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Yours for just £2.5million… the magnificent 48-room Jacobean mansion now on sale (but no bath and a £100,000-a-year maintenance bill)
Apethorpe Hall, near Oundle, Northamptonshire, was once a haunt of James I, Elizabeth I and Charles IIt has a minstrels’ gallery, 18th century classical library and Italianate gardensEnglish Heritage have lavished millions on its restoration since buying it for £3m eight years a… (View original article)
By Rebecca Hay
Published on Monday 28 May 2012 09:37
IT’S a good thing its called Biggar. Why? – because for such a small town, it has a big number of museums and if the locals get their way, it will become bigger sooner than later.
This beautiful market town is only an hour’s drive from Glasgow and Edinburgh and it may appear sleepy when you arrive, but it is buzzing.
It boasts lots of museums, a choice of acc… (View original article)
As the last few days of May bring the remainder of Minnesota Museum Month to a close, this Saturday will see a sneak preview of the first floor of the new Minnesota African American Museum located in Minneapolis’ Coe Mansion.
The rest of the museum (which will include two more floors) has a projected opening date somewhere around the end of the summer, but museum organizers are allowing visitors to take in a quick taste of what the museum has in store this Saturday w… (View original article)
Yours for just £2.5million… the magnificent 48-room Jacobean mansion now on sale (but no bath and a £100,000-a-year maintenance bill)
Apethorpe Hall, near Oundle, Northamptonshire, was once a haunt of James I, Elizabeth I and Charles IIt has a minstrels’ gallery, 18th century classical library and Italianate gardensEnglish Heritage have lavished millions on its restoration since buying it for £3m eight years a… (View original article)
The Israel Lands Administration will submit an evacuation and demolition order request today against a villa in Atlit where former Bank Hapoalim chairman Danny Dankner lives with his family.
The ILA, whose request will be submitted to Haifa Magistrate’s Court, is acting against Dankner and his ex-wife, Shoshana, who currently both live in the villa with their children, and also against Salt of the Earth Ltd. – a company formerly owned by the Dankner family and today owned by… (View original article)
Historic Glynallyn Castle in Morristown, open to the public for the first time as part of the annual Mansion in May Showhouse and Gardens fundraiser, will be open through May 31.
Built on Morristown’s “Millionaires’ Row,” the three-story, 32,000-square-foot manor home has a dungeon and seven acres of terraced gardens. Sixty area interior and landscape designers were involved in creating the showhouse.
Modeled after the English castle Compton Wynyates in Warwickshire Englan… (View original article)
Incredible photographs reveal the $30 million ‘Great Gatsby’ mansion in all its former glory
By
Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED:
11:00 EST, 26 May 2012
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UPDATED:
15:11 EST, 26 May 2012
Photographs of the colonial mansion, said to be the inspiration of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s literary classic The Great Gatsby, clearly show the estate’s former grandeur.
In the Roaring twenties the lavish home on the North Shore of Long Island w… (View original article)
It’s time for House Hunt! your look at the homes that are on the market in Forest Hills and beyond this weekend.
Check out where you could be living soon!
All listings are courtesy of www.mlsli.com unless otherwise noted.
68-46 Kessel St. Forest Hills
This detached Colonial three-bedroom on Kessel Street is listed at $599,000. There will be an open house on Saturday, May 26 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The home features a sun room, formal dining room … (View original article)
Maryland home with sweeping river views was built for an arms dealer in 1922 and then served as a home for monks. The current owners did a major renovation.
If you’re looking for a home with 27 bedrooms and confessional booths, you’re too late.
The most recent renovation eliminated about 20 bedrooms and some other features, including the confessionals. But the owners of this 26,000-square-foot home on 23 wooded acres overlooking the Severn R… (View original article)
The new rock stars on the Forbes list of wealthiest people in the world aren’t bankers or investors, movie stars or pop singers. They’re techies.
And with Facebook’s long-awaited IPO on the NASDAQ last week, the social website’s creator and execs have officially joined the technology billionaires’ club.
Facebook’s stock price may have retreated from its opening mark, but even that surprising price fade could not keep it from being th… (View original article)