Monthly Archives: June 2015

Ghost spotted in ‘haunted’ Liverpool house listed on Rightmove

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A young mum who lived in a ‘haunted’ house in Toxteth has described how she ‘ran out of the house terrified’ after seeing a ghostly apparition in a picture of her son. Yesterday the ECHO reported that a house on Pickwick Street, Toxteth was up for rent, described by the Rightmove listing website as site of ‘paranormal activity’. Now, a former tenant claims to have captured the ghost on film after taking a picture of her son in the house. Lekeisha Davis, 26, lived in the house for three Read more [...]

In pictures: Unusual sites awarded listed status – BBC News

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In the past year, Historic England has awarded listed status to more than 500 places. Here's a selection of those sites now on the National Heritage List for England.Former bus station, Milton Keynes The light and airy bus station, designed by the town's in-house architects in 1975, is a small, simple, functional building with an elegant steel frame. Traces of a neolithic henge, Northorpe, YorkshireAbout 50 prehistoric henges are known in England, but the function of these circular enclosures Read more [...]

Visit The World’s Oldest Air Traffic Control Tower At Croydon Festival

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Explore the Grade II listed Croydon Airport Kate Moss may be one of the best-known things to come out of Croydon, but there’s a heck of a lot more to the local culture than the easyJet-bothering model. Over 100 events are lined up over the next fortnight for Croydon Heritage Festival, now in its third year. It all kicks off with a Heritage Day on 20 June, with live music, dance, performances, open buildings and tours of historic Croydon to celebrate the borough’s past, present and future. Read more [...]

Controversial Cottonwood Barn listed for sale at $950K

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The Cottonwood Barn saga has taken another turn: it's on the market. The barn's status has been up in the air in recent months as neighbors raised concerns about noise and lights coming from the rural wedding and event venue and the issue winds its way through the court system. The sale price is listed at $950,000 for the property located at 4569 Farrell Road in Webster Township. It's across the street from Webster United Church of Christ. Township tax records show that owners Dan and Read more [...]

Cannes, Cardin and curves: Palais Bulles shows creativity isn’t confined to La …

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Photography: Louis-Philippe Breydel Each year Cardin hosts an eclectic festival of music and theatre which has become one of the major events of the Riviera outside of the Cannes Film Festival, and often holds parties and events against the backdrop of the festival for a plethora of actors, models and magazines.  The visionary building, which was listed as a historic monument by the French Ministry of Culture (a rare accolade given its relatively young age), echoes the role Cardin has played at Read more [...]

Greenham command centre ‘one of year’s listing highlights’

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17 June 2015 | By Elizabeth Hopkirk Nerve centre of notorious US Cruise missile base given grade II* protection <!-- Register on the BD website for free. --> Register for free to keep reading <!-- Click below to register to BD online for free and gain access to the latest news (excludes some subscription only content) and receive a range of e-newsletters. --> Click the button below and complete the registration form to gain Read more [...]

Historic England announces newly listed weird and wonderful structures …

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A streetlamp in Sheffield, formerly a gas destructor lamp. Photograph: Historic England/PA An elegant street lamp in Sheffield which was originally designed to burn off sewer gas, a hairdresser’s in Scarborough now a quaint tea-room, and the gravestone of the band leader who died on the Titanic, are among the most unusual listed buildings and other structures of the last year. All have been listed by Historic England to protect rare survivors of what were often common types of building and Read more [...]

Historic England announces newly listed weird and wonderful structures

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A streetlamp in Sheffield, formerly a gas destructor lamp. Photograph: Historic England/PA An elegant street lamp in Sheffield which was originally designed to burn off sewer gas, a hairdresser’s in Scarborough now a quaint tea-room, and the gravestone of the band leader who died on the Titanic, are among the most unusual listed buildings and other structures of the last year. All have been listed by Historic England to protect rare survivors of what were often common types of building and Read more [...]

Controversial town hall plans shelved in favour of new cafe and wedding venue …

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CONTROVERSIAL plans to cut into Bolton Town Hall’s historic front facade to create outdoor seating areas have been shelved in favour of a new proposal — which includes an internal cafe-bar and an upgraded wedding venue. Bolton Council has said that after listening to feedback on its original vision — including the seating areas either side of the town hall steps — it is changing course. New proposals, which have been submitted to the planning department, include the Read more [...]