800 Years in the Making: A DJ's Wild Idea to Save the Castle

800 Years in the Making: A DJ's Wild Idea to Save the Castle | Elmore Court

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Жыл бұрын

This time on American Viscountess, I’m visiting the beautiful Elmore Court in Gloucestershire. Elmore Court is a glorious sixteenth century historic house on the edge of the Cotswolds - this site has been home to the Guise family since the thirteenth century. Anselm Guise has a very bold vision for Elmore’s future and is opening the house and estate to visitors in a completely inspiring way. Elmore is literally going back to its roots, or I might say, going wild. Join me as I visit some amazing new tree houses and the rewilding project out on the estate.
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@heatheralcock6081 Жыл бұрын

Ah I’m playing at a wedding there on Friday!

@thomasoates5294 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching him on Country House Rescue, I often wonder how he did after that show & glad to see him make a great success. Equally delighted you choose him and the house on your channel

@richardxxx8358 Жыл бұрын

I must have seen him over at least 10 years in different programs trying to make the house pay for itself.

@jaccirdesign Жыл бұрын

Me too!!! Historic House Rescue? With that bossy lady who would direct hapless land owners in making their homes pay. 😂

@XianABGH 7 ай бұрын

I think it was Country house rescue when he started a cooking school

@paulinecraft244 3 ай бұрын

I was hoping he made the cooking school a great one but I'm glad to see he still owns it

@derickyyy Жыл бұрын

I recognize Elmore Court from Country House Rescue!

@waltercook4868 Жыл бұрын

I recognize it too. The custodian really took a tongue lashing from Ruth Watson. Looks like the guy really took stock of his bearings and is doing okay! Good for him!

@patriciasmith9712 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I remembered that episode right off and so happy that maturity has blessed this fellow with such good business sense. Well done, and good work Ruth !! that tongue lashing worked......now, there is a gem grown out of it.

@waltercook4868 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Team Julie, for sharing this story. Years ago, I saw the current custodian as a struggling new heir. He has done a great job and thank you for the update. If you get a chance, I'd like to see how Lullingstone Castle and World Garden is doing. The next heir was also struggling to preserve the family pile. A likeable fellow with incredible vision, work ethic and passion for plant life.

@KyleClaytonGore Жыл бұрын

He’s come such a long way from Country House Rescue!

@lynnrose7562 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning.

@28105wsking Жыл бұрын

Hi Julie,! A great video! I had another idea. In addition to the Mapperton/Devon Fiddler's Contest, I thot it might be fun to rent the Fairytale Cottage as a package deal with a wedding at Mapperton. It could be a Honeymoon Cottage! What do you think? I was also thinking that if you have a wide hillside for people to sit on, you might have a natural amphitheater where you could have classical music orchestras performing on summer evenings, or present Greek and Shakespearean plays? You'd need bathrooms, parking, a sound system up the hill, and a nearby tent for drinks and snacks/ or emergency service in case of accidents. And you would get a nicer crowd than you would have with a Woodstock Festival situation. And what about First Saturday concerts at Mapperton for wind or string quartets, Madrigal group from Oxford, etc. every month?

@debbietaylor5579 Жыл бұрын

So interesting and educational. I live in an area in New York where we cannot stop our town counsel from approving developers who are taking away our wetlands and encroaching on the wildlife. It makes me so mad!!! Thank you for sharing these videos.

@Carey86 Жыл бұрын

My township in NJ is the same. It’s so sad and pisses me off soooo much! Plus the houses are typically plastic and poorly made. In our historical town, they allow brand new plastic siding houses & it takes away from the historical look of the town. If I had the money, I’d buy all the land and leave it wild!

@debbietaylor5579 Жыл бұрын

@@Carey86 same here. Houses are great big gray boxes, all look the same and not a single tree on the lots.

@hsimpson6581 Жыл бұрын

I first saw this house on country house rescue. What happened to all the fantastic antiques and the giant dining room table? It’s weird to see it so stripped back as a wedding venue. 😮 but I’m over joyed to know he is a success 🎉

@oCherryPie Жыл бұрын

The treehouses look amazing and I love the rewilding vision 🙂

@seanmcgcostumes Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing him on Country House Rescue! So glad to see the house thriving.

@Linux1972 5 ай бұрын

Really love your channel. Our family has been in the original family home for 200 years and 7 generations now and watching your show really helps give us ideas of how to keep it going.

@kellyfisher4378 Жыл бұрын

This was awesome! Please of more of these.

@angelapriddy6308 Жыл бұрын

So so beautiful

@jadejohns3107 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Julie. Wonderful episode. If you go back there in a year or so to view the rewinding programme I’d love to see inside the cob/earth barn/reception room.

@maryfrump7937 Жыл бұрын

I love how enthusiastic he is about his plans!

