaumaris, Anglesey. The first house at Baron Hill was built by Sir Richard Bulkeley in 1618. During the English Civil War, Richard Bulkeley's successor, Colonel Thomas Bulkeley apparently invited King Charles I to take possession of the house and set up his court there. In the early eighteenth century the house was the seat of Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley who maintained Jacobite sympathies.

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The house was then reconstructed in 1776 by architect Samuel Wyatt in a Neo-Palladian style with its curved façade, terraces, follies, and balconies. Additionally, an icehouse in the gardens and a lodge house were also constructed. In the nineteenth century the occupants of Baron Hill remained the dominant Anglesey landowners, possessing estate also at Llanfairfechan and other parts of Caernarfonshire.

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During World War I, death duties exhausted the family fortune and made it impossible for the family (by then known as the Williams-Bulkeley’s) to maintain the house. Like many large country houses during the Second World war, it was requisitioned by The Royal Engineers in 1939 and used as temporary housing for Polish soldiers. They found the home too cold and decided to start a fire within the mansion so they would be moved to new accommodation. The fire destroyed a large part of the interior and the soldiers achieved their aim and were removed from the house but only to tents in estate’s grounds. The mansion was then abandoned afterwards and is still to this day.

Thanks For Looking​

 

[Stealthstar79]

What a shame about the fire.
Bet they regretted that after being given tents.
Veey atmospheric

 

[Mikeymutt]

Great set mate. Place I still ain’t been too, but want too.

 

[HughieD]

Great set mate. Place I still ain’t been too, but want too.

Get yourself over there mate! Well gone but really photogenic as you can see from @BikinGlynn and his fab report.

 

[BikinGlynn]

What a shame about the fire.
Bet they regretted that after being given tents.
Veey atmospheric

It is very similar to a lot of Scottish properties, they are always photogenic

 

[BikinGlynn]

Great set mate. Place I still ain’t been too, but want too.

Thanks, its certainly a good way to spend a few hours.

 

[night crawler]

Nice and creepy worth of a Dracula film. Years ago I was in Anglesey a couple of times on holiday on a dog training week. I spotted that place on the OS map and thought of going along wish I had now though it might not been as overgrown. Great atmosphere shown in the photos

 

[Hayman]

What a shame about the fire.
Bet they regretted that after being given tents.
Veey atmospheric

So much for "our valiant Polish allies"! As a Sapper, I recall being on an exercise and in unheated accommodation (Nissen huts?) at RAF Benson. We never set it on fire.

 

[BikinGlynn]

Nice and creepy worth of a Dracula film. Years ago I was in Anglesey a couple of times on holiday on a dog training week. I spotted that place on the OS map and thought of going along wish I had now though it might not been as overgrown. Great atmosphere shown in the photos

its quite a popular spot tbh the footfall keeps the undergrowth at bay.