Monthly Archives: August 2013

Owner of Grade 1-listed manor house bans Women’s Institute after incessant …

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William Cash astounded by rudeness of Women's Institute groupOne of them locked everyone outside the house - then asked why he didn't have a spare keyCash offered them private toilet but no gratitude was shownOwner tried to be hospitable to group who hadn't booked - but wished he hadn't have bothered By William Cash PUBLISHED: 23:47 GMT, 16 August 2013 | UPDATED: 23:48 GMT, 16 August 2013 Action stations: Upton Cressett owner William Cash has banned Women's Institute groups from Read more [...]

CNET Founder Halsey Minor’s LA Estate Listed For $14.9 Million As Bankruptcy …

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CNET Founder Halsey Minor's Los Angeles mansion. Image via Trulia CNET Founder Halsey Minor. Image via Bloomberg. To quote the immortal lyrics of The Notorious B.I.G., we’ve got another unfortunate case of “Mo Money, Mo Problems.” The 1990s and 2000s were good years for Halsey Minor. He founded CNET in 1993, turning it into one of the Internet’s first profitable companies, then sold it to CBS CBS for $1.7 billion in 2008. But by comparison, the last few years haven’t Read more [...]

Grade II listed Emmanuel Church in Saltburn wins Lottery grant

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Praise be! A £33,000 grant will be used to help patch up one of Teesside’s best known churches.The Grade II listed Emmanuel Church, in Saltburn, requires urgent work to its tower leadwork and masonry.The Gothic Revival-style church, primarily dating from 1867-1869, also needs investigative work to determine the condition of its roof, and to see if any further repair work is necessary.The Heritage Lottery Fund has now announced the first 35 churches across the UK to be awarded a grant through Read more [...]

LA’s Trophy Homes Starring in Sequel for Luxury Market

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The Reserve is a six-bedroom, 11-bath Art Deco mansion in Los Angeles that Kristoffer Winters spent more than two years rebuilding and decorating down to its monogrammed bathroom towels. His asking price was $25 million. “The gentleman that bought it got it completely furnished,” Winters said during an interview at the Holmby Hills estate, a six-minute walk from the Playboy Mansion. “The day we close escrow, he can actually throw a dinner party.” Their Read more [...]