Castle in the Clouds

Arts And Crafts Mansion Called Lucknow, Built Around 1914 By Shoe Manufacturer Thomas Plant On A Ridge Of The Ossipee Mountains Above Lake Winnipesaukee, On An Estate Of Some 5,000 Acres With Trails And Waterfalls (Confirm Figures). · Moultonborough, New Hampshire

An Arts and Crafts mansion called Lucknow, built around 1914 by the shoe manufacturer Thomas Plant on a ridge of the Ossipee Mountains in Moultonborough, high above Lake Winnipesaukee. Plant made a fortune in shoes, retired young and spent much of it on a mountain estate once measured at several thousand acres (confirm), with a stone-and-timber house full of then-modern gadgets, stables, a carriage road and miles of bridle paths. He later lost most of his money, and the house passed through other owners before being opened to the public; today a nonprofit runs the mansion and a land trust protects the surrounding forest of some 5,000 acres (confirm figures), with trails, ponds and waterfalls. Visitors drive a winding road up the mountain to the carriage house, then take a shuttle or walk to the mansion, which looks out over the islands of the lake. The house opens roughly May to October (confirm), and the name is a nickname: it is a grand country house, not a castle.

455 Old Mountain Road, Moultonborough, New Hampshire, 03254, United States

The mansion is seasonal: it opens roughly from mid-May to late October (confirm), daily in summer and early autumn, with reduced days at the start and end of the season, usually from about 10 am to 4 or 5 pm with last admission earlier. Timed tickets for the mansion may be required or strongly advised on busy days (confirm). The cafe and gift shop follow the mansion's season. The conservation land and hiking trails around the estate are generally open all year from dawn to dusk, reached from lower trailhead lots, though the upper road to the mansion is closed in winter. The house is shut from November to spring, apart from occasional special events (confirm).

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