Comments (1) Two Cambridge council houses have been put on the market for £700,000 and £600,000 respectively – prompting fresh fears about looming changes to right-to-buy.The properties in Beche Road and Grafton Street are both listed on Rightmove for the astronomically high sums, with the city council having agreed to dispose of the properties back in June.It also agreed to sell another property in Shelly Row which is expected to command a similar sum when Read more [...]

Comments (0) AN historic set of buildings on the site of a new Barnstaple development have been listed.Historic England confirmed on its website that the buildings, which were the former Shapland and Petter factory, were listed on August 17.The entry confirms the buildings, which can be found at Anchorwood Bank, are now grade two listed due to their architectural, technological and historic interest.The buildings were constructed in 1888 to designs by local architect Read more [...]

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The wealth declaration of Nigeria’s new president, Muhammadu Buhari, lists $150,000 in his personal account, which is contrary to what many might have expected of a former head of state of Nigeria and one who has held a number of top government positions. In the declaration, which Garba Shehu, a senior special assistant in charge of media and publicity for the president, claimed to reveal the leader had been living “an austere and Spartan lifestyle”, president Muhammadu Buhari stated that Read more [...]

Image caption The installation of the last section of the ward building was celebrated in a topping out ceremony Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire has completed its first new building, continuing the move away from its image as an outdated Victorian institute.District House is Read more [...]

And that is exactly what someone bought in 1947 - '10 villa residences' in Wolverhampton for the bargain price of just £5,200.In today's money and accounting for inflation the properties in Ridge Lane, Wednesfield would still have been an incredible bargain at just £19,436.42.These 10 villa residences in Ridge Lane, Wednesfield, once sold for £5,200The ES piece from 1947 revealing the job lot of houses for £5,200The rock bottom sum was revealed in a fragile copy of the Express Star Read more [...]

A LANDLORD says it is an "honour" after his pub was chosen to become a listed building. The Wheatsheaf, on Mill Lane, Sutton Leach, has been given the status by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The news that the pub is now a protected building deliver as a boost to the town's pub heritage following closures and demolitions of buildings such as the Hope and Anchor on City Road and The Black Horse at Moss Bank. The grade II listing Read more [...]

It has been home to poets and artists, a bishop, a high sheriff, architects and solicitors – and has hosted its fair share of tourists in its 600-year history. Now some of the hidden treasures of one of Wales’ most important country mansions are being opened up as part of the national Open Doors event, which sees historic Welsh buildings opened up to the public. See also: 27 listed buildings and treasures that evoke the charm and history of Wales' past Historic guides The hidden rooms in Aberglasney Read more [...]

A planning application for 40 homes at land north of Birchen Lane, Haywards Heath, has been made. Crest Nicholson has revised the application, which has previously been submitted to Mid Sussex District Council and which is the subject of an appeal. The new application has a reduced number of houses, 48 down to 40, removed access via Birchen Lane, apart from emergency vehicles, and the field to the south of the site will no longer be developed. A spokesperson for Crest Nicholson Read more [...]

One of Scotland's Grade A-listed grand country houses has been recreated in the video game Minecraft to mark the 25th national Doors Open Day. Penicuik House, which was built in the 1760s for Sir James Clerk, was devastated in a fire in 1899 and remains a ruin. The Scottish Civic Trust commissioned complete and ruined versions of the house in Minecraft. Footage is courtesy of Immersive Minds.com who used used over 350,000 blocks to create a the scale landscape and structure of Penicuik House and Read more [...]