The Baron Hill Estate on Anglesey - 2014

[Infraredd]

The Baron Hill Estate was built in 1618 at the request of Richard Bulkeley. In 1776, architect Samuel Wyatt re-designed the mansion in a Neo-Palladian style. By World War I the Bulkeley family had moved from the mansion and no longer used it as a permanent residence (too expensive). The story goes that in 1939 at the outbreak of World War II the mansion was requisitioned by the government and used as a temporary housing for Polish soldiers. The Polish soldiers found the place too cold and decided to start a "small" fire within the mansion so they would be moved to somewhere better. However the fire destroyed a large part of the interior and the soldiers were moved from the house to tents on the Baron Hill Estate grounds (karma!). The mansion was abandoned afterwards and is now derelict.

This place is massive and I only had limited time as I wasted the day before traipsing all over the wrong bramble covered hill..........

Pictures

The Baron Hill Estate 01 by Infraredd, on Flickr

The Baron Hill Estate 07 by Infraredd, on Flickr

The Baron Hill Estate 08 by Infraredd, on Flickr

The Baron Hill Estate 10 by Infraredd, on Flickr

The Baron Hill Estate 12 pot by Infraredd, on Flickr

The Baron Hill Estate 14 by Infraredd, on Flickr

The Baron Hill Estate 18 throne by Infraredd, on Flickr

The Baron Hill Estate 26 barn by Infraredd, on Flickr

The Baron Hill Estate stairs 31 by Infraredd, on Flickr

The Baron Hill Estate stairs 30 by Infraredd, on Flickr

The Baron Hill Estate 29 stairs by Infraredd, on Flickr

& now the cellars

The Baron Hill Estate cell 1 by Infraredd, on Flickr

The Baron Hill Estate cell 2 by Infraredd, on Flickr

The Baron Hill Estate cell 4 by Infraredd, on Flickr

The Baron Hill Estate cell 5 by Infraredd, on Flickr

The Baron Hill Estate cell 6 by Infraredd, on Flickr

The Baron Hill Estate cell 8 by Infraredd, on Flickr

The Baron Hill Estate cell 9 by Infraredd, on Flickr

Thanks for looking!

Full set https://www.flickr.com/photos/infraredd/sets/72157646793972372/

 

[skeleton key]

A great write up and what a contrast in editing as for a moment had to scroll back to take on board what I was looking at as so very different.

Horses for courses I say

Thanks for the share

 

[jones-y-gog]

Some nice pics there. Such a shame this place is so far gone, when you see how amazing it once was.

 

[shaddam]

Cool looking place !, adore infared photos !

 

[Lara]

It certainly looks like it was once an epic place, thanks for sharing

 

[The_Raw]

Really liking the variety of shots here, the infrared shots add an ethereal quality, cool report

 

[Stussy]

Interesting processing technique, great work!