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Chapin Mansion ready for tours
Debra Haight / HP correspondent Henry Chapin Mansion
Posted: Friday, May 10, 2013 6:00 … (View original article)
Now this is a story you wouldn’t expect to hear. Cher’s beautiful Italian-Renaissance style house goes on the market. Beyonce is looking for a house. Beyonce buys Cher’s house for a casual $45 million. Seriously.
This is the same Malibu mansion that Cher took off the market back in 2008, saying at the time she didn’t want to give up the view. And heck, I can’t blame her. Considering the place also has stone walls, seven bedrooms, nine baths, a tennis court, stamped copper dining room… (View original article)
‘The Great Gatsby’ mansion was inspired by a real estate you can visit today! (Photo: Warner Bros.)
The Great Gatsby
opened in theaters yesterday, and the reviews for Baz Lurhman’s newest visual extravaganza are not so hot — but that hasn’t swayed fans from flocking to cinemas to take in the hyped-up film. Lurhman’s interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel makes for the fourth big screen adaptation, and has promised to be the most unconventional… (View original article)
An Ooltewah mansion sold today for only a fraction of the $15 million it cost to build.
A local doctor submitted the highest bid today during an auction of the house built and owned by Elizabeth Fuller, wife of the late trucking magnate Clyde Fuller. New York-based Concierge Auctions conducted the absolute auction this afternoon, but the company declined to disclose the sales price.
The lavish mansion, which was listed at $5.3 million, had no takers for several years aft… (View original article)
The Astor family’s old Beechwood mansion in Newport, RI. Now home to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.
I grew up near Newport, Rhode Island. The robber barons of the Roaring Twenties had a ball on Bellevue Avenue. Those were the first one-percenters, and for them, those were the good ole days. They didn’t have summer homes. They had summer cottages. Their rooms weren’t furnished; they were appointed.
Oracle Oracle CEO Larry Ellison owns the Astor family&rs… (View original article)
THE MANSION is historic, the owners are young and techie, and the architect is one of the most sought-after in the world at the moment. Just think about what could have happened.
Instead, Gay Gilmore, Troy Hakala and architect Tom Kundig melded new and old, kid-friendly and classic, into a family home that looks as stately as it has since Rainier Brewery founder Andrew Hemrich built it in 1908.
When Hakala and Gilmore bought their Capitol Hill home in 2010, they’d been livin… (View original article)
Well spotted: a Montgolfier balloon sits in the garden.
Brian Johnston discovers a curious Parisian gem among the classic streetscapes framing the Eiffel Tower.
Really, it isn’t my fault I make false assumptions. What does anyone expect to find inside if they see a neo-classical chateau, all mansard roof, wrought-iron lamps and balconies smug with geraniums? They’d think – just as I do – I wish I’d packed my cheroots and learnt how to use an escargot fork…. (View original article)
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For sale: Lavish Tennessee castle with race track
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This Tennessee castillo is a replica of the Palacio de la Magdalena in Santander, Spain.
Listing of the week: Tennessee castle with race track
191 Degrassee Lane, Johnson … (View original article)
Plans for a £1 million visitor centre at Conisbrough Castle have been approved, despite concerns it will not fit in with existing buildings.
Members of Doncaster Council’s planning committee raised worries that the roof on an extension to the Castle Lodge building will be too big – and bright red.
But they have approved the scheme, subject to it being finally rubber stamped by the National Planning Casework Unit.
Concerns about the design had alrea… (View original article)
The majestic gardens at Brechin Castle will open to the public on Sunday as part of the Scotland’s Gardens programme.
Brechin Castle Gardens covers over 40 acres of planted parkland and includes the famous 13 acre walled garden.
The gardens link to the castle by woodland paths which are awash with the vibrant colours of azaleas and large leaved rhododendrons in Spring.
The first formally designed landscaping for Brechin Castle Gardens was done by Alexander Edw… (View original article)