@jonimarchese7655 Жыл бұрын

Hi Julie, First I want to make" just be quit and be still" my mantra! I love how preserving the land and rewilding, (just like Julie and Luke are doing.) is so very important and to preserve Elmore court. What makes me so mad as an American, we seem not to care about climate change, not to care about preservation, if there is a buck to be made everything else be damned. I have read so much on the Cotswold's; everyone should be lucky to visit. This was such a great learning curve, thank you so much for introducing us to Anslem and all his good work. Love from N.Y.

@28105wsking Жыл бұрын

I love the light-colored interior of so many rooms at Elmore Court! Its so bright and airy and welcoming and spacious! It looks fresh and clean. It seems he took a lesson from Martha Stewart color combinations. Very nice! The light walls really let the contents of the rooms stand out and speak for themselves. What a wonderful change from the Country House Rescue days! I really have to say, Well done!

@donnabaardsen5372 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fabulous! I cannot imagine how much work it takes to keep this exquisite historic home clean and dust free. Those tree houses are gorgeous and imaginative. Guest's are literally immersed in nature.

@paulinecraft244 3 ай бұрын

The place looks amazing good for him and he seems so happy now

@pedroamador0618 Жыл бұрын

This is - by far - my favorite youtube channel. Greetings from Puerto Rico!

@monicadabney8471 Жыл бұрын

My great great grandfather was Alonzo Anselm Ray- English ancestry. Just sharing.

@laurelherman3342 Жыл бұрын

Julie this series is wonderful. Thank you for sharing!

@rosemariedeschenes7013 Жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful estate home. Love the tree houses & rewilding project. What an incredible family tree. Thank you so much for this wonderful and educational vlog 😍😘

@Susan.I Жыл бұрын

These tree houses are a wonderful idea!

@klezmersue Жыл бұрын

Oh Julie! This was so well done and very special look into how it all goes with rewilding and this particular Elmore Court. Thank you to Anselm! Bravo in this endeavor! Thank you for the beautiful background music, inspirational and uplifting as always! Just loved this! Thank you!

@renaenolen8461 Жыл бұрын

In the US, the show Treehouse Masters has been building treehouses for clients everywhere. The owner has a number of treehouse for rental also.

@susanhayirli8474 Жыл бұрын

You have created a beautiful and calm space

@maryjanekolesar8325 Жыл бұрын

What a different take; brilliant! That explains the tracks of water. Wow! I've been through the Sargaso Sea.

@nica900 Жыл бұрын

this makes me feel so much better about my own rewilding project in my urban NZ backyard lol - it's always been organic but every time I have to show it to people and say, I haven't been gardening it lately... But it's long been full of birds, butterflies, bees and every other creature that sees an opportunity, and the natives just self seed and that brings in the native birds. They all know where to find my house in the middle of town.

@erikasantoshafitness348 11 ай бұрын

I remember him in county house rescue !

@eddie97504 Жыл бұрын

Such a fascinating presentation. Thank you. It is inspiring to see and hear about so many noble landowners in the UK pursuing sustainability of the land and their estates in so many innovative ways.

@wdjones4735 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful house! The treehouses are amazing👍🏻😊

@Tamar-sz8ox Жыл бұрын

He “ came back “ to the estate , literally ( he’s lived there before in a previous lifetime ) The owner has showed great ingenuity eg tree houses , walkways 🌲

@janellhunt8364 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful show! I`m usually a lurker but must comment on this!

@karenyuile3446 Жыл бұрын

Amazing to see these houses and the history behind them

@AvaT42 Жыл бұрын

Well done Julie with the 12 historic houses. I dont know why Ansem did not know who first built the house. I do love his idea of tree houses, they are luxurious but simple, elegant. Ansem is very passionate in all he does with Elmore Court.

@beverlysnow9315 Жыл бұрын

The house looks as though it was built in various eras and styles, therefore by multiple ancestors.

@adrianamoreno3711 Жыл бұрын

Que maravilla 😮 las casitas entre los árboles 🌲 wow 🤩 Gracias por tus videos Saludos desde Jamul Ca . 🏰 interesante todos los videos de los Castillos 🏰

@corinnealford2952 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant conversation, really enjoyed this episode. Thank you!!

@waltercook4868 Жыл бұрын

I wonder how the waste water is taken care of in a tree house? I wonder how you keep water from freezing in pipes?

@blackjaguar1994 Жыл бұрын

Hello, I hope you will be able to see and explore Traquair House in Scotland- it's so magical. I stayed the night there and it was fantastic. I also stayed in Thornbury Castle in England Tudor history was incredible . I hope you can tour one of these for your channel. Love what you are doing for people to see that may not be able to travel or maybe give them an idea to come to Britain to check out the wonderful history, I've been 3 times now. And next time I hope to come to Mapperton to see your beautiful estate and to hopefully see my name on the Alberta project plaque. 😀

@jillr759 Жыл бұрын

Julie, fascinating material the circle of life and nature!

