Fancy your own little hideaway? How about this Cornish property with its own …

Comments (0) AN historic waterfront property could be the perfect purchase for the summer holidays - it comes with its own beach.Chapel Point House - a unique Grade II listed home which was featured in a Daphne du Maurier novel - is on the market for nearly £3million.The Grade II listed principal house, which has 4,000 sq/ft of space, has five bedrooms, four reception rooms and three bathrooms.There is a drawing room, known as 'The Long Room', which has a magnificent Read more [...]

Listed firms like SBI, JSW Steel, Ashok Leyland line up Rs 55,000 crore fund …

NEW DELHI: Fund-raising from institutional investors seems to be gaining favour among listed companies as a large number of firms, including SBI, JSW Steel and Ashok Leyland, have lined up plans to raise over Rs 55,000 crore through the route. This comes on top of close to Rs 13,000 crore having been already raised by various listed companies by issuance of shares to institutional investors so far in 2015. Market analysts said a positive outlook for equities and availability of capital have Read more [...]

Listed Churches all over England are installing solar panels

The sunshine that illuminates the church’s stained-glass windows is also shrinking its carbon footprint thanks to a 42-panel, 10kw array of solar panels on the roof.Melbourne parish church is one of hundreds of religious buildings across the country to have taken the pioneering step of installing solar panels, spurred on by the twin aims of shrinking the building’s carbon footprint and slashing electricity bills. The returns are good, particularly for those churches that went solar prior to Read more [...]

Listed Churches all over England are installing solar panels – Home News – UK …

The sunshine that illuminates the church’s stained-glass windows is also shrinking its carbon footprint thanks to a 42-panel, 10kw array of solar panels on the roof.Melbourne parish church is one of hundreds of religious buildings across the country to have taken the pioneering step of installing solar panels, spurred on by the twin aims of shrinking the building’s carbon footprint and slashing electricity bills. The returns are good, particularly for those churches that went solar prior to Read more [...]

Today at the Buxton Festival & Fringe – Sunday July 19

Listings for the Buxton Festival and Buxton Festival Fringe for Sunday July 19. DAILY EVENTSDaily 9:30am to 4:30pm DERBYSHIRE STONE: High Peak Artists (33f) (VA) During opening hours (closed Mondays) THE DERBYSHIRE OPEN 2015: Buxton Museum Art Gallery (7) - Visual Arts During opening hours (closed Mondays) THE HIGH LINES: Brian Adams (7) (VA)Sunday July 199:30am to 5:00pm - MAKING YOUR GARDEN GROW CELEBRATION/EXHIBITION: High Peak Community Arts (33j) (VA) 10:00am to Read more [...]

Today at the Buxton Festival & Fringe – Sunday July 19 – Buxton Advertiser

Listings for the Buxton Festival and Buxton Festival Fringe for Sunday July 19. DAILY EVENTSDaily 9:30am to 4:30pm DERBYSHIRE STONE: High Peak Artists (33f) (VA) During opening hours (closed Mondays) THE DERBYSHIRE OPEN 2015: Buxton Museum Art Gallery (7) - Visual Arts During opening hours (closed Mondays) THE HIGH LINES: Brian Adams (7) (VA)Sunday July 199:30am to 5:00pm - MAKING YOUR GARDEN GROW CELEBRATION/EXHIBITION: High Peak Community Arts (33j) (VA) 10:00am to Read more [...]

£400m revamp of MPs’ offices is a year behind schedule, could delay £7.1bn …

Three listed buildings that neighbour the Palace of Westminster – Norman Shaw North, 1 Parliament Street, and 1 Derby Gate – are due to undergo essential refurbishment. They are home to around 950 passholders – a mix of MPs and their staff.Work was due to start next year on the Northern Estate buildings, which were built between 1864 and 1906, but an architecture and engineering team has not yet been appointed to the project. The Architects’ Journal reported a year ago that the House of Read more [...]

Reopening Abergele’s Gwrych Castle ‘a dream come true’

The site was used as a burial mound and then as a temple for worshipping the Roman god Mercury Ever since he was 12-years-old, Mark Baker has dreamed of saving the derelict 19th Century Gwrych Castle, nestled in the hills overlooking Abergele.Now, after a 20-year battle, the architectural historian is set to fulfil his ambition as the Gwrych Castle Preservation Trust prepares to open the first section to be restored.The Gardener's Read more [...]