Monthly Archives: October 2015

Heritage-listed Brighton mansion Spurling House is destroyed by fire

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The fire at 38 Black Street, Brighton happened on Friday nightSpurling House last changed hands in 2014 for $2.4 million It was designed by architect John Horbury Hunt and built in 1888 By Nicole Low For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:40 GMT, 30 October 2015 | Updated: 15:57 GMT, 30 October 2015 13 View comments A multi-million dollar historic house Read more [...]

Serpentine director Peyton-Jones to step down

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Interview with Julia Peyton-Jones (May 2014)More than 1,200 employees were asked to nominate one person they thought should be recognised for his or her services to architecture - most named Serpentine Galleries director Julia Peyton-Jones‘In a way we are everyman,’ says Serpentine Galleries director Julia Peyton-Jones. ‘We are a normal client. No more or less.’This is not quite true. The ‘bold…networker extraordinaire’, as the Financial Times described her, has pioneered an attention-grabbing Read more [...]

East Devon builder fined over £20000 for listed building offences and …

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Comments (0) An East Devon builder has been ordered to pay £20,120 in fines and costs for committing six listed building offences and one offence of failing to comply with an enforcement notice.At a sentence hearing, which took place on Wednesday 28 October, at Exeter Magistrates Court, Barry Anthony Wright (who was represented legally) pleaded guilty to a total of seven criminal charges brought against him by East Devon District Council.Six of the charges relate Read more [...]

A guide to the bonfire night fireworks display events in and around …

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Including fireworks displays in the city centres, Beaulieu, Cosham and Gosport South coasters, celebrate Guy Fawes night this year at one of the many events happening in the 'English Riviera'. In Southampton there’s a choice of displays at the Royal Victoria Country Park (Sat 7 Nov) or the Ageas Bowl (Fri 6 Nov). We’d probably recommend the latter, because (even though it’s probably not even cold in that part of the world) there’s also a bonfire to warm your southern souls, and Heart FM Read more [...]

Liverpool’s listed pubs – fancy a drink in one of these striking buildings?

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If you like your pubs to come with a healthy dose of character, look no further than these Grade II* listed buildings. Merseyside is home to many buildings with listed status but no pubs make the highest Grade I status and only four pubs make the second highest Grade II* according to Historic England. The Philharmonic Dining Rooms in Liverpool, The Scotch Piper Pub on Southport Road in Sefton, Allerton Hall and The Vines on Lime Street are all listed as Grade II* buildings. In total 93 pubs have Read more [...]

‘Show us the evidence David Cameron’: Supporters rally after Kingston …

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The Home Office has refused to provide evidence as to why it named Kingston University on a shortlist of universities promoting extremism. David Cameron’s office listed the university as one of four that had given a platform to extremists last month – but Downing Street is yet to substantiate the claims. Faisal Hanjra, a trustee at Kingston Mosque, said: “It’s important that the debate surrounding extremism is evidence-based. “So if the Prime Minister and Read more [...]

Yours for £2.1m, 9th-century manor house that is fit for a king (or several)

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"It's royal background is incredible, owned by at least eight monarchs - Alfred the Great, Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror, Henry VIII, Mary I, Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I.” The house was largely rebuilt at the end of the 16th Century, but still retains parts of the older building. Arreton Manor   Photo: Biles Co King Alfred's will shows he bequeathed Arreton to his son Ethelward in about 885AD. It was owned by Edward the Confessor, considered the last king of the House Read more [...]

Inside the haunted houses of Britain including Arreton Manor in the Isle of Wight

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Arreton Manor, in the Isle of Wight has a track record of paranormal activityA mummified cat and skull were discovered in Rookyard Farm, SuffolkFurness Abbey in the Lake District has a resident phantom monkBy Naomi Greenaway for MailOnline Published: 08:31 GMT, 30 October 2015 | Updated: 08:58 GMT, 30 October 2015 22 View comments Phantoms and ghouls aren't Read more [...]

‘David Cameron must have evidence’: Supporters rally after Kingston University …

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The Home Office has refused to provide evidence as to why it named Kingston University on a shortlist of universities promoting extremism. David Cameron’s office listed the university as one of four that had given a platform to extremists last month – but Downing Street is yet to substantiate the claims. Faisal Hanjra, a trustee at Kingston Mosque, said: “It’s important that the debate surrounding extremism is evidence-based. “So if the Prime Minister and Read more [...]