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Can you tell me please what is the name on their website, I can’t seem to find it!🙏🏻❤️thank you! WOW NOBODY ANSWERED WOW OK UNSUB

Wonderful!!! ❤️

@@lindabuck2777 yes good question. Information on the estate seems lacking.

Cool!!

Disappeared...

There is a lot more to it than that. The biggest factor is often Death Duties and ineffective Estate Planning. Events of the last century are still taking a massive toll. Between 1914 and 1918 some families faced several lots of Death Duties without any time to plan for the next lot and without any time or chance to refill the coffers. Then not more than a decade later, the whole process was repeated between 1939 and 1945. Between the wars you did have the Roaring 20s, but you also had the Dirty Thirties. The immediate Post War period was devastating to the Country Estates. The situation was the inspiration for Brideshead Revisited. That is what set the stage for deferred maintenance. Families simply could not afford the upkeep. It was often less expensive to remove the roof from a big house and build new than to try to maintain a very large house. Or, as in this case, close the door to one part and let it go.

@@michaeltutty1540 Exactly ! I keep telling people that these families had to leave, crippled with debt, estates no longer making money after the two wars and sometimes two to three generations killed. Death duties under Labor was over 80%, the willingness to see these families crushed is terrible as like it or not the country was built on them. I have a large collection of books on lost houses in the UK and Ireland and the catalogue from the 'Destruction of the Country House'. That exibition by Roy Strong at the V&A really shook people up to the loss of their heritage. Near where I grew up there was a huge castle and estated employing hundreds of people ( Rosehaugh ) It was demolished and blown up and they invited the local school to witness the tower falling ! Today only fragments of what was an incredible estate survive. Another castle further north was built over a period of years and was incredibly modern for it's time. That too was demolished just 40 years after being finished, it was worth more in pieces that as a whole. In my mothers small town there was a medieval tower house demolished and then Robert Adam designed a beautiful manor house which after a few years was in turn demolished and a huge Gothic castle built which was in turn demolished and now it's a housing estate. As a kid I played in an amazing Georgian manor house in perfect condition with even some furniture in it. Today it's a burnt out roofless shell covered in ivy BUT on the buildings at risk register, too late. In the village where I initially went to school the local council forcibly bought out the local gentry who had to move to cottages and then demolished their manor house and outbuildings in order to build a housing estate. There was many areas around the village where they could have built the estate but I can suppose that it was a 'labor' driven decision once more. I now live in France in an area where there are over 1000 chateaux, they are everywhere but in France there are many hundreds falling down or in dire disrepair. It always makes me sad, as a kid I was even sad when castles in movies burnt down despite them only being models !

@@TheFiown Thank you for providing your fantastic and very maudlin insights. As a Canadian I have never heard these stories before so I appreciate you sharing your experiences. I'm slightly dumbfounded. I had no idea that there were so many families and castles in this position. Again, thank-you.

@@regant.cameron8237 england did conquer the world & collected great wealth.

WOW That's interesting They both seem so impractical. They must have learned and be learning a lot. It's such an enormous project. So much room for stupendous success. I wish them well.

Good on them

Joke's on you. They ignored her and now have a profitable brewery.

@@nineteenfortyeight6762 it could have easily gone the other way too.

I wonder if Ruth didn't really appreciate the appeal these microbreweries have with the younger set. Having many in a given area is often an appeal rather than a negative.

@@deb7518 she wasn't against it, just knew how much investment and time it needed. Needed to have income in the meantime and for capital.

He does, but I doubt his grandfather was this dumb.

Thought that right away also. Time to pull out the old pics and have a more studied look!

I had to laugh 😊 when I saw "surf times"! As a 73 yr old American even I know it's spelled serf..but who knows? Maybe there was an ocean 🌊🏖️ and beach in olden times...and surf boards buried under all the grassy meadows. Hang ten! 🙏

Because @Katha, it’s easy money with less work than many better money making schemes. Ruth really marvelous helping some of these owners awake to reality.

Believe it or not this is actually the same mentality in the south in the United States there were wonderful social steps that were taken toward the community when one was taken ill the person that cared for the incapacitated person would always inherit extra twice as much as the regular servants there's all kinds of lovely thoughtful things toward the little man so to speak it's not all the way the media portrays it take advantage use get slaves it wasn't all like that

As an American, I've watched dozens of these shows and am amazed by the ideas brought forth for the use of old mansions. There was a mansion in my old hometown that recently sold for $300,000. As a child I was always in awe of it. But now watching these shows, I should have purchased it. It sits next to a church. Any guess as to how I could've generated revenue?

