Mansions

The gentlemen of Surrey and Kent play cricket at Knole Park, Kent, the home of John Sackville, 1775 © Culture Club/Getty Images Country houses and cricket pitches. How frightfully English. As an idea for a book, it might be in danger of sailing close to caricature. Thankfully, Pete Langman, aka the Country House Cricketer, is … Continue reading »

Published: 06:06 EST, 21 June 2015 | Updated: 04:09 EST, 22 June 2015 The ‘very big house in the country’ owned by the record producer who inspired Blur’s iconic hit has gone on the market for £2million. David Balfe’s record label, Food, was the first to sign up and coming London band Blur, who went … Continue reading »

Mike Tyson Selling Massive Vegas Home (No Tiger Cages) 3/13/2016 1:00 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF Exclusive Details Wanna live like a champ? Got $1.5 million?  Then you can buy Mike Tyson’s huge Las Vegas palace … that looks like a modern boutique hotel. Tyson has lived in the 5,800 square foot pad since 2008 … Continue reading »

Mike Tyson sells Vegas mansion… and buys an even bigger one at the other end of street The former boxing champ, 49, and his wife closed on their 8,149-square-foot mansion in Henderson, Nevada on December 28 for $2.5millionThe new home is just down the street from his former house, which has been listed for $1.5millionAccording … Continue reading »

The listing for this 25-room townhouse at 7 East 67th Street describes it as “classical and chic,” and for once, that’s not so far off from the truth. The gorgeous 19th-century home is in a landmark district and retains its original 1900 Beaux Arts facade, which was designed by the architecture firm Clinton and Russell … Continue reading »

SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Demolition work has started at a historic mansion once owned by tobacco heiress and socialite Doris Duke. AP FILE PHOTO In this Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015 file photo, a portion of the sprawling main mansion of the Duke Farms estate that tobacco heiress Doris Duke once called home is seen in … Continue reading »

Where We Live: Pittock Mansion Pittock Mansion’s current exhibit documents The Oregonian newspapers early days Ken Boddie and KOIN 6 News Staff Published: March 13, 2016, 5:59 am Updated: March 13, 2016, 11:54 am Related Coverage PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — High above downtown, in Portland’s west hills, sits Pittock Mansion, the 23-room house that was … Continue reading »

Property magnate Nicholas van Hoogstraten’s own country pile looks in need of some TLC as it stands unfinished – 31 years after work began. The mansion has been branded the Ghost House of Sussex after locals complained construction had long since ground to a halt on the £40million folly. Since Hamilton Palace, near Uckfield in … Continue reading »

During Winnipeg’s great boom years leading up to the First World War, the city boasted it had nearly as many millionaires as Toronto. Men such as George Galt, Chester Stovel and James Ashdown built fine new homes for themselves during this period, but none was larger or more opulent than Alexander Davidson’s 10 Ruskin Row. … Continue reading »

Published: 03:04 EST, 12 March 2016 | Updated: 08:25 EST, 12 March 2016 A $13 million dollar mansion has been demolished in the most dramatic way imaginable: being set ablaze and burned to the ground. The sprawling 45,000 square-metre property, hemmed in by cliffs and scenic hillsides on New Zealand’s Waiheke Island, was engulfed in … Continue reading »