I grew up watching Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C , the television how that featured Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle. Gomer was famous for his phrase: ...

I received a message from Titus Kodzoman, a subscriber of this blog from Norway. In his email to us, he said this: "My Grandmother...

A blog reader posed two questions: Do we plan on restoring the walled garden and the pond? And have Chelom and I considered a YouTube...

This video clip kind of started it all. Chelom and I had just purchased Knockderry Castle. We were both...

I mentioned in my last post that Chelom and I visited Knockderry on January 2, 2023. Not only was water streaming down the art clad...

The Music Room of Knockderry Castle is a spectacular room. When designed and constructed by William Leiper for the 1896 renovation of...

To be clear, this photo of what we believe is the Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier is NOT from World War II. Chelom and I took the photo...

It's been a month since we last posted here on the blog, and so much has happened. We'll do a better job keeping the updates coming. ...

Ethan, our seventeen year old, and I spent seven or eight hours with square nose shovels getting rid of the compost that as come to fill...

It seems like every day that Chelom and I are at the castle, there's a new discovery. Some of them are happy discoveries; others not so...

There is nothing more magical to me then a walled garden. We have discovered the remnants of Knockderry’s walled garden! Some of the...

We made a happy discovery—a working doorbell. I was entering the side door and noticed the beautiful metalwork of the doorbell backplate....

Warning: This post describes harm to an insect. If that disturbs you don’t read on. ;) Maybe it’s the time of year. Maybe I’m just tuning...

Since you all know about our dream of restoring a castle, I might as well share another dream. I dream of Lewis Capaldi coming to the...

There’s a beautiful stone carving above the side door of the castle that reads, “As on this rock so be our lives.” This carving was added...

I love these old photos that we received from Jane Young and Sir Stephen Young. The children playing in the pond are probably in the area...

Knockderry Castle is an A listed castle for a few reasons. The impressive wall around the estate is part of the A listing, and so is the...

One fun aspect of owning a castle is that I’m learning many people have also dreamed of owning a castle. Because we’re crazy enough to...

We're so thrilled to report that our architects have submitted (on time and on budget) our Heritage Impact Statement…