@bina nocht Yes to a lot of your opinions here but, honestly, I can't imagine where you're getting your info about "America." "...wealthy people are handed 300 million quid by the government in America..." What? No, the American government does not just give money to wealthy people. And of course, we don't use quid. Rich folks here acquire wealth through plenty of predatory business practices, they do benefit from advantages like being able to acquire (and live off) lucrative bank loans rather than their own holdings (banks in the U.S. are not government entities), they do pass their assets and other forms of wealth to subsequent generations, and they do use generous tax loopholes and strategies for hiding their wealth. As do those in the U.K. and other countries. The American government does not just give land to wealthy folks. It has provided land grants to Universities, right of way property for rail and highway transportation, and land for homesteading, which is pretty rare these days since there's no longer much effort to settle great tracts of land that Native Americans were evicted from. Homesteading can still be done but it requires proof of financial need and occupation as primary residence.

@bina nocht The home was in good repair. All limestone construction, tiled porches and balconies, tile roof. Mahogany interior all handcrafted and carved. It just needed some updates and love. Wedding venue, spooky mansion, Christmas themed in the winter, escape rooms, corporate getaway. Many possibilities. I understand your sentiment, life isn't equally fair, but never will be and that's OK. It's not fair that white African business owners were stripped of all their possessions because they were white. Or that politicians who had nothing before being elected and are worth millions after is not fair. We do the best we can with what we have, and I'm happy. I don't play the victim nor do I sympathize with them.

@bina nocht A true story, All over the world

So interesting the way you described them! "They both have lovely personalities"! So much more honest and straightforward than the "they are wonderful people" or "they are so nice and so kind" etc. Whereas we can't really ever know how "good" of a person truly is, we can see how lovely of a personality one might have. So few see the difference. Interesting perspective! 🤔

That's probably why she got fired and they replaced her with that guy.

@@Schlumbucketreturns she always had a rude side. People just fail to notice it.

The house is just Mehhhh.. The dining room green color was divinely beautiful though.

Terrorizing the viewer? Weird statement to make plus it wasn't overpowering the narrator at least from my computer. Maybe it's your computer. Ever think of that?

@@tigermoon44 you must be the editor.

I like the green in dining room, but I prefer a more warm and cozy sage green, not bright green. Elegance is subdued!

@Joyce B On the other hand, people don't like to be told what to do, even by those they have called for help, so maybe at least most of the conflicts might be genuine.

Why do do many people hate others who have dreams? Did you kill your own? They now have a profitable brewery.

And.... She was a right snob..AND she was a WRONG snob about the green color. I love green dining rooms.

Yes, I thougt so too.

It’s Very annoying

Yes. I agree with you. I just know why they do that on these shows.

The music is an awful lot for certain and entirely not necessary.

The music often makes me stop watching. Its terrible and ,altho partially deaf, much to loud.

Drama = ratings... duhhhhhh.

Well the brewery was successful. Businesses also have to be the owner's passion.

Redoing a roof on a home that size is EXPENSIVE!! To redo the slate is quite likely in the region of half a million pounds. On the low side. Then you absolutely must remember the Grade 1 Listing on the property. Anything, and I mean any single thing, must be approved. Adding skylights or anything like that is an absolute no go. It would not be allowed. Replacing rotting window sashes must be approved and the new must match the old. Grade 2 is tricky. Grade 2* is difficult. Grade 1 is basically keep it original, PERIOD. Even the kind of wood used to replace rotten wood in the hidden structure is governed by the rules.

@@michaeltutty1540 Oh the tragedy/travesty of it all! I love watching all these shows, escape to the country, restorations both on PBS, now streaming all over. At 67, American, lover of heritages, ‘we got nuthin over heah’ yes a few, unlike Englands estates, similar some more some less ostentatious. Most are torn down here-raized to the ground! One thing that SEEMS to be coming clear; powers that be want THEIR history destroyed. Otherwise, adherence to beyond ridiculous and expensive materials, beyond strict not modernized in technical terms, and mostly ‘custom made’ wouldn’t exist. Egos, and heritage aside, it seemingly is a racket that lines the pockets of these boards and others. No flexibility to move in current times is reall certain death of the old and treasured-a TRAVESTY! After watching productions and all varieties of homes and estates, I so appreciate tradition and heritage, with the salvaging of these magnificent manors, as the WOOD LOVER I am, I would love the tours or a stay overnight just to see firsthand any and all wood, furniture is fine, yet the wood panelings all the CARVED items is wondrous and astonishing to me! Thank you for all who appreciate as well🙏🏻❤️ps. Wedding venues, cafe’s, gift shop, garden tours, events, let’s, or renting buildings/homes on property; seem to be the way to continue these estates,being a traveler, I would come stay 3 months minimum and see them all❤️🤨❤️

What it causes are no end of problems.

