Castle in the Clouds

click on the above picture to see the castle with the landscape








The children and I went to New Hampshire and visited this beautiful estate built high up on the side of the hill/mountain. I loved the architectural aspects of the home. The children did a fantastic job of walking through the museum-like estate home. The scenic view was the best part. It was so peaceful and absolutely beautiful!

Here is a little blurb from their website:
"Tom and Olive Plant’s mountaintop estate "Lucknow", was built in 1913-1914 high in the Ossipee Mountain Range with a breathtaking vista of Lake Winnipesaukee and the hills and mountains beyond. Known since the 1960s as the Castle in the Clouds, the house is an unusual example of Arts and Crafts architecture in New England, expressing that aesthetic movement’s philosophy of living in harmony with nature. Designed by the architectural firm of J. Williams Beal & Sons of Boston, the house not only exhibits skilled hand craftsmanship in every aspect of its interior and exterior, but also features a number of technological innovations of the early 20th Century."