Comments (1) There are almost 4,000 listed buildings across Nottinghamshire that are protected and preserved for the nation to enjoy.From farmhouses to Nottingham Castle, stately homes and pubs, there are numerous weird and wonderful locations in the county.We've trawled the listings at Historic England and picked ten sites you may not have known were listed.Pleasley Bridge: Listed Grade II on 21 March 1994 Built: 1800sCloister Walls at the church Read more [...]

No Caption ABCDE ENGANL00120130822151639 The demolition of listed buildings in the town centre has been defended after a 
councillor expressed her concerns about vanishing history in the town. The demolition of factory buildings in the Chauntry Mills complex in Haverhill was approved at St Edmundsbury Borough Council.The buildings which are slated for demolition are former factory buildings which developers say Read more [...]

A GRADE II-listed building in Park Square, Leeds, will become the headquarters of 88m Group after the property developer bought it just weeks after the property came onto the market. The 3,284 sq ft building, which was being marketed with a guide price of £550,000, will undergo a major refurbishment before staff move in. The 88m Group has a multi-million pound commercial property portfolio which includes business centres, self-storage units, eco homes, high street Read more [...]

12 wanted in West Kingston, 13 ‘persons of interest’ listed Thursday, June 18, 2015 | 8:17 AM     Read more [...]

* Offer of $77/ADS values co at about $10.06 bln* Board to form committee to evaluate offer* Offer at 16.6 pct premium to stock's Tuesday close (Adds details, background, analyst comment)By Sai Sachin RJune 17 (Reuters) - Another day, another Chinese tech company gets a "go-private" bid.Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd said it received a buyout offer from a consortium led by CEO Hongyi Zhou, adding the mobile security software maker to a long list of Chinese tech companies that have gotten offers Read more [...]

It isn’t just National Trust properties that get ‘listed’. Historic England will give special protection to any landmark that reveals stories about an area’s history. In fact, 510 London landmarks were given listed status in 2014 – here are ten of the most unusual. 1. The concrete house at 78 South Hill Park Finished in 1965, this Camden property was designed by architect Brian Housden and is inspired by everything from Read more [...]

It isn’t just National Trust properties that get ‘listed’. Historic England will give special protection to any landmark that reveals stories about an area’s history. In fact, 510 London landmarks were given listed status in 2014 – here are ten of the most unusual. 1. The concrete house at 78 South Hill Park Finished in 1965, this Camden property was designed by architect Brian Housden and is inspired by everything from Read more [...]

Another day, another Chinese tech company gets a "go-private" bid.Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd (QIHU.N) said it received a buyout offer from a consortium led by CEO Hongyi Zhou, adding the mobile security software maker to a long list of Chinese tech companies that have gotten offers to drop their New York listings and head back home.Qihoo, which listed in the United States in 2011, may be the largest Chinese tech company to receive a "go-private" offer in recent months, Summit Research analyst Read more [...]

Pictures of the day 17 Jun 2015 Pictures of the day 16 Jun 2015 In UK News   Heritage preserved   Isle of Wight Festival Read more [...]

A streetlamp in Sheffield, formerly a gas destructor lamp. Photograph: Historic England/PA An elegant street lamp in Sheffield which was originally designed to burn off sewer gas, a hairdresser’s in Scarborough now a quaint tea-room, and the gravestone of the band leader who died on the Titanic, are among the most unusual listed buildings and other structures of the last year. All have been listed by Historic England to protect rare survivors of what were often common types of building and Read more [...]