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The source added: “The question is are you losing £700,000 or is there a successor mechanism in place domestically that offsets the Brussels package?”  It comes amid wider fears about how the Crown Estate, which looks after Royal land, is being impacted by Brexit.  It is understood there were concerns about whether demand for stores … Continue reading »

“The initial thought was to grow straight rows of interesting herbs and flowers, bubble them up into essential oils and put them into products,” Angus says. When they decided that opening to the public would give the garden a wider reach, they hired garden designer Arne Maynard to redraw the space. This meant opening a … Continue reading »

Located on the outskirts of New Castle lies one of the most popular western Pennsylvania ghost hunting locations- Hillview Manor. The manor is an 85,000 square foot building that opened in the 1920’s as a a “poor farm” and halfway house but was later turned into a care facility in the 1970’s. Its doors closed … Continue reading »

The award-winning four-star Slaley Hall fairways await one lucky Director reader and their guests Slaley Hall – set in 1,000 acres of Northumberland moorland and forest – is regarded as the UK’s number one resort for golf and outdoor pursuits, and guarantees visitors an array of thrills on and off the course. Converted in 1990, and … Continue reading »

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Published: 13:12 EST, 28 September 2016 | Updated: 17:26 EST, 28 September 2016 William Davenport, 60, fooled aristocrats and financiers in the ‘sophisticated’ fraud and conned a council into selling him the Grade II listed childhood home of Sir Anthony Eden A former bricklayer living on benefits pretended to be a wealthy tycoon to buy … Continue reading »

An historic South Staffordshire stately home is set to take centre stage when Queen Victoria pays it a visit in the next episode of ITV’s Victoria. In a preview of next Sunday’s show, the monarch is said to be taken ill and will visit Chillington Hall. But in actual fact – despite the hall’s historic … Continue reading »

Celtic Manor has acquired a five bedroom, seven reception room Caerleon house that it intends to use as an exclusive executive retreat. The Mynde, so named because of the mound in the grounds which dates back to the Iron Age with evidence of Roman activity and more recently its use as a Norman Motte and … Continue reading »

The placing of Westport House for sale on the open market by its administrators follows a protracted five-year battle by the Browne family to retain the property, which has been in their hands since the 17th century. When a loan taken out during the boom years to reinvest in the house became unserviceable, the family … Continue reading »