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A BREAK in digging at Brading Roman Villa means conservation work can be undertaken on the mosaic floor.
Visitors during August will be able to watch the delicate cleaning process.
This is a rare chance for people to see Brading’s mosaics as the Romans would have seen them — during the cleaning process the bright colours of the tesserae are revealed.
The mosaic floors at Brading are unique in their design and it has be… (View original article)
When Frank and Maura Brown bought the historic King Estate in Highland Park 17 years ago, they saw decades of neglect inside the stately Second Empire palace.
Interior walls had been haphazardly spray-painted white and black, track lighting was nailed into original handpainted artwork dating to the 1890s and water damage seeped through walls. Canopies, balconies and a 16-foot finial were missing from the Victorian mansion on Elgin Road.
But the Browns saw potential in the … (View original article)
VIRGINIA BEACH
Crystal Lake is not really a lake, nor is it crystal.
From the vantage of a kayak, Crystal Lake is like a great big bathtub, a dead-end branch of the Lynnhaven River, hemmed in by wooden bulkheads and seawalls protecting grand old homes and manicured yards that give the water nowhere to go.
Instead, the water sloshes about and bakes, with storm drains pumping grit, oil, trash, animal wastes and other pollutants into this shallow basin from the reside… (View original article)
Other possible glittering prizes said to await those who can crack hidden
religious codes are the treasure of the Knights Templar, scrolls proving
that Jesus and Mary Magdalene had a secret love child and the lost treasure
of the Cathars, whose crumbling 11th century castles still sit atop
mountains in the nearby Pyrenees.
The hunt began in the early 1900s, after the late Father Saunière’s maid
servant, Marie Dénarnaud, claimed he had hidden treasure under … (View original article)
Villa Madama was bought for €1.6 million by a certain Paul Vella from Mosta in a court auction yesterday.
The sale by auction was fixed by the civil court in May on an application by Lombard Bank. The place was valued at €1.65 million.
Villa Madama belongs to Venues Co. Ltd, which has run into financial difficulties leaving creditors, including Lombard, high and dry.
There were only two bidders yesterday: Lombard Bank and Mr Vella.
Throughout th… (View original article)
ADDRESS: 1400 Sandy Bay Rd.
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Georgian Bay
AGENT: Allison Parent, Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, Brokerage
PRICE: $4,988,000
THE PLACE: Located in fun-to-say, hard-to-spell Penetanguishene, this 9,000-square-foot country mansion is nestled in a sprawling lot on Georgian Bay’s outer harbour.
BRAGGING RIGHTS: 24 acres of picturesque country property and 600 feet of sandy waterfront. The grounds run from the b… (View original article)
Photo Courtesy of Realtor.com
Vinny Chase embodies the dreams of so many young men that you would think the house he lived in would be a short-term resident on the real estate listings. That was not exactly the case with the real life version of the house that he and the Entourage lived in throughout season seven of the acclaimed HBO show.
The Encino home initially entered the market in 2010, but only recently sold to an undisclosed buyer. Much speculation has been circling… (View original article)
Wiederhorn mansion up for sale
July 28, 2011
Andrew Wiederhorn’s sprawling 19,609-square-foot West Hills mansion is for sale. The controversial business executive said by email Thursday it doesn’t make sense to keep the house since he’s moved his family to the Los Angeles area so he can focus on running his Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Fatburger fast food chain. The Oregonian first reported the story. The home, priced at $5.7 million, includes 10 bedro… (View original article)
In the summer of 1909, a year after the giant house on Westerleigh Road in Purchase, N.Y., was built, it was described by The New York Times as “one of the finest country mansions in Westchester County.”
Now, 102 years later, the mansion, which had been on the market for the last six years, is headed for the auction block.
The original owner commissioned the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White for the project. And for the 50 years before the property went o… (View original article)
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ROANOKE, Va. — Roanoke officials are seeking another buyer for the historic Buena Vista mansion after a deal to sell the property fell through.
The city had planned to sell the 10,783-square foot mansion and 3 acres to Scott and Ascenion Horchler for $75,000. The contract required at least a $75,… (View original article)