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Ellen DeGeneres House
Eyed by Tamara Ecclestone
Petra Ecclestone’s older and hotter sister, Tamara, is shopping in L.A. for a mansion of her own, and we’ve learned she spent time Friday looking at Ellen DeGeneres’ compound (a portion of which is seen above), which she could snag for around $50 million.
But Tamara tells us the house was just not for her.
Fact is … Ellen’s house is priced like a bungalow compared to Petra’s $85 million mansion that … (View original article)
Ask Frank: Where can I find autumn colour to rival New England in lovely leafy Britain?
By
Frank Barrett, Mail on Sunday Travel Editor
Last updated at 4:50 PM on 24th September 2011
Do you have a travel query that you can’t find the answer to? Or just need advice on a specific destination? The Mail on Sunday’s Frank Barrett probably has the answer…
Picture perfect: You will be able to find glorious autumn colour at Powis Castle
Photograph: Andre Fanthome (RAAS)
Given the overall grandeur of Falaknuma Palace, the former domain of the nizams, Hyderabad’s pre-independence Muslim rulers, it’s easy to gaze at the desk in the hotel’s study and imagine the Jacob Diamond there. The size of a duck’s egg, with 184 carats, the seventh largest diamond in the world was used as a paperweight. But then, the reigning nizam had an entire vast room filled with precious gems, enough pearls to swamp a swimmi… (View original article)
The French Renaissance chateau at 455 Central Park West was the city’s first cancer hospital, then a “scandal-plagued” nursing home, then a new development containing lots of Columbia faculty housing. Immune to all the changes was the building’s chapel, which looks as historic and chateau-like as ever—except that it, too, is now an apartment. It hit the market in April 2008 asking $17.5 million and chopped its price down to $12.5 million before taking a hiatus from … (View original article)
I share that strong distaste for a kind of interest in author’s houses that
shades into property pornography: the Bloomsbury properties of Charleston
and Sissinghurst are good examples. They are staggeringly lovely houses, but
no writing of any real interest emerged from them, to be honest. When a
writer “makes it”, and splashes his dosh on some rolling acres, he may very
well find that ducal splendour doesn’t promote his writing abilities.
Somers… (View original article)
Unlike many an At Risk building, the reason for Woodchester’s dilapidation was
that it was never finished in the first place; work was suddenly abandoned
in 1877 when the money ran out.
However, what began life as an empty shell has now been transformed into a
building not only with walls and roof, but with a purpose. For it is now the
site of the country’s first heritage skills academy, providing practical and
theoretical learning to a range of stu… (View original article)
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TRENTON — As the directors of the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion and the Trent House packed up their desks yesterday, the future operation of the two museums remained in doubt.
The two directors were among 150 city employees officially laid off yesterday as the city tries to cope with a budget deficit and dwindling aid from the state.
Brian Hill has been director of the Trenton City Museum, located in Cadwalader Park, for 12 years. Mary-Margaret Pernot, dire… (View original article)
This historic Italianate mansion is located in the prestigious Cow Hollow section of San Francisco, CA and has fabulous views of the city. It was built in 1905 by James A. McCullough and was the 2008 San Francisco Decorator Showhouse. It boasts 16,000 square feet of grand living space with 7 bedrooms (all ensuites), 8 full and 3 half bathrooms, reception hall, grand foyer with incredible stained glass window, formal living and dining rooms, 7 fireplaces, eat-in gourmet kitchen, library r… (View original article)
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Vast engineering and earthwork—not to mention the demolition of a church and eviction of neighbors—was required to pull off this seemingly effortless play of space.
Altitude was the first air conditioner. Come summer since time immemorial, people around the globe—those who could afford it, at least—have fled malarial cities to seek refuge in cool verdant hills. New Yorkers of Edith Wharton’s generation repaired to the Adirond… (View original article)