Caerhays Castle
A short video introduction to the Castle, and mineral collection.
Cornwall U.K. - Dodman Point to Caerhays Castle - Coast Path HD
Cornwall U.K. - Dodman Point to Caerhays Castle - Coast Path HD
Continuing our journey / meditation along the South-West Coast Path, Cornwall U.K. (on a very windy day),
from Dodman Point to Caerhays Castle.
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Caerhays Weddings - Cornwall, UK
Dream weddings & receptions at Caerhays, with four lovely locations on the Estate.
Choose from The Cutting, The Coastguard's Lookout, The Field and The Vean.
Accommodation on the Estate for the Bride and Groom and Wedding Guests.
Caerhays Castle, Cornwall, England - Dji Mavic Pro drone - Skydronauts
Caerhays Castle (meaning enclosed castle) is a semi-castellated manor house just south of the village of St Michael Caerhays in Cornwall, UK and overlooks Porthluney Cove on the English Channel. The garden hosts the largest collection of magnolias in England.
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Staphylea holocarpa 'Rosea' - Caerhays Castle
Charles Williams discussing a Staphylea holocarpa 'Rosea' which was discovered in 1908 by Ernest Wilson and brought to the UK. These plants are easy to grow and hardy.
Caerhays Castle
Caerhays Castle book launch featuring interview with Mr Charles Williams.
Caerhays A Year at Caerhays
Short video all about what happens on the Caerhays Estate during a year.
WALKING POLDARK'S CORNWALL - Caerhays Castle, Porthluney and Portholland
A short guided walk from Porthluney to Portholland with a visit to Caerhays Castle, featured in the Poldark saga, with their beautiful magnolia collection.
Caerhays The Vean
5 star accommodation in Cornwall on the edge of the Caerhays Estate. Perfect for weddings and family celebrations. 8 double bedrooms.
Coast Path Meditation - Caerhays Castle to Porth Loe - Cornwall U.K. HD
Coast Path Meditation - Caerhays Castle to Porth Loe - Cornwall U.K. HD
Continuing our journey / meditation along the South-West Coast Path, Cornwall U.K.
from Caerhays Castle through PorthHolland to Porth Loe.
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Original Video : Cornwall U.K. - Coast Path Meditation - Caerhays Castle to Porth Loe - Cornwall U.K. HD by CCDiscoveryChannel 2013
Original Music : Where Streams Meet The Sea (Full Version - Part 1) by CC / CCDiscoveryChannel 2013
Caerhays Gardens
A short video trip around the gardens at Caerhays, which are open to the public from February to June, See website for dates.
Castle Drogo Devon The Last Castle To Be Built In England.
Castle Drogo is a country house and castle near Drewsteignton, Devon, England. Constructed between 1911 and 1930, it was the last castle to be built in England. The client was Julius Drewe, the hugely successful founder of the Home and Colonial Stores. Drewe chose the site in the belief that it formed part of the lands of his supposed medieval ancestor, Drogo de Teigne. The architect he chose to realise his dream was Edwin Lutyens, then at the height of his career. Lutyens lamented Drewe's determination to have a castle but nevertheless produced one of his finest buildings. The architectural critic, Christopher Hussey, described the result: The ultimate justification of Drogo is that it does not pretend to be a castle. It is a castle, as a castle is built, of granite, on a mountain, in the twentieth century.
The castle was given to the National Trust in 1974, the first building constructed in the twentieth century that the Trust acquired. Currently undergoing conservation (2013–2018), the castle is a Grade I listed building. The gardens are Grade II listed on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
In 1910 Julius Drewe bought about 450 acres (1.8km2) south and west of the village of Drewsteignton in the belief that he was descended from the Drewe family that once lived here. Born Drew, the son of George Smith Drew and his wife Mary, née Peek, both from substantial families of grocers, Drewe added the e to his surname later in life. By the time of his death in 1931 he had bought up an estate of 1,500 acres. Around 1910 he asked Edwin Lutyens to build him a castle. According to his son Basil, he did so on the advice of Edward Hudson, proprietor of Country Life magazine, who was both a patron and a champion of Lutyens. Drewe was now 54 years old, but he still had time, energy and money to create his new family seat. The budget was £50,000 for the castle, and a further £10,000 for the garden. Lutyens wrote privately of his concern over Drewe's ambitions; I do wish he didn't want a castle but just a delicious loveable house with plenty of good large rooms in it. On 4 April 1911, Drewe's 55th birthday, the first foundation stone was laid.
After Julius's death, his wife Frances and her son Basil continued to live at the castle. During 1939–45, Frances and her daughter Mary ran the house as a home for babies made homeless during the bombings of London. Frances Drewe died in 1954 and Basil was then joined at Drogo by his son Anthony and his wife. In 1974, Anthony and his son, Dr Christopher Drewe, gave Castle Drogo and 600 acres (2.4km2) of the surrounding land to the National Trust. It was the first 20th-century property the charity acquired. The writer and National Trust administrator James Lees-Milne recorded his impressions of the house and its owners in a diary entry dated 9 September 1976; Reached Castle Drogo ... at eleven. Very satisfactory house of clean-cut granite. A new family aspiring to, rather arriving at, landed gentry-hood and now the representative living upstairs in a tiny flat, all within my lifetime.
The castle has been undergoing an extensive, five-year, restoration. A new visitor centre with shop and café opened in the summer of 2009, after English Heritage required that industrial kitchen equipment such as that used by the previous café within the house, be removed from Grade I listed buildings. In February 2011, the National Trust launched a public appeal for money to fund necessary restoration work.
The castle has a formal garden, designed by Lutyens with planting by George Dillistone, which contrasts with its setting on the edge of Dartmoor. In 1915, Lutyens brought in Gertrude Jekyll to assist with the planning. Jekyll's involvement appears to have been limited to designing the planting for the approach to the castle along the drive. The garden is noted for its rhododendrons and magnolias, herbaceous borders, rose garden, shrub garden and circular grass tennis court now used for croquet. The gardens are Grade II listed.
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Caerhays castle - mahah #30
We visit Caerhays castle near st Austell as part of Allys bday treats. It was most beautiful. Check the video to see some wonderful magnolia!
Caerhays Castle Kiddie Karts 2009
Our 3 year old has his first race (originally cut to The Chain, but had to change for copyright reasons!)
Caerhays - Shooting at Caerhays
Introduction to the shooting season at Caerhays
Cornwall Gardens Day 3 visit No2 was to the important plant collection at Caerhays Castle Estate
12th April 2017 was a perfect time to catch the Camellia, Magnolia and Rhododendron in magnificent flower.
Caerhays Castle beach Cornwall
Magnolia colour chart
2nd of a weekly video blog by Charles Williams at Caerhays Castle in South Cornwall. Caerhays opens 18th February 2019 again to the public every day until 16th June, 10 - 5 (last entry 4pm)
Here he is using the RHS colour chart to identify the colours of Magnolia 'FJ Williams', M. campbellii 'Darjeeling' and M. 'Plum Pudding'