If you remember, that’s the title of a song by the Irish singer, Enya, and it certainly describes what I’ve been dreaming about recently with all of these house posts. I am a member of two Facebook groups – one on each side of the Atlantic. In the States, it’s Mansions of the Gilded Age, and in the UK, it’s Architectural Gems. It’s such fun to see the difference between the two groups.
First, let’s look at some of the Gilded Age mansions.
Swan House in Atlanta, GA
"Melcombe" in Louisville, Kentucky now for sale for $3,355,000
Blairsden in Peapack, New Jersey
Nathan Moore House, Oak Park, IL Check out the architect!
William Boyce House, Chicago, IL
Dorothy Quincy Homestead, Massachusetts
Clearly, I am going to have to submit some of Baltimore’s beautiful gilded age homes!
Next, we hop across the Atlantic to see what Architectural Gems we can find.
Moccas, Hereford, Herefordshire
Back Lane, Preesall, Lancashire
Ufford Hall, Stamford
Kingston Lisle, Oxfordshire
Rainethorpe, Norwich
And one from Wales, Llanerchydol, Powys
This group also puts together the flip side of Architectural Gems, the Architectural Crimes!
Wonder who thought it was a good idea to glom on a cinema to a period building?
Glass doors installed over the original 13th century wood ones, so as you open the wood doors, the glass doors smack you in the back.
Hard to know what to say about this.
Regardless, I am still dreaming of Marble Halls.
My biggest architectural pet peeve is the last house shown. In some areas in London unfortunately it is all the rage...
ReplyDeleteOMG, and in all of the Cardiff suburbs. It looks KLASSY!
DeleteOh, that last one reminds me of the houses here on Long Island... shoddy houses with these enormous cement lions by the driveway, and what I call "funeral home fencing" - the large black metal fences with finials. An ostentatious entryway does not a mansion make!
ReplyDeleteAs for the houses you've posted here, I am ready to move into Rainethorpe and Llanerchydol.
I like Kingston Lisle and the Dorothy Quincy Homestead.
DeleteOn the last house, could this possibly be the rear entrance?
ReplyDeleteI don't think it would be the back...
DeleteP.S. What's that photo on your header?
ReplyDeletePhoto is from the garden i wrote about last week. It's a panoramic shot.
DeleteFun houses on both sides of the pond. The "don'ts" cracked me up. Especially the last one. Res Ipsa Loquitur (the thing speaks for itself).
ReplyDeleteDon't houses are always fun!
DeleteHappy Friday! Thanks for the goodies, but also the baddies! Sad that ugly houses are such fun, as long as they're not in your own neighborhood, that is.
ReplyDeleteI agree!
DeleteOMG the last one + have a wonderful weekend xxpeggybraswelldesign.com
ReplyDeleteJust discovered a video of the childhood home of Eleanor Roosevelt (Sunrise at Campebello now airing) Oh my goodness it looks as if it has seen better days some details inside remain, if you find time to watch it Meg would appreciate your take on how such a historical property has found such a fate. Thank you
ReplyDeleteI Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls or "The Gipsy Girl's Dream" is a popular aria from The Bohemian Girl, an 1843 opera by Michael William Balfe, with lyrics by Alfred Bunn. Not original to Enya.
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