Mansions

Conan Doyle home is saved: Mansion belonging to Sherlock Holmes author will not be converted into flats By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 19:59 EST, 30 May 2012 | UPDATED: 20:27 EST, 30 May 2012 The mansion designed and built by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has been saved from being converted into an eight-house development. The … Continue reading »

Andy Matsko/staff photo Foster Township recently sold the James B. Neale mansion in Buck Run, seen in August 2008, to a Virginia man who grew up in the village for $7,500. by peter e. bortner Buck Run’s grandest house officially has a new owner, as Foster Township has sold the James B. Neale mansion to … Continue reading »

Nearly a year after her untimely death, Amy Winehouse’s family is putting the late singer’s Northwest London mansion on the market. The family made the tough decision to sell the 2,500 square foot home after concluding that it would be too difficult to inhabit a place that she loved so dearly and passed away in … Continue reading »

From elegant and stately mansions to modern, environmentally-friendly abodes, The North Shore is chock-full of one-of-a-kind homes. Each week, Patch features one ‘Wow House’ that caught our attention. This week, take a peek inside a $2.4 million, 4,300-square-foot English Tudor in Evanston that dates to 1926. Located in the city’s Lakeshore Historic District, 1140 Lake … Continue reading »

First look at the new Munsters’ Mansion for ‘Mockingbird Lane’ at Universal Studios by Christine on May 29, 2012 · 1 comment in On Location Photos Thanks to one of our readers, Dennis, we have a first look at the Munsters’ Mansion being built at Universal Studios for the upcoming NBC series Mockingbird Lane. Executive … Continue reading »

12:11pm, Wed 30 May 2012London News in Brief Campaigners win fight to preserve Conan Doyle mansion Last updated Wed 30 May 2012 The building has fallen into disrepair. Credit: London Tonight.Campaigners have won their legal battle to block the development of a Surrey mansion where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote The Hound Of The Baskervilles. … Continue reading »

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A STEAL: The three-level waterfront mansion on Anchorage Tce, Sanctuary Cove, is considered a great bargain. Source: The Courier-Mail Record Qld home sale prices Source: The Courier-Mail of 2 Next > IT IS not often you can walk away from a $12 million property deal thinking you have snagged yourself a bargain. … (View original … Continue reading »

As the last few days of May bring the remainder of Minnesota Museum Month to a close, this Saturday will see a sneak preview of the first floor of the new Minnesota African American Museum located in Minneapolis’ Coe Mansion. The rest of the museum (which will include two more floors) has a projected opening … Continue reading »

Yours for just £2.5million… the magnificent 48-room Jacobean mansion now on sale (but no bath and a £100,000-a-year maintenance bill) Apethorpe Hall, near Oundle, Northamptonshire, was once a haunt of James I, Elizabeth I and Charles IIt has a minstrels’ gallery, 18th century classical library and Italianate gardensEnglish Heritage have lavished millions on its restoration … Continue reading »