Country Houses

You will not be bored. Take your pick from a range of facilities, including golfing (two Championship courses, driving range, tuition, putting greens, pro shop), woodland walks, clay-pigeon shooting, quad bikes, a gym and indoor pool plus an Espa spa. Clothes and boots can be dried and bike storage is also available. The large bar, … Continue reading »

Published: 04:02 EST, 3 September 2016 | Updated: 04:02 EST, 3 September 2016 There’s nothing new about pretending you are lord of the manor — even though you might own just a tiny fraction of a stately pile. Developers cottoned on to this idea decades ago, offering a chance to live in an historic site, … Continue reading »

This house located in OH 44024 is currently for sale for $2,500,000. 13271 Bass Lake Rd is a 10,834 square foot house with 5 beds and 6 baths that has been on Estately for 14 days. This house is in the attendance area of Chardon High School. Listing Courtesy of: NEOHREX and Keller Williams Grt … Continue reading »

Back Just in: England gets another countryhouse opera August 19, 2016 by norman lebrecht Nevill Holt opera in Leicestershire has submitted plans to build a permanent, 400-seat opera house on its stable block. The company has been staging summer opera since 2013. It expands the countryhouse opera scene which consists of Glyndebourne, Garsington, Longborough, two rival … Continue reading »

Published: 11:14 EST, 19 August 2016 | Updated: 14:06 EST, 19 August 2016 This stunning £1.7m property is as safe as houses as it comes with bulletproof windows from when it belonged to Tory grandee William Whitelaw. The prominent politician and Margaret Thatcher’s right-hand man lived at Ennim in Blencow, Cumbria, for 43 years until … Continue reading »

A ghost hunter who claims he can both hear and talk to spirits believes he has captured evidence of the afterlife in this eerie footage. Mark Vernon recorded the spooky sighting while visiting a historic 17th-century mansion that is said to be one of Britain’s most haunted houses. And he claims he discovered the ghost … Continue reading »

CROOKSTON, Minn. (Valley News Live) An architectural curiosity is on the auction block in the northern valley. It has folks swarming to open houses to get a look. It’s a one of a kind building in Crookston, that’s been 30 years in the making. The owner, Darrell Hursman moved an old farm home here onto … Continue reading »

The historic Penicuik House in Midlothian has been commended in the 2016 Restoration Award, presented by the Historic Houses Association. The house, on the Penicuik Estate, was gutted by fire in 1899 and over the decades fell into ruin. The project to conserve what remains of the 18th century building was started more than 30 … Continue reading »

This year, somewhat overshadowed by the quatercentenary of Shakespeare’s death, marks the tercentenary of the birth of the landscape designer Lancelot Brown, whose supposedly naturalistic confections around more than 130 country houses earned him the popular tag of ­“Capability”. The conjunction with Shakespeare has pleased Brown’s supporters, who believe he should be similarly regarded as one of … Continue reading »

Published: 06:31 EST, 5 August 2016 | Updated: 07:15 EST, 5 August 2016 A breathtaking country mansion that was designed by Queen Victoria’s personal architect has gone on the market. The Grade-II listed Kingston Hall in Kingston-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire, was designed by Edward Blore, who worked on Windsor Castle and took over the completion of Buckingham … Continue reading »