{"id":93401,"date":"2018-07-08T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/stairway-to-heaven-jimmy-pages-castle-is-his-home\/"},"modified":"2018-07-08T16:11:01","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T09:11:01","slug":"stairway-to-heaven-jimmy-pages-castle-is-his-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/stairway-to-heaven-jimmy-pages-castle-is-his-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Stairway to heaven: Jimmy Page\u2019s castle is his home"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe founder of Led Zeppelin shows off Tower House, his beloved 13th-century Gothic castle in LondonGrowing up in London, there was a house I was fascinated by. It looked like a mini castle with a tower; red-bricked and handsome, a portal to another time with its stained-glass windows. Back then, I had no idea who lived there. Later, I discovered it belonged to the guitarist and music producer Jimmy Page, erstwhile of Led Zeppelin. I knew I had no hope of ever stepping inside. But life can throw some crazy stuff at you and three decades later, I am invited to visit. I tell Page all of this before he has even fully flexed the door on its hinges, \u201cWell I\u2019m so glad you came then,\u201d he smiles, giving me a hearty handshake.The Tower House actually has two front doors: the half bevelled-glass street door which leads into a mosaic lobby and the actual house door, adorned with brass sculptures showing the Ages of Man. Then, the only way I can describe what happens next is: imagine going to a party and all your best friends are there wearing the most opulent clothes of their lives, and they come and say hello all at once, and for a moment, you are so giddy you can\u2019t compute. This is what entering the Tower House is like. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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