I recently came across a photograph of a family eating a meal outside the broken shell of Sayer Street School, which was bombed during the blitz. It stood out, because Sayer Street no longer exists. This was once a long road of shops – a fishmonger, cat-meat dealer, grocer, saddler, bookbinder – and solid, five-storey tenements in Elephant Castle. When the blitz began, the street was hit by several bombs. What happened next to Sayer Street encapsulates several aspects of the waves of development Read more [...]

A CLOSED hilltop pub is set to be converted into four houses. The Deerplay Inn, at Weir, was given planning permission following a successful application to Burnley Council. The pub, which is located in Burnley Road, is locally listed as of architectural and historic importance. MORE TOP STORIES: Lucky escape for shopkeeper as car smashes into store Fire crews battle blaze in Blackburn Read more [...]

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10:11 31 August 2015 Dan Grimmer The Ferry Boat Inn on King Street in Norwich has been boarded up since it closed in 2006. © ARCHANT NORFOLK 2008 Read more [...]

GLENN, MI – Lynette Colmey hopes the next owner of Sunset Lodge will enjoy it as much as she and her late husband– and hundreds of girls from Chicago before them – have for the last 112 years. But the Chicago resident also recognizes the old house with a chapel and the bunk house on Lake Michigan beach will need a lot of love from the next owner if it is to survive as a family retreat and conference center. "We've enjoyed sharing it in that way and would love to see it used Read more [...]

Repairing the Grade I-listed Houses of Parliament could take up to 40 years and £7bn of taxpayers’ money if MPs can’t be moved elsewhere. The cheapest option, moving everybody out to a temporary location for around six years, will cost just £3.5bn. The easy option, leaving Parliament at Westminster, could mean SMEs footing much of the bill through inflated business rates or corporation tax. An unconsidered option could be creating a whole new building at a fraction of the cost (bearing Read more [...]

The pub industry has changed drastically with rising taxes, the smoking ban and competition from supermarkets, many are being demolished but Historic England is now listing 19 interwar public houses worthy of preservation By Harry Wallop 7:00AM BST 28 Aug 2015 At first glance, the Black Horse Read more [...]

In the San Francisco Bay Area’s hot real-estate market, the question for many sellers isn’t whether they’ll get an offer. It’s how much over the asking price the offer will be. “It’s easy to sell,” said Ken DeLeon, a real-estate agent based in Palo Alto. “The key is getting the extra $100,000.” Even in an extreme seller’s market where bidding wars are common, upfront prep work and smart marketing are essential to getting top dollar for a property, homeowners Read more [...]

Music legend Sting has reportedly sold one of his London homes for a whopping £19m. It represents a massive £13.3m profit for the Wallsend-born singer, who bought the nine-bedroom Grade-I listed home in Queen Anne’s Gate in 2003 from former Labour MP Shaun Woodward for £5.7m. Local estate agent Kirsty Sugden, from Hathaways, said: “Properties in this historic enclave are being developed into increasingly luxurious residences, with price tags reflecting the evolving status of the area as a Read more [...]

An application for 167 homes on the site of a former Angus hospital was approved, despite overcrowding concerns. Councillors gave the development at Ashludie Hospital in Monifieth the green light, subject to conditions, at a meeting in Forfar.The application was recommended for approval but concerns were raised that the proposed homes would be “crammed on a relatively small area”.Resident Nancy Robertson addressed the development standards Read more [...]