Exceptional country house near Canterbury

This Kentish country property of immense charm comes with 23 acres of very pretty countryside, a separate oast house, beautiful gardens and equestrian facilities Lodge House is a terrific Grade II* listed country property with a symmetrical Georgian façade set in front of a 15th cenutry timber-framed Wealden hall house. It provides elegant accommodation, very pretty gardens, a separate oast and equestrian facilities. Inside, lots of period features give character to the reception rooms, including Read more [...]

Hidden gem in Templeogue for €2.25m

A quiet cul-de-sac in the south Dublin suburb of Templeogue that’s lined with 1960s bungalows isn’t where you’d expect to find a rather grand Georgian house, but when Fortfield Lodge was built – sometime between 1790 and 1810 – it fitted right in. It was originally built as a dower house for Lord Avonmore’s youngest daughter Maria at the back entrance of the now long demolished Fortfield House. Another of the estate’s dower houses still exists near Templeogue village, which gives Read more [...]

Imported Stayers To Make Australian Debuts In Golden Mile

Imported stayers Shikarpour, Ancient King and Spillway will make their Australian racing debuts in the Listed Golden Mile (1600m) at Bendigo tomorrow. The 2013 Golden Mile was won by imported stayer Jet Away who was making his Australian racing debut in the Listed event. Photo by: Race Horse Photos Australia David Hayes won the 2013 edition of the Golden Mile with Jet Away, who was making his Australian racing debut, and he is hoping to replicate that feat with Spillway, who Read more [...]

Searchers scour rubble after gas explosion kills 7

NEW YORK (AP) — Rescue workers using dogs and thermal-detection gear searched the rubble Thursday for more victims of a gas explosion that killed at least seven people, while investigators tried to pinpoint the leak and determine whether it had anything to do with New York's aging gas and water mains, some from the 1800s. At least five people were unaccounted for after the deafening blast Wednesday morning destroyed two Read more [...]

Searchers scour rubble; New York explosion kills 7

NEW YORK — Rescuers working amid cold, gusty winds and billowing smoke pulled four additional bodies overnight from the rubble of two Manhattan apartment buildings, as the death toll rose Thursday to at least seven from a gas leak-triggered explosion that reduced the area to a pile of smashed bricks, splinters and mangled metal.The explosion Wednesday morning in East Harlem injured more than 60 people, with searchers still trying to locate at least five others a day later. Mayor Bill de Blasio Read more [...]

Council asks for Walpole Bay to be de-listed for bathing

Comments (2) THANET council has asked for Walpole Bay to be delisted as a bathing beach. In a decision taken by councillors Alan Poole and Iris Johnston, the authority has requested Department of Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) de-designate the Cliftonville bay. The move comes after a controversial public consultation in which a report by the Environment Agency over the number of people swimming at the bay was called Read more [...]

Surveyor not guilty after work on listed building – cambrian

Surveyor not guilty after work on listed building A LLANEGRYN surveyor has been cleared of unlawfully demolishing a listed cattle shed — after it was revealed that blundering planners failed to inform him it had protected status. William Robert Charles Williams- Wynne, 67, of Peniarth — an expert on historical buildings — was found not guilty of carrying out works to a listed farm building at Glanmachlas, Llanegryn, between 1 and 5 June, 2010, contrary to Section 9 of the Planning Read more [...]

Woolsthorpe House is a haven of peace and tranquility

Comments (0) Searching for the quiet life, doctors Andrew and Dee Gallop stumbled upon Woolsthorpe House 12 years ago – a home that became their sanctuary. It was the situation that initially attracted GPs Andrew and Dee Gallop to Woolsthorpe House. After all, how often do you get directions to someone’s home that begins “head up to the Castle, turn left and that will bring you into the village”? The couple said: Read more [...]

Listed IFA to offer tax relief on latest £125k war chest

IFA consolidator AFH Financial has called an early general meeting of shareholders to approve plans to raise a further £125,000 to a fund acquisitions through the issue of new ordinary shares in time to allow investors to claim tax relief before the end of the financial year.The Bromsgrove-based firm, which is listed on the ISDX small-cap exchange that was formerly known as Plus-SX, said it was calling a meeting to be held on 31 March, almost a month earlier Read more [...]