GREAT BARRINGTON — The artist Hunt Slonem paid $3.25 million for Searles Castle, according to the Southern Berkshire Registry of Deeds, which recorded the sale Thursday morning. Meanwhile, on Sunday, ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — The artist Hunt Slonem has purchased the Searles Castle, and says he will do what he always does with historic estates. “I’m a glamourizer,” said Slonem, who works in a studio in ...

Though you might not expect it from a region settled after the medieval period, New England has a surprising number of castles. Many of New England's most timeless castles and mansions were built ...

WINDHAM — When Sister Josette Parisi walked into Searles Castle for the first time, there were no Napoleonic fireplaces or European artifacts. The space, now occupied by 12-foot-tall, hand-carved ...