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Balmoral remains the private property of the monarch and is not part of the Crown Estate. It was the summer residence of Queen Elizabeth II, who died there on 8 September 2022. [3] The castle is an example of Scottish baronial architecture, and is classified by Historic Environment Scotland as a category A listed building. [1]
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A noted early Ontario home, representative of the design and construction techniques from the period; portions date to the 1780s when Loyalist Peter Ferguson settled on the site, but the main structure was built in 1805 as a manse for Reverend John Bethune, the first Presbyterian minister in Upper Canada and was later the residence of explorer ...
Glas-allt-Shiel [note 1] is a lodge on the Balmoral Estate by the shore of Loch Muick in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.In its present form it was built in 1868 by Queen Victoria, who called it Glassalt, to be what she called her "widow's house" where she could escape from the world following the death of her husband Albert.
Victoria described the unveiling in her 1884 book More Leaves From the Journal of a Life in the Highlands which covered her time in Scotland from 1862 to 1882. [1] The unveiling of the statue was photographed by W. & D. Downey. [2] It depicts Victoria and her family under umbrellas on the rainy day of the unveiling.
Linlithgow Palace, the first building to bear that title in Scotland, extensively rebuilt along Renaissance principles from the fifteenth century.. The origins of private estate houses in Scotland are in the extensive building and rebuilding of royal palaces that probably began under James III (r. 1460–88), accelerated under James IV (r. 1488–1513), and reached its peak under James V (r ...
Balmoral Castle has been covered in snow and ice as Scotland faces the brunt of the cold snap on Friday. Temperatures reached as low as minus 6C at Tulloch Bridge on Thursday night.
Crathie Kirk is a small Church of Scotland parish church in the Scottish village of Crathie, best known for being the regular place of worship of the British royal family when they are in residence at the nearby Balmoral Castle. Crathie Kirk is now united with neighbouring Braemar to form a single parish with two places of worship.