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119 Glen Rd.
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By Allison Harness
Real Estate Reporter
Rosedale
Location: 119 Glen Rd., Rosedale Valley Rd. and Bayview Ave.
Asking price: $4,495,000
Size: 5,568 sq. ft., plus 2,670-sq.-ft. finished basement
Lot: 91 by 276-ft., private drive
Taxes: $33,968 (2011)
Bedroo… (View original article)
2 July 2011
Last updated at 11:21 ET
A landmark building in a Cumbrian town could be sold, as a council bids to tackle a deficit of more than £1m.
Eden District Council operates from offices in the Town Hall, Mansion House and Corney Square, Penrith.
A feasibility study will now be carried out to see if its offices could all be based on one site.
It will establish if Mansion House, which was previously valued at £1.8m, could be sol… (View original article)
Updated Police say a post mortem will be held tomorrow to determine how a newborn baby, found in a red plastic bag in a stream south of Auckland, died.
Counties Manukau Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) members are
investigating…
Police seek mother after baby found dead
To writer Rudyard Kipling, Kolkata was “The City of Dreadful Night”. To novelist Dominique Lapierre, it is “The City of Joy”, and to architectural conservationist Manish Chakraborti, it is “The City that Needs Saving”.Chakraborti, a fast-talking 42-year-old Bengali, is on a mission to rescue Kolkata’s colonial-era buildings from the ravages of time. It’s his life and his passion. “These old buildings lend a wonderful mosaic to the city&r… (View original article)
The Sip Manor, previously located in Jersey City before its preservation and move to Westfield, is considered by some to be the oldest house in New Jersey and supposedly served as British General Cornwallis’s headquarters during the Revolutionary War in 1776.
The building, which was located at the intersection of Bergen Avenue and Academy Street, was home to the Sip family, one of the founding families of the New Netherland and the village of Bergen, according to New Jersey City Un… (View original article)
2 July 2011
Last updated at 05:17 ET
A Cotswold house which has been linked to the clergy since the 12th Century is being opened to the public.
Horton Court, near Chipping Sodbury, is built around a former manor house which includes a rare 12th Century Norman Hall.
Only the hall and gardens have been opened previously because tenants were living at the property.
The National Trust said the house, which shows more than 800 years of history, w… (View original article)
2 July 2011
Last updated at 05:17 ET
A Cotswold house which has been linked to the clergy since the 12th Century is being opened to the public.
Horton Court, near Chipping Sodbury, is built around a former manor house which includes a rare 12th Century Norman Hall.
Only the hall and gardens have been opened previously because tenants were living at the property.
The National Trust said the house, which shows more than 800 years of history, w… (View original article)
The grant awards from Historic Scotland were announced yesterday by Fiona Hyslop, the secretary for culture and external affairs, who said the funding had the potential to have a positive impact on local communities.She said all of the sites inv
olved were “unique” with a story to tell. “Simply ensuring that they are repaired and retained creates opportunities for real benefits.”Times are tough, but each of these projects exemplify why we need to invest in buildings at the heart of our… (View original article)
Next week Hampton Court Palace hosts the world’s biggest flower show, offering
a chance for horticulturists and gardening enthusiasts alike an unbeatable
day out. Hampton Court has always had a more relaxed atmosphere than Chelsea
Flower Show – some people prefer it – where all the family can spend the day
shopping for plants and outdoor furniture.
Among the 12 show gardens will be a garden dedicated to the plight of the
English apple, sponsored by juice-… (View original article)
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A blog on my love of Victorian and Edwardian paintings. Please note over 70,000 painters of this period, many very obscure, have been identified and this blog concentrates on those that have come up for auction in the last ten years or so. It is mainly compiled using old auction catalogues with help from the many reference books I own.It includes painters born in the late 19th century who have painted well into the 20th. I make n… (View original article)