London’s King's Cross may, arguably, have Central St Martins and the Guardian to thank for its resurgent 'destination' status, given the steady opening of lauded restaurants, bars and pubs since the institutions shifted their HQs to the area, but it's impossible to understate the importance of the British Library to the city's cultural identity. Appropriate then, that the Library's colossal building on Euston Road has been award Grade I listed status by the heritage minister Tracey Crouch, on Read more [...]

VIEW GALLERY Where would an incoming Boro player want to live on Teesside? With Stewart Downing having returned, Christian Stuani's arrival imminent and the signing of Alex Baptiste, Diego Fabbrini etc we have looked at some of the plushest pads on sale in the area where our new players might fancy setting up home. Just on the edge of Teesside, at a cool £3.3m, is The Castle at Castle Eden village - one of the most expensive houses on sale in the area. The Grade II listed manor house, in Read more [...]

"Buyers of residential estates are drawn by both their hearts and their heads – living in a slice of Downton Abbey comes at a hefty price but when you consider the financial benefits the maths adds up." Knight Frank, the estate agency that advertised Ms Hurley's property, said the average value of farmland had risen by 10 per cent over the past year alone. Meanwhile, prices for prime residential property in London have started to slow – particularly since stamp duty tax increases in December. Read more [...]

One of Bearsden’s most magnificent buildings, Boclair House, situated at the foot of Boclair Hill, is set to become a wedding venue. WPH Developments Limited paid £1,050,000 for the historic building a few years ago.Manorview Hotels, who will run the hotel, now plan to turn the Grade B listed building into a boutique hotel with the surrounding two acres of landscaped gardens. They will be marketing the Tudor Gothic mansion as an ideal wedding venue and place to stay for Read more [...]

Buy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoLast SlideNext SlideBuy PhotoThis historic West Village home with a stone front on a double lot is located on Seyburn in Detroit. (Photo: Regina H. Boone, Detroit Free Press)Buy PhotoWith a flush of new restaurants and escalating house prices, West Village is a poster child for Detroit hot spots right now. One of the first homes to be built there – this Read more [...]

New auction rulesGunning says the Office of Fair Trading is working on new rules for auctions in NSW and this has the backing of the NSW Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, Victor Dominello.Gunning says a taskforce which has the support of NSW Premier Mike Baird is working on resolving the grey areas surrounding auctions. The taskforce includes the Real Estate Institute, the Australian Livestock Property Agents Association and the Estate Agents Co-operative.In Sydney's sizzling market, Read more [...]

Timed perfectly to coincide with the arrival of country lovers at Harewood for this week’s Game Fair, Knight Frank’s Harrogate office (01423 530088) has launched the two most important country houses seen on the open market in North Yorkshire this year: Grade II*- listed Brandsby Hall at Brandsby, 13 miles north of York, offered at a guide price of £4.75 million, and Grade II- listed Loftus Hill, at Ferrensby, eight miles north-east of Harrogate, for sale at a guide of £8.5 million. As Read more [...]

PUBLISHED: August 1, 2015 6:59 am A historic boat-measuring house built in the 1800s is to be restored after a developer struck a deal to build houses on land next to it. Boat Gauging House, Factory Road, Tipton Stoford Living originally wanted to include the Grade-II listed Boat Gauging House in Factory Road, Tipton, in its long-running plans to build more than 30 homes, but a proposal to convert it fell through after concerns were raised by the Health and Read more [...]

31 July, 2015 | By Richard Waite British Library by Colin St John Wilson in Euston Road Colin St John Wilson’s ‘immense and extraordinary’ British Library building has been handed a grade I listing by heritage minister Tracey Crouch The £500million red brick building in London’s Euston Road, which was completed in 1997 after a troubled 35-year history, was listed along with seven Read more [...]

Despite house prices in Reading going through the roof, the most popular house in Reading on Zoopla this month was a six-bed detached house in Mortimer. We take a look at that and the other houses that feature, including a £695,000 four-bed town house and a £235,000 one bedroom flat. Read More: See this £8.5m Berkshire home 1. 6 bed detached house in Mortimer - £4,750,000 Viewed 2692 times in last 30 days This private country house is in excess of 11, 000 sqft, set in its own grounds of some Read more [...]