These kind of people arent fashionable and easily mocked in modern Britain but they are a product of their circumstances and will be gone forever in a few generations. last of a dying era. I find them likeable and interesting
@@cornstar1253 they had a show called life is toff which showed them basically whoring their property out to make ends meet. Besides the giant crumbling castle I don’t think they’re as wealthy as they might initially seem.
These places can cause 10svof thousands a year just in upkeep and maintenence costs. Most repairscandvrestirationscwoukd be using skilled and scarce craftspeople and materials. Nobody on a normal income could afford it. Which us why u see so many of these places renovated and restored and turned into wedding venues, tourist attractions, coffee rooms etc. There's simply no other choice as the place has to be made pay forvitselfvinnthe long run. The buildings themselves require alnist constant upkeep and repair also.
Beth Bartlett she means that the narrator, trying to sound informed has completely bastardised the name of arguably our most famous and legendary king. She also badly mispronounced the place name.
What very good looking children.And if one could scrape some mould of the external walls and do a tad of painting and mend a few busted windows...a cracking place!!
Good looking? I think they’re a but odd looking. Francis has definitely got some mong in him, has to be a little bit retarded. Probably the inbreeding.
The house will eventually collapse if nothing is done to save it left to Thier parents and the oldest child will inherit a shell of the former house at this rate it's already fallen prey to the eliments
The sight of Mrs. Fulford is worth the visit to the estate. What an adorable and well manered lady. It took me 20 full seconds to fall in love with her.
It's unfair why can't all four kids inherit this house and land would at least give them all an incentive to look after it and work together it's unfair the other kids are meant to feel less important I would never leave everything to one child and leave all the other kids with nothing such a bad practice
Because there's 4 kids, thats 450 acres each, and when each of those had 4 kids it would be 100 acres left and suddenly the family land is all gone. No point leaving a house to all 4 kids when there's no intention to sell it, it's all about keeping it in the family.
Very easy to criticise this family but they are clearly overexaggerating this. Who blames them, from their first excentric expose Fulford went on to do loads of shows, he will have made a decent amount of cash which will no doubt go into the estate. He has put on a show, willingly made himself look a bit of an arse to preserve his families legacy .
there's this wonderful thing called planning permission and in that area, Dartmoor National Park, there is very little chance of getting planning permission for a development. In national parks, most people struggle to get permission for a garden shed, never mind a whole new housing estate. The land is already farmed, most likely to tenants, it is pointless to sell it. A few acres would net you 30 grand with current prices. Selling off large swathes of it would also defeat the object.
Ever since Lord Francis Fulford moved into the estate, the sheep have never been seen on public however local reports at the county pub indicate that they walk sideways and show visible signs of discomfort.
I apologize for the error, but I find it quite funny that of the facts I presented the one you corrected me on was in regards to his proper place within peerage and not animal husbandry! As far as I can figure, he has no official title within the peerage system. Correct? Thank you, JC
Interestingly, at 0:32 the reference to the eldest son anticipating his role as heir leads me to conclude that Mister Francis - not having a title - has no customary obligation to the eldest son with regard to bequeathing the estate. I do not know the details of the Fulford estate, but the documentary implies a peerage styled estate tenure - "the future Lord of this manor ...", however, am I correct in thinking that there is no such requirement of passing it on to the eldest male?
Thank you for your timely response! I think it is interesting that to an American audience the documentary overlooks the voluntary aspect of this, which is no different than a farmer in Wyoming willing the entirety of his land to the eldest son. Kind regards, Jim Cameron
Thank you genuinely for your informative reply Chanctonbury63. I became an early fan of Downton Abby, which sparked my interest in the subject matter. If I find something of intrugue I will post here. Kind regards, Jim Cameron
They inherit nothing.In aristocratic families the whole lot goes to the eldest son.House,land,possessions,money,everything goes to him.The other kids will inherit nothing upon their parent's deaths.Nothing.
No money, it's fine when you have valuable land and assets that bring in an income to support the estate (Chatsworth house) but if it's purely tenant farmers then there is little money. It isn't their fault.
@@bloochoob lmao yeah cause that’s all it would take. tell me you’ve never lived in an old property and listed property without telling me you’ve never lived in an old property
@@GeorgejamesB01 I’m living in one right now, and I funded most of the repairs myself. Not letting the place get into that fking state of disrepair in the first place. You can see they’ve made not even one small effort on any of it. There’s six of them, SIX adults who could work and fund some of it, and it looks like not one of them works. I know people exactly like them as I worked in Chelsea and Belgravia and had to put up with these pompous entitled lazy cnuts for about twenty years.
@@GeorgejamesB01 you say that like everyone does actually live in listed properties and anyone who doesn’t, is ignorant to their upkeep. That trendy over used quip of ‘tell me you blah blah without telling me you blah blah’ doesn’t hit the way you want it to. Most people aren’t rolling their eyes in agreement, as if they all live in listed properties. I fixed up the downstairs and hall and it gets hired for weddings and events, as do the grounds. That I’ll fund other repairs. These idiots don’t deserve that house, it’s wasted on them.
