'Monarch of the Glen' being filmed in 2004. Picture: Robert Perry A Highland estate that starred in the BBC hit show Monarch of the Glen has been sold. The buyer of Balavil Estate, which had been on the market for £5.25million, has not yet been revealed. The main Georgian building on the 6,800-acre property near Kingussie, which was built by Scottish neoclassical architect Robert Adam, became known as “Kilwillie Read more [...]

The site of proposed housing at the north end of Longframlington.Picture by Jane Coltman An outline application for a development of 10 detached houses has been submitted for a north Northumberland village. Applicant Mr P Sutherland has submitted the bid to Northumberland County Council for a change of use from agricultural land to residential by erecting the 10 homes as well as parking, landscaping and gardens on Read more [...]

A line of early-1900s Jamestown Road houses owned by the College of William and Mary and slated for demolition under its master plan has been listed in Preservation Virginia's 2015 roll of the state's "Most Endangered Historic Places."Originally numbering 12 in all, two of the wood-frame houses were demolished before the College adopted the plan in February, the preservation group said Monday. Jamestown Read more [...]