Space Group Architects add sunken glass box extension to heritage-listed …

Space Group Architects has renovated a 19th-century house in east London, adding details inspired by Minimalist artists and a sunken glass-walled extension (+ slideshow). London-based Space Group Architects was limited to the changes it could make to the existing exterior of the Grade II-listed home. "This particular house is assumed to have been built in the 1830s," said architect Martin Gruenanger. "It was for these reasons that only a modest and elegant expansion of this Read more [...]

‘The Manor House’ in Calgary listed at $12M despite drop in luxury sales

It's 10,000 square feet with five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, two powder rooms, a two-storey garage with a carriage house and room for only seven of your vehicles and a 1,200-square-foot patio.  In other words, it's a lot of house. It also comes with a $12.25-million price tag. Sotheby's International Realty says it's the most expensive home in the city since 2009. Canada's luxury home market running hot and cold, Sotheby's says The property — which is called "the Manor Read more [...]

Portland restaurant and bar events — Week of Aug. 19 – 25

Find out what food events are happening this week:  "Smoked Out" Fundraiser for Flying Fish: On Aug. 19 from 6 - 9 p.m., Flying Fish and Prettymans General will host a seven-course dinner featuring Flying Fish house-smoked fishes, oysters on the half shell, shrimp cocktails and wasabi sorbet. Wine, sake and beer pairings are available. Dinner is $50/person. Tickets are available for purchase online.  MyMusicRx benefit at Penner-Ash Wine Cellars with Béla Fleck: Penner-Ash Wine Cellars will Read more [...]

Trenton chief of staff’s home listed in sheriff’s sale

TRENTON — The home of Trenton Chief of Staff Francis Blanco is listed in a sheriff's sale later this year. The foreclosure sale for the property at 224 Beechwood Ave. is scheduled for Nov. 18 at the Mercer County Courthouse, according to a county listing. The original sale date was July 30, but was postponed. Wells Fargo Bank is seeking judgment in the amount of $146,907.61. In addition to Blanco, Bank of America and Palisades Medical Center are also listed as defendants. Tax records Read more [...]

Los Angeles mansion once owned by screen goddess Katharine Hepburn hits market …

John Chimon The property is one of only a few masonry-style houses left in the area John Chimon Katharine Hepburn's Los Angeles mansion has hit the market John Chimon Katharine Hepburn's Los Angeles mansion has hit the market John Chimon Katharine Hepburn's Los Angeles mansion has hit the market John Chimon Katharine Hepburn's Los Angeles mansion has hit the market John Chimon Katharine Hepburn's Los Angeles mansion has hit the market Enlarge Read more [...]

Decline and fall of Grade I Listed Witley Court

It was once one of the great houses of the Midlands, but today it’s a “spectacular” ruin . A Grade I Listed building, Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcester, was built in 1655 on the site of a former medieval manor house by Thomas Foley. Foley was an English ironmaster and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1677 and his father, Richard, was a prominent Midlands ironmaster of Stourbridge. It’s believed that Thomas funded the Jacobean mansion with Read more [...]