4:13pm, Mon 9 Dec 2013Future secured for land-mark Italian-style mansion in Northamptonshire
Last updated Mon 9 Dec 2013
Overstone Hall. Daventry District Council has agreed to take action to secure the future of a land-mark Italian-style mansion in Northamptonshire.

Overstone Hall was built in 1866 and made use of what was cutting edge technology such as the earliest known cavity wall insulation, but it was badly damaged by fire in 2001 and has continued to decay.

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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — A historic mansion whose owner was close
friends with Abraham Lincoln will be the centerpiece of a traditional Gilded Age
Christmas this holiday season.

The Victorian-style David Davis Mansion State Historic Site,
known by the family as Clover Lawn, was built in 1872 for U.S. Supreme Court
Justice David Davis and his wife, Sarah, on a 1,200-acre farm.

It was designed by Alfred Piquenard, who also designed the
Illinois and Iowa state cap… (View original article)

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Lane Kiffin’s $7 Million House for Sale
During his 43-game stint at USC’s head football coach, Lane Kiffin lived very large in a 7,308-square foot mansion in Manhattan Beach, CA, that is now for sale for $6.995 million.
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Somerset mansion Halswell House to go under the hammer

8:00pm Tuesday 3rd December 2013 in News

A LANDMARK mansion in Somerset is on the market – and could be yours for as little as £250,000.

The Grade I-listed Halswell House in Goathurst, which has hosted dozens of weddings, proms and events for people in Bridgwater and further afield, is going up for auction this month.

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Robbie Williams snaps up Michael Winner’s London mansion for £17.5million… even though the late film director always insisted it was worth £60million

Michael Winner’s former home is a 46-room mansion in west LondonWilliams and his family have been looking for a new place for a yearThe late film director estimated his mansion was worth £60mBut when he died it emerged he had taken several mortgages on houseThe property, with its … (View original article)