|
You are using an insecure version of your web browser. Please update your browser!
Using an outdated browser makes your computer unsafe. For a safer, faster, more enjoyable user experience, please update your browser today or try a newer browser.
|
|
News of castles, mansions, palaces and more… |
Published:
06:44 EST, 3 January 2017
|
Updated:
07:09 EST, 3 January 2017
A stunning country retreat next-door to Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has gone on the market for £3.5million.
Manor House is only 500 metres from the grand property owned by Lord Fellowes and his wife, Emma, in the pretty village of West Stafford.
The Grade I listed property, set in the heart of Thomas Hardy country, comes with a picturesque courtyard kitchen garden, orchard, g… (View original article)
Hannah Finch indulges in quirky finery at the PIG at Combe in Devon’s Otter Valley
If you were a friend of mine, the type that enjoys falling through rabbit holes, I would be leaning over to you right now and telling you all about my latest adventure. I have been to the PIG at Combe in Gittisham, a newly opened hotel somewhere-somewhen else.
Let me tell you how we approached by a sweeping driveway after dark. Imagine… a gorgeous honey-coloured Elizabethan manor house that … (View original article)
Glensheen, a mansion and grounds completed in 1908 on the shores of Lake Superior in Duluth, was built by Chester and Clara Congdon. It is famous for its beauty inside and out, and as the site of one of Minnesota’s most notorious murders.
Chester Congdon and Clara Bannister, children of Methodist ministers, met at Syracuse University in New York in 1871. They married and moved to St. Paul ten years later. After a slow start, Chester prospered in the law and took to real estate specul… (View original article)
It is the iconic 900-year-old castle that still sits proudly to the west of Stafford overlooking the town.
But a new exhibition has provided an insight into the daily life of the once bustling fortress which for generations has been the seat of some of the most influential and powerful families in the region.
Several pictures have been on display at the town’s Ancient High House museum, including paintings, prints, photographs and postcards which ranged from everyday stre… (View original article)
After falling in the first couple of months last year, the delinquency rate for commercial mortgage-backed securities real estate loans in the U.S. reversed course and has now reached its highest level since Oct. 2015, according to a report from Trepp.
The overall CMBS loan delinquency rate rose to 5.23 percent in December, 20 basis points higher than November. The rate has been headed upward since the spring when legacy loans from 2006 and 2007 started to reach their maturity dat… (View original article)
The idea that Darth Vader had a home somewhere in a galaxy far, far away isn’t a new one. Star Wars concept designer Ralph McQuarrie came up with the idea decades ago, but no filmmaker has been able to fit the idea into the franchise yet. Until Rogue One.
In Rogue One, we finally get to see Vader’s Castle. It’s on the planet Mustafar, the same place a younger, better-looking Darth Vader battled Obi-Wan Kenobi, lost some limbs and was forced to start wearing the suit we all know and … (View original article)
A painting by 16th century Italian artist Girolamo Muziano was rediscovered by an imprisoned art restorer at Shelton Abbey, according to documents released by the National Archives.
The Assumption of Our Lady, dated circa 1540, was found by German national Günther Reindhl, according to a letter, from March 1986, sent by the governor of Shelton Abbey Prison in Wicklow to the Department of Justice. It said Reindhl was an artist and art restorer serving two years at the prison for re… (View original article)
KUMAMOTO–People impacted by the devastating earthquakes in the prefecture last year marked a welcome return to tradition on New Year’s Day by visiting shrines and other landmarks and praying for a peaceful 2017.
More than 300 visitors came to stricken Kumamoto Castle here to view the first sunrise of the year. When the sun appeared in the cloudless sky behind the damaged castle and bathed the area in a brilliant light, gleeful shouts erupted from the spectators.
Many sectio… (View original article)
The most famous Belgian cities are Antwerp, Brussels and Bruges, yet people often forget Ghent. We’re not sure why, as Ghent has the same old architecture as Bruges does, was also mostly left untouched by the World Wars, and thanks to its big University (students make up 25% of the population!) it has a great nightlife! We could stop right there and leave you to book the next flight or train, but we’ll give you some more reasons as to why you should visit Ghent.
1. The Astounding … (View original article)
Film and TV locations are now the most popular wedding venues, according to wedding planning site Hitched. The historic settings may cost a princely sum but this doesn’t seem to be putting people off.
The set of Downton Abbey, Highclere Castle, is the current favourite with locations made famous by James Bond films coming a close second.
“Spectacular wedding venues that are featured on the silver screen are becoming increasingly popular with wedding planning couples. Venues f… (View original article)
