The future of one of Fife’s most historic mansions has been left in limbo as it emerged its owners are working with the council to find a way to bring it back to its former glory. The grade A listed Leslie House, which dates back to the 17th Century, has lain empty for many years and is included in the Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland after falling into a state of disrepair.Hopes have been high in the past decade that Edinburgh-based firm Read more [...]

The sale of a one-bedroom flat in east London not only enabled architects Helen Leask and Peter Thomas to buy and renovate a four-bedroom Georgian house in Margate; it also allowed them to redress their work-life balance. “It broke a work pattern that was proving unsustainable,” says Leask. “The positive changes have been enormous; I think the move has given us more opportunities than if we had stayed in the capital.” Since their relocation in 2013, Leask has set up an architectural practice Read more [...]

A SECOND public exhibition is being held over plans to build 700 homes on a quarry site in Bradford, after calls from the community. The Marshall family, which owns the Bolton Woods quarry, submitted outline plans for the 70-acre site in November. They are looking at alternative uses for the quarry, which supplies Yorkshire stone, as it is coming to the end of its life as a quarry and its long-term future is “economically unviable”. Dozens of people dropped in Read more [...]

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Leaving snow and sleet in their wake and moving from ship to shore, Edward and Ruth Hennessy bought their house at 500 Island Drive on Everglades Island in 1991.“We used to come to Palm Beach to visit,” Edward Hennessy says. “We had our boat at the Australian (Avenue) dock for many years, so we knew a bit about Palm Beach.”The climate here was an indisputable draw, he adds.»PHOTOS: 500 Island Drive“When I was retiring and moving from New Jersey to establish a residence here, we had enough Read more [...]

AFTER hitting the jackpot the mystery Worcester winner is going to need some ideas for an incredible spending spree. With £33 million the winner will be richer than One Direction member Harry Styles and former member Zayn Malik, as well as singer Ed Sheeran and Harry Potter star Rupert Grint. When they come forward the new millionaire, or millionaires, will need a plan on how to splash the cash around Worcestershire. Here are the Worcester News' best suggestions: Read more [...]

Wentworth Woodhouse “It could have multiple-occupancy, and be part of Sheffield University, with incubation space for start-up businesses, as well as for those that are already established,” he says. He also recommends that Wentworth copy Stowe, the National Trust property in Buckinghamshire. The building houses a school and the public pay to visit the park. “Why should only schools like Eton and Harrow have access to these beautiful buildings?” he asks. However, there is the not-so-small Read more [...]

Plans for 503 new houses on a historic Leeds hospital’s former grounds have received a mixed response from planning chiefs at the second time of asking. As previously reported in the YEP, developers Keepmoat and Strata have teamed up on the project for land at Seacroft Hospital, which dates back to 1904. The earmarked land, which includes a number of decommissioned buildings and a large plot of green field next to the hospital, was sold to the Homes and Communities Read more [...]

Image copyright Historic England They were designed to bring public spaces back to life after World War Two - it was art for everyone. Now dozens of post-war sculptures are being given listed status.The bright red welded steel structure above - at Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire - appears to defy Read more [...]

OLD pubs across Bradford are being given a new lease of life in a variety of imaginative ways with a 11 applications granted for conversions in the last year alone. Houses, flats and restaurants are common re-uses, but in Bradford, shops, a madrassa, an outreach project catering for homeless people, and a nursery are recent examples. Danielle Dixon runs day nurseries across the district and has converted former pubs three times, finding the space provided by old public Read more [...]