@lindarevere5846 11 ай бұрын

111111111WILDING IS THE GREATEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@pieraonofri1606 Жыл бұрын

Very nice episode Julie. I haven’t watched you in a while and glad that I finally was notified of your post.

@patriciararick3245 Жыл бұрын

Love watching your presentations!

@Carey86 Жыл бұрын

I can’t even imagine what it would be like to own a “home” like this & all the historical artifacts and the long family tree! It must be amazing, I’m so jealous.😍 Great video! Very interesting and educational too!👏🏻

@kellmac Жыл бұрын

@CC-ed7vc - You sound fun.

@marieolga4476 Жыл бұрын

Thanks one of your top episodes!

@mysticmimi3924 Жыл бұрын

This once again was fantastic

@nrivera4380 Жыл бұрын

Would love to stay at one of the tree houses!

@apjec Жыл бұрын

I remember this house on Country House Rescue

@beverlymacdonald Жыл бұрын

Way cool tree houses.. great video. Thank you.

@longwaytotipperary Жыл бұрын

Love the tree houses!

@goodbyegut5177 Жыл бұрын

Thanks to your channel Julie, Anselm's tree houses will be booked for years to come!!! Great find and thanks for sharing!!

@elizabethwezelman8547 Жыл бұрын

This was such an interesting video to watch, I will investigate the history a little more deeply. I love the vision Anselm Guise has for the estate and the moves he is creating to bring it to fruition.

@koolaid3816 6 ай бұрын

Gorgeous! My family is wondering if I’m ok I’ve just been binging all these wonderful historic houses episodes lol I’m gonna make my way out there one of these days and make my dreams come true

@AmericanViscountess 6 ай бұрын

Please do! Xx Julie

@chatterjeelinda4 Жыл бұрын

I keep hoping a butler will open one of these doors :-)

@jameshowitt2463 3 ай бұрын

The de Burgh family (the name on the grant) are still around as well.

@peppermintwoman2049 Жыл бұрын

Will you be visiting Althorp House?

@chatterjeelinda4 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if there is eel on the menu.

@heatherdeavalon Жыл бұрын

❤

@28105wsking Жыл бұрын

I'd like to suggest another market for the Elmore House tree houses: Tibetan Buddhists and Buddhists in general! We are always looking for quiet, removed places exactly like that where we can do three-month-long meditation retreats, or longer! If the tree houses have kitchens, great! The only problem is groceries. Could Elmore House offer grocery runs to retreatants? We need help with that, because we take vows of place and are not supposed to leave the retreat location. Contact the Tibetan groups in Britain and Scotland. If the cottages are affordable, they will be filled right away! If you have a large room, and sleeping, eating arrangements for a group, you could have meditation retreats for all traditions. Think about this. Its a crowd of good people.

@Grahzzyvtvlog Жыл бұрын

did he know your fear of cows. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@GaliSinatra 10 ай бұрын

Hi Julie, are you going to interview Hopwood Hall that's being restored by American Hopwood DePree?

@louisebennett4608 Жыл бұрын

Fluctuating volume is hard to follow......can always hear Julie - but the gentleman is often hard to hear. He is very interesting and would like to have heard him clearly. Wonderful projects with the tree houses - and the re-wilding.

@JG-mp5nb Жыл бұрын

Julie’s voice certainly can penetrate!

@eloisebates7827 Жыл бұрын

Closed captions are so helpful.

@JG-mp5nb Жыл бұрын

@@eloisebates7827 Hahaha!

@brigitteryan2863 Жыл бұрын

Just wondering if you spend most of your time at Mapperton or in London?

@raysagapolu4271 8 ай бұрын

Hi julie i also saw ansel on a previous show looks like he is doing well i think he also got married on that show no sight of the missus ?

@user-cw6fd1jm7d Жыл бұрын

How is the next generation going to afford inheritance tax?

@franciswhite4079 11 ай бұрын

Re wilding is important, though taking away our farming is questionable

@larrydavis784 Жыл бұрын

Love the program; lose the bright red lipstick.

@joannainperth Жыл бұрын

I’m not really sure why you think it’s appropriate to comment on a woman’s appearance, especially in such a brash manner. I loved her lipstick color. Seems like this is a you problem you could keep to yourself next time. Try and remember she’s an actual person on the other side of the screen. Would you say that to her in person?

@denicecassell9541 Жыл бұрын

❤love love her red lipstick 💄 She looks lovely. 🌹

@maddiek1980 6 ай бұрын

What a ridiculous thing to say. She can do whatever she wants with her appearance and no one with a brain in their head should ever think it’s necessary or appropriate to dictate how someone else should present themselves. We must stamp out this horrid, ignorant, casual yet deep seated sexism, and the idea that it’s ok to tell people how they must look.

@jameshowitt2463 3 ай бұрын

The de Burgh family (the name on the grant) are still around as well.