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Miscellaneous => The Sallyport => Topic started by: Sir James A on 2010-12-18, 22:49:49
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I posted the set of pictures from our trip today to Berkeley Springs Castle, in WV.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2096286&id=1132478990&l=49057a0c4f
(hopefully that album is viewable - my profile is private but it says that's a link for public viewing)
It was a good time. The only thing I didn't expect was that only the downstairs portion of the castle was open, but the castle itself is closed to the public, and this is the first time it has been open to the general public since it was purchased back in ?2002? (I think).
Wouldn't have to twist my arm very hard to get me to live in it!
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you saw the best parts. trust me. hehehe. and i had to pay to see the rest a long time ago and walk up on the roof. it was in sad shape then. thanks so much for the pictures. it looks like they did a great job decorating it
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you saw the best parts. trust me. hehehe. and i had to pay to see the rest a long time ago and walk up on the roof. it was in sad shape then. thanks so much for the pictures. it looks like they did a great job decorating it
Do you remember which year you went? If I remember right the current owner bought it in 2002 and moved in around 2005. He said the upstairs is mostly his messy bedroom and other non-castle sort of things, but I'm still curious about the building itself; floors, walls, ceilings, and so on. Would have loved to see the view from the top of the tower. It was $10/person to get in, and they had free drinks and snacks, too. The owner is very nice, and was telling some stories about the history, and took a few of us back to the restricted areas behind the kitchen, where it goes "into" the mountain, he called it the "dungeon" since it is a small room used for storage, might have been a wine cellar before.
He mentioned how the people who almost bought it were talking about how it was so "dark" inside, and that they wanted to put drywall over the stone walls, and paint all the woodwork white. I'm VERY glad those people didn't buy it. There were lots of neat little things, like the dragon skeleton has a santa hat and bowtie, little things that gave a great overall feel.
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i am thinking it was summer of 98
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Man, I wish I could afford to build something like that.
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As do I, good Sirs. I can't see FB at work so I'll try and get on at home.
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Man, I wish I could afford to build something like that.
Me too. The stonework is great, some spots of the wall are at least 2.5-3 feet thick, and that's just what I could tell from the first floor. The castle dates from the 1890s, so it's "new", at least as compared to the original castles, but it does an excellent job at feeling like a late-era fortified manor house.
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stop buying albions and you might ;) hahhaahah jk
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What a beautiful structure...only open once a year, eh? Must be nice!
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Hey, I happen to live in Berkeley Springs. I totally recommend that a group come down! I would much appreciate the company! ;D
BTW, order idea, how cool would it be to have the initial knightings in a legit castle!!!!!! :D
Just putting that out there.
(and when we finally do decide to besiege the thing and use it as our base of operations for turning the world into our fiefdom, I will be happy to serve as local guide/traitor/heroic undercover spy ect. ;) Just shoot me a PM when we get the ram and the trebuchets up and running..... 8))
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Yes we are discussing the venue for the first knighting ceremony over in the Order disscussion area. http://modernchivalry.org/forum/index.php/topic,807.msg7858.html#new (http://modernchivalry.org/forum/index.php/topic,807.msg7858.html#new)
It's awesome how great minds think alike! ;)
~ IMo somewhere in western Maryland/Virginia or Eastern WV would be more centrally located for a majority of us. :-\
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Hey, I happen to live in Berkeley Springs. I totally recommend that a group come down! I would much appreciate the company! ;D
BTW, order idea, how cool would it be to have the initial knightings in a legit castle!!!!!! :D
Just putting that out there.
(and when we finally do decide to besiege the thing and use it as our base of operations for turning the world into our fiefdom, I will be happy to serve as local guide/traitor/heroic undercover spy ect. ;) Just shoot me a PM when we get the ram and the trebuchets up and running..... 8))
Funny you should mention siegeworks....a buddy of mine out west built a working trebuchet with his nephews- got some range on it too he did. Me, I'll tilt at the windmills and keep those occupied.
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Yeah, that would be great! Especially since I happen to live there! I would be happy to use my hometown as order HQ. ;D ;D ;D