#castle houses

[hometoursandotherstuff]

How about an ancient 1892 castle house in Port Huron, MI? It has 6bds, 5ba, $300K. It does need some work, but it's livable and some of the work was already started.

All stone, like a proper castle, and it has a nice entrance.

It has a large entrance hall, and they've stripped the floors. I don't think that the louvered pocket doors are original.

In this room there's a curved stone fireplace and a leaded glass window.

Here's another rounded room with a lovely brick fireplace.

And, this one has great wainscoting, leaded glass windows, and a fireplace.

Beautiful wood on the railings and stairs.

Very large landing.

There are 9 fireplaces in the house. The one in this room has been restored and the room looks finished, except for elec. outlet covers, etc.

The rooms get a lot of light. This one has another fireplace.

In this room it looks like they put up new wallboard and painted. The windows need frames, but the fireplace was restored, and it does have carpeting.

This bath was renovated in the 70s. The blue sinks are cool, but it's in need of updating.

The molded tub unit doesn't look too bad.

The house has 4 levels.

Up here, there's a faded red carpet. They did one of the walls in stone.

This large room needs work. It has a door to the tower.

It's so cool out here. I'm feeling Rapunzel vibes.

Work has started on the kitchen. Looks like the floor is in. I wonder if they planned on keeping the old cabinets. Were do those stairs go? The kitchen looks big, though.

One step down is this room. It's cute, whatever it is. Looks like they did the walls in here.

Now, this is interesting- a 2 car garage with a loft.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1719-Military-St-Port-Huron-MI-48060/77907258_zpid/?

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Μάνη,Πελοπόννησος

Η δομή των πύργων και των πυργόσπιτων της Μάνης επιβλήθηκε από την ανάγκη των κατοίκων να αμυνθούν απέναντι σε πειρατές και άλλους κατακτητές,Οι Δυτικοί περιηγητές σημείωναν τις αναλογίες τους με τους πύργους και τα κάστρα των φεουδαρχών της Μεσαιωνικής Ευρώπης, της Αγγλίας και της Σκωτίας.Ο Μιχαήλ Παλαιολόγος προσπάθησε το 1415 να περιορίσει το ύψος των πύργων και ο Βαυαρός αντιβασιλέας Μάουερ απαίτησε να γκρεμιστούν το 1834, αλλά και οι δύο απέτυχαν.Οι πύργοι της Μάνης αποτελούν ιδιότυπη και μοναδική στην Ελλάδα κατηγορία λαϊκών αρχιτεκτονικών έργων.Η ακριβής καταγωγή της μορφής τους δεν είναι βεβαιωμένη, αλλά η ομοιότητά τους προς αντίστοιχες μορφές που υπάρχουν στην Ιταλία, όπως στο Σαν Τζιμινιάνο, δικαιολογούν την πιθανότητα μιας τέτοιας επιρροής. Ως εξήγηση θα πρέπει να θεωρηθεί η μετάβαση Μανιατών εκεί και η παραμονή τους ως στρατιωτών, στο στρατό της Βενετίας ή άλλων Ιταλικών πόλεων.

Αλλά οπωσδήποτε, η ύπαρξή τους στη Μάνη είναι φανερό πως δικαιολογείται και από τα πράγματα, δηλαδή από την ανάγκη της απόκρουσης, των πειρατών, των Τούρκων και των άλλων εισβολέων, που μάταια επεχείρησαν να την καταλάβουν και από το ίδιο το κοινωνικό σύστημα που επικρατούσε στην περιοχή, τη διάκριση σε πατριές και τους εξοντωτικούς μεταξύ τους αγώνες.

Η σημασία του πύργου και η αξία της οικογένειας που τον κατείχε εξαρτιόταν από το ύψος του. Πολλές φορές ισχυρές οικογένειες δεν επέτρεπαν σε άλλες, λιγότερο σημαντικές, την ανέγερση ψηλού πύργου και άλλοτε επέβαλλαν το χαμήλωμα ή την κατεδάφισή του.

Περισσότερα στο:http://www.mani.org.gr/arhitektoniki/pir/pirgoi.htm

[livesunique]

Peleș Castle, Royal Domain of Sinaia, Prahova County, Romania,

Paul Gostielean Photography

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House On Haunted Hill (1959)

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Sorry not sorry

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Darius making sure Hunter is less overworked

Please reblog, don’t repost :)

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[kazz-brekker]

the more we see of harrenhal the funnier it is to me that house strong has produced three of the most normal and reasonable characters on this show, and the fourth is weird in ways that seemingly have nothing to do with having been raised in a haunted castle

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Aegon being like "'we should've taken Harrenhal, WHY aren't we taking Harrenhal!?" and Larys cutting in and being like "girl please be serious my castle is so incredibly derelict and haunted you'd be insane to want to go anywhere NEAR it" was so incredibly funny.

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opening paragraphs of all time

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Here we have a kind of castle, Las Vegas, NV style. It was built in 2006, has 6bds, 7ba, and is priced at $10M.

I don't know exactly where this waterfall is, but it looks like it's in an entrance somewhere.

The sitting room lets in the desert sun and has 2 doors to the outside. It also has a bar and several flat screens on the wall.

There's also a mezzanine over the sitting room, and a curved, textured ceiling.

I think that I would rather sit in the library. I love the 2nd floor stacks.

There's also a nice home theater. I like when a home theater looks more like a smaller version of real theater.

I don't know why the photographer took a photo of this, but it looks like a magician's hat and table backstage.

Very personalized home office.

Meanwhile, outside it's time for a giant, glowing game of chess.

The narrow dining room seats 16, but seems kind of tight. There appears to be an open room above it.

This is such a huge, spread-out home, that you can really get lost. The large kitchen has white and natural wood cabinetry with solid black counters. Every room, no matter which it is, has art way up the walls to the 2nd story level.

The halls are narrow and appear to me as if you're sneaking around behind the scenes.

This lounge features a vintage barber chair and what looks like a bar.

This looks like either a snack table or a game table.

This 2nd kitchen is possibly part of the rec room.

You can walk along the top of the castle and yell things at approaching guests, just like Monty Python.

The large home is circular and includes 10.05 acres of Nevada dessert land.

There is a gate at the entrance to the property, plus what looks like a large gatehouse. Possibly a jail to detain trespassers? I can't understand why the fence doesn't go all the way around.

The house looks like it was built on a man-made mound and a long driveway leads up to it.

There's a gigantic parking area and I think that the white house is the main entrance.

Here you can better see the round curvature of the building.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1280-Scooter-St-Henderson-NV-89002/70055558_zpid/?

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[livesunique]

Loreto Castle, Isola di Loreto, Lago d'Iseo, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy,

Mario d'Angelo Photography

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reading warnings on fanfics sometimes has me like:

[mcmansionhell]

Bonus McMansion Hell: Ye Olde Barrington

In which I am in my castle era.

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Vincent Price and Carol Ohmart - The House on Haunted Hill (1959) dir. William Castle