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THE crumbling ruins of a haunted 16th-Century manor house near the centre of an historic South Wales town have been sold to a mystery buyer.
The remains of the Old Place in Llantwit Major, which is also known as Llantwit Major Castle, have scarred the Castle Street site for decades.
According to local legend it has two resident ghosts, one a woman in white who was starved to death by her husband, and the other the spirit of a Dutch sailor.
But now the dilapidated… (View original article)
With UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox on her way out the door, University of California regents are grappling with costly plans to restore the old chancellor’s house, providing her successor with the kind of multi-million dollar, well-appointed mansion that Fox, despite vigorous lobbying over the years, never got to enjoy.
Earlier this week, a university contact tells us, the regents’ Committee on Grounds and Buildings approved a Phase 1 site remediation budget of $1.5 million (apparen… (View original article)
Weymouth is buying the Emery Estate, a 1903 mansion designed to look like George Washington’s Mount Vernon and set on 24 hilltop acres overlooking Boston Harbor.
The $1.9 million expense will be paid through the town’s Community Preservation Act fund, money that comes from a 1 percent surtax on real estate bills plus a contribution from the state. The town plans to borrow the money and pay it back over 10 years, according to planning director James Clarke. Closin… (View original article)
Published:
July 14, 2011Concerns
raised over state of Burnham’s vandalism-hit Manor House
Councillors
in Burnham-On-Sea have this week expressed concerns about the
deteriorating condition of a once proud town landmark.
The
Manor House in Burnham’s Manor Gardens has been attacked by vandals
in recent weeks, with eight windows boarded up by a security firm
while others are smashed, as pictured here.
The house was built in 1841 and was home to well-k… (View original article)
14 July 2011
Last updated at 02:32 ET
A 17th Century manor house in south Wales is to be reopened as a rural heritage centre in a £1.6m restoration project.
Grade II-listed Llanyrafon Manor in Cwmbran’s centre will be a tourist attraction celebrating local history.
A cafe, education and training rooms, with space for community events, will be built.
The cost is being met by Torfaen council, Cadw, the Welsh Government and the European U… (View original article)
14 July 2011
Last updated at 06:35 ET
A historical visitor attraction in Oxfordshire is to reopen on Sunday after the county council handed the keys over to a charitable trust.
Cogges Manor Farm, near Witney, closed in August 2009 because it was making an annual loss of £250,000.
The new trust plans to cut costs by relying on volunteers.
Chair of the trustees, Judy Niner, said: “We see this as a community enterprise and we want local peo… (View original article)
A HISTORIC sculpture depicting the invasion of Great Britain by Julius Caesar and the Roman army could be moved from its home in Stoke Poges.
The sculpture, entitled The Landing of Julius Caesar in Britain, by the sculptor John Deare, dates back to 1796 and is currently in the Stoke Poges Manor House.
However, it proposed to remove the sculpture from its current location and take it to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London where … (View original article)
The residents of Dartford, England, erected one of the world’s most expensive walls of stone around 1579. They used more than 530 blocks of rock to reinforce the western perimeter of what at the time was known as King Henry VIII’s Manor House. The stone itself is not that exciting; it’s a 1.3- to 1.8-billion year-old, black and white gneiss. What makes the stone notable is how it ended up in Dartford, about 20 miles southeast of London.
The black rock had come fro… (View original article)
All the fun of the 12th century fair at Nevern Castle
9:33am Thursday 14th July 2011
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The Festival of British Archaeology has come of age this year and an event at Nevern Castle, in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, celebrates it with
all the fun of the fair.
Twelfth century games, an archaeological treasure chest for children and a tour of the castle remains are on offer … (View original article)
Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh, was home to colourful financier John Law, acknowledged as the first millionaire.
ALTHOUGH separated by culture and the vast Atlantic Ocean, there is a curious link between the multi-cultural, musical city of New Orleans and an antique-filled castle in a leafy suburb of Edinburgh.
Lauriston Castle – more a refined stately home than a castle – is one of those fascinating places where cultural history, oodle… (View original article)