ASKING PRICE: 980,000 GBP
Prince's Lodge Estate
Prince’s Lodge Estate is the oldest country property in St Helena and was built in 1808 AD.
The home and grounds are both in excellent condition having been lovingly restored in 1998.
North facing with uninterrupted views of the South Atlantic Ocean 1500ft below.
Located on the remotest populated island in the world
Has 3 large bedrooms, a spacious living room, fitted kitchen and dining room and occupies a 2-acre area of land with a swimming pool.
Classic central entry hall and symmetrical reception rooms on the sides.
It has 2 additional separate livings areas:
A 2 bedroomed Victorian-style cottage
A self-contained flat appended to the main house.
Various functions are held in the front of the main house and ample parking is available.
Saint Helena is a crime-free island with a population of just over 4,000 friendly Islanders.
Prince's Lodge is home to the "Castell Collection" which is the world’s largest collection of images and maps of Saint Helena Island and consists of about 500 framed watercolours, etchings, prints maps, aquarelles, engravings and articles showcasing the heritage and property of Saint Helena island.
Owner, Robin Castell
Robin Castell was born in 1941 in Fulmer Chase Buckinghamshire, England, and he was educated at Dover with a passion for English, Art and History.
His father was a Colonel in the Royal Artillery and his mother was an Innkeeper's daughter.
He is a Freeman and Liverymen of the Worshipful Company of the Turners of the City of London and served as a senior Magistrate of the Uxbridge Bench for 10 years.
He is an elected member of the Royal Historical Soceity and President of the Saint Helena Island Society
Robin is a Poet and Historian and has published 9 books about the history of Saint Helena and 4 books of his Lyrical Poetry.
Exodus by Robin Castell
Some golden hours in life I've spent
And none of those I do repent.
I may not seek to understand
On how to reach the Promised Land.
...
Accept He must my thoughtless ways
Be they in blame or prayer of praise.
So soon so bent so frail so grey
Unfinished dreams and then - away.
...
Please lead me Master to the Light
Your hidden purpose to invite.
Those lonely battlements of death
There waiting on my closing breath.
...
Just as in dusk the darkness falls
And then alas the bugle calls.
Now I leave life's meek endeavour
Now forever- and forever ...
Books
The property was largely abandoned for 50 years until 1999, when the present owner acquired the home and lovingly restored it, naming it Prince’s Lodge after Richard Prince, a well-known island magistrate and merchant.
A striking feature of the house is the collection of St Helena artworks, which is, in fact, the largest single collection in the world.
The 500 or so framed watercolours, etchings, prints, maps, lithographs, aquarelles, engravings and articles showcase the rich heritage of the island. They were collected over the years by the owner, who moved from England to South Africa and then to St Helena.
She says the Castell collection is a permanent exhibition, open to the public, with conducted tours on prearranged days by a resident curator, who lives in a nearby cottage.
Saint Helena
The island was the place of imprisonment of Napoleon by the British from 1815 to his death in 1821. Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo was imprisoned there (for leading a Zulu army against British rule), along with more than 5,000 Boers taken prisoner during the Second Boer War, including Piet Cronje.
Saint Helena is the United Kingdom's second-oldest overseas territory after Bermuda.
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