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Residents fear a £7.9million boutique hotel overlooking a castle used in the Harry Potter films will attract ‘rowdy hen and stag parties.’ The Duke of Northumberland has been given the green light to build the four-storey boutique hotel and spa overlooking Alnwick Castle. The historic sprawling estate, now the second-largest privately inhabited castle after Windsor, … Read more
Residents fear a £7.9million boutique hotel overlooking a castle used in the Harry Potter films will attract ‘rowdy hen and stag parties.’ The Duke of Northumberland has been given the green light to build the four-storey boutique hotel and spa overlooking Alnwick Castle. The historic sprawling estate, now the second-largest privately inhabited castle after Windsor, … Read more
Villagers are furious over plans to turn a Grade-II listed windmill – once used as the home of Jonathan Creek in the BBC drama – into a two bedroom home. Dozens of objections have flooded in against plans to convert King’s Mill in Shipley, West Sussex, which was once the home of writer Hilaire Belloc. … Read more
A sprawling country mansion in Country Durham which is set in nine acres of land has hit the market for £1,750,000 at the same time a one-bedroom flat in London has gone up for the same price. The Grade-II listed Neasham Abbey in Darlington, County Durham, comes with eight bedrooms, a tennis court, a cinema room, … Read more
A secluded cliff-side property on Britain’s World Heritage Jurassic Coast which was once the honeymoon destination of Sir Laurence Olivier has gone on the market for £1.75million. The Grade-II listed ‘Weston’, which sits between the two beauty spots of Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door in Dorset, was designed by the celebrated architect Sir Edwin Lutyens … Read more
An incredible seven-bedroom country home with its own equestrian centre and horse stables has gone on the market for £3.25million. The Grade-II listed home, in Droitwich, Worcestershire, also boasts a garage, outbuildings, woodland and extensive pastures across 40 acres. The property, which dates back to the 16th-Century, listed on Right Move with Fine And Country, boasts of … Read more
Picture the kind of sites that are granted protected status and you’ll probably think of somewhere grand or historically significant – York Minster or the house in which Shakespeare was born, for instance. Now there is a new addition to Historic England’s esteemed register of listed structures – a children’s slide on a council estate … Read more
James Middleton has been revealing rare glimpses into his parent Mike and Carole at their Bucklebury mansion as he isolates with the family during the coronavirus pandemic. The entrepreneur, 33, the younger sibling of the Duchess of Cambridge, 38, and Pippa Middleton, 36, has been staying at their parents Carole and Michael’s home throughout lockdown … Read more
Live like a royal: Grade-II listed manor house with three wine cellars, games room, library and a main hall that was once home to King George III’s illegitimate grandson can be yours for £3.95million Old Manor House, built in the 17th century, also boasts separate quarters for servants with their own entrance The nine-bedroom property … Read more