Halswell House mansion near Bridgwater could be yours for just £250,000!

3:00pm Friday 22nd November 2013 in Somerset

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A LANDMARK mansion house near Bridgwater 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 … (View original article)

It was the secret Prohibition-era bar that got John Murphy’s attention.

It was 1997, and Mr. Murphy and his wife, Paula Key, were house shopping in the Pacific Heights section of San Francisco. When Ms. Key returned from viewing a house, she told her husband about the bar on the ground floor. “You press a button…and what looks like a paneled wall accordions open,” said Mr. Murphy, a 67-year-old author and one of the founders of for-profit education company t… (View original article)

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — When I think of downtown Portland, hiking isn’t necessarily the first thing that comes to mind.

The bike-friendly metropolis is best known for its array of delicious food carts and great shopping, but there’s much more to the beautiful Northwest city than initially meets the eye.

Located just 10 minutes from the heart of downtown Portland is Macleay Park. The small patch of solitude nestled at the base of the West Hills of Portland features a grea… (View original article)

Athlone House was a

top-secret training headquarters for RAF pilots during the Second World.

Published: 20 November 2013
By DAN CARRIER

AN EIGHT-bedroom mega-mansion could be built on the site of Athlone House overlooking Hampstead Heath, the New Journal can reveal.

Planning documents filed at the Town Hall show the mystery owners – whose identify has been kept secret since they bought the property nine years ago – want to … (View original article)

Rich and paranoid? You might like this! Mansion with 19th century stone fortifications built to keep early trade unionists at bay goes up for sale for £1.95m

Home in Newport, South Wales, built in 1839 by wealthy industrialist John JenkinsHigh Sherriff of Monmouthshire constructed the walls to protect himself against the Chartists activistsThree and a half acre site is home to 20 room mansion as well as swimming pool, triple garage and bar

By
Emm… (View original article)

Real Estate

Billionaire And Seahawks, Blazers And Sounders Owner Paul Allen’s New Mansion Is The Definition Of Balling Out

by Eric Goldschein | 12:33 pm, November 21st, 2013

A house that costs $27 million is, not surprisingly, quite nice. That’s what Microsoft co-founder (and Seahawks owner, and Blazers owner, and Sounders part-owner) Paul Allen just dropped on a 22,000 square foot mansion, buil… (View original article)

In 2009 police were called to break up a mass orgy during a black-tie ball
organised by a Dutch adult entertainment firm that had hired it out for the
night.

Two years ago, Mr Bond’s 78-year-old mother, Stella Bond, staged a three day
sit in the library to prevent it being repossessed by bailiffs.

Halswell House was subsequently repossessed by the mortgage lender Citi
Private Banking and it is now being sold on its behalf.

Theguide price, which is ab… (View original article)

Jim O’Brien

– 19 November 2013

If you have deep pockets and a strong will, then the remains of the elegant Tudenham Park House on 66ac adjoining Belvedere House 8km from Mullingar might be the challenge you have been waiting for.

Even with a missing roof and ivy masking much of its elegance, the house is still impressive.

Now just a shell, Tudenham Park comprises a detached seven-bay three-storey over basement country house on the eastern shore… (View original article)