Yeah, like a family that argues, pulls in opposite directions, and all around fails at working together.

@@patricial.6758 In the example you cite, then those family members who act according to your example deserve that which is begotten from their inability to act as decent human beings. Your implication is that granting favor to one because of accident of birth is necessary to curb the human condition, which is the thinking of someone who has not learned proper socialization among those who are supposed to be closest to them. It is quite easy to like and get along with those who like one back and get along accordingly. It takes higher level human skills and intelligence to like and get along with those to whom one is bound to but are not as agreeable. If the parties can’t work it out, then they don’t deserve to inherit. My grandmother left 1,200 apartment units to her 5 grandchildren of whom I was one and told us before she died that this would be our inheritance. She told us that we were entitled to the income from those apartment units as long as her 5 grandchildren remained joint owners of those properties, but that deed restrictions had been placed on title of the properties mandating that all proceeds from the sale of any of the properties would go to a specified charity. She told all of her grandchildren that her intent was that all 5 of her grandvhildten would benefit from the income of the inheritance she left us, but if we couldn’t work out that partnership and accordingly felt compelled to sell, then we would lose it all. She told us if, as siblings and cousins, we couldn’t make such a partnership work out so that we could collectively benefit from her gift to us, then we didn’t deserve the gift. For sure there have been difficulties along the way, as there will be among any set of 5 human beings, but the manner of my grandmother’s gift to us requires us to wotk things out or risk losing her gift. Had my grandmother given her property to the oldest of her grandchildren (me), that would have bern a far less intelligent thing to do, as none of her grandchildren would have learned the value of the wisdom she was imparting. The value of her wisdom she was imparting was far more valuable that the value of her property.

That's funny...but considering what we now know about Hollywood...

He reminds me of Hugh Grant as well!

Yes, I was thinking about this too! This place or any others in the series could be perfect for painting holidays and artists' retreats. I would love to stay in an ancient castle or manor house for a couple of weeks and do creative work inspired by the buildings and grounds. I would also love to stay in one of these places as part of a film project.

She is utterly annoying.

Always has been.

your parcel got lost..............

No. We call it council tax. But it’s a lot less than the US like property tax

@@mujkocka Thanks!

Only _sort of_ questionable 😂😂

What Trust? This estate is in private hands, not the National Trust.

There’s always one bitter woman who has to comment about Trump

​@@dittohead7044I think you need to check your reading comprehension. She used the verb "trumps" and didn't say a thing about Donald Trump.

😂That's called a "verbal tic". They serve as conversational "filler" and can get worse when people are nervous. Imho, the very worst and most overused verbal tic at the moment is the word "like". _Like, you know?_ 🙄

laura because its miles from any where the countryside needs leaving alone because not only landowners live there leave the queen out of it oh my god how many are on the streets in the us blol

I think developing more and more country land is a crime against nature. I'm watching them do it where I live and its awful to see the beautiful wide open countryside be developed into strip mall shopping, apwrtment buildings, villas and single family homes. People are distressed to see coyotes, bears etc in their yards, but they are the ones being pushed out of their home. Global warming isn't helped by development. If England keeps their countryside protected, good on them.

A lot of land in the UK is for agricultural use only not for construction use - thats why the countryside is so beautiful..............by the way, our Royals serve a purposeand their lands etc. do not personally belong to them in that they cannot sell any of it - it is merely on loan to them throughout their life!

@@amandamiller304 Strange how people who are not British think they can attack our Royals and the way we choose to live😁

You clearly know very little about royal properties. Most of them belong to the CROWN thus the country. The Queen does not own thes properties personally. She cannot sell them. The British monarchy generates Billions of pounds per year for Britain & do many good works. The Queen costs Britain 1pound per year. If u don't believe me google & check this out. People like you that make nasty assumptions based on ignorance & envy are what is wrong with western society today.

Then she should do zero work to help run the business.