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A message on the Cheshire venue’s website says all weddings will go ahead as planned and business will be back to normal from 24 June.
Some conferences had to be cancelled this week but the public areas are due to open from this weekend onwards.
No-one was hurt in the blaze that started in the early hours of Sunday morning (19 June) and is suspected to be arson.
A 36-year-old man from the Merseyside area has been charged with arson with intent to endanger life. … (View original article)
The romantic ruins of Dunluce Castle on the north Antrim coast were stunningly
silhouetted in this photograph on the longest day of the year.
Teenage photographer Steven McAuley, from Ballycastle, captured the scene at
1am yesterday, June 21, when the sun had barely set.
“The sun never faded all night,” the 16-year-old said. “Talk about ‘the land
of the midnight sun’ — you could see right across to Scotland, Rathlin
island and… (View original article)
PASADENA – On Sunday, the century-old Castle Green will open its doors at 99 S. Raymond Ave. for the summer tour, and a step back in time for visitors.
The grounds, the restored ground floor interiors and more than 20 residential units in the seven-story historic Moorish and Mission revival-style former hotel will be open for viewing, with live music and light refreshments available.
Stagings of how people might have enjoyed the grounds in the past, including a 1940s-era picnic on th… (View original article)
It takes a lot to set the chattering class a-chattering when it comes to real estate in Los Angeles, a land where real housewives live in chateau-ified campuses and weekend cottages come equipped with helipads and horse stables.
But last week, when The Wall Street Journal reported that Candy Spelling’s bigger-than-the-White-House-size manse in Holmby Hills “appeared to be heading to” a sale, eyebrows across the so-called Platinum Triangle (which also includ… (View original article)
Source: People
While some homes are taken off the market because they are not selling for the desired price, Nick Lachey’s home was removed from the Bel-Air real estate market for an entirely different reason.
It wasn’t the amount of the offers, explains listing agent Mauricio Umansky of Hilton & Hyland, but simply Lachey wasn’t ready.
“It was on the market for two months and he ended up getting multiple good offers but he decided … (View original article)
This historical Hollywood Hills mansion is listed for $4.95 million. The six bedroom, eight bathroom house is located near the popular Runyon Canyon, and was once owned by Emmy Award winner Raymond Burr. The property has two greenhouses, where Burr cultivated and hybridized many of the 1,500 orchids that he introduced to the world.
The nearly 9,000 square foot house was built in 1923, on just under three acres. “The gated estate is in one of the oldest and most historic neighb… (View original article)
Posted: June 22
Updated: Today at 11:51 AM
Bishop giving up Portland mansion
Bishop Richard Malone will soon move from a 16-room mansion in one of Portland’s most upscale neighborhoods to a three-bedroom home in a suburban subdivision.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland announced Tuesday that Malone’s mansion on the Western Promenade will be put up for sale.
By Quaid Najmi
Kolhapur, June 22 (IANS) A sprawling and lavish home for Kolhapur’s erstwhile rulers and then a school before becoming Maharashtra’s only heritage palace hotel, the Shalini Palace Hotel faces the prospect of being auctioned because of financial problems.
Spread over 12 acres of lush greenery on the banks of the Rankala Lake in the city, the hotel is currently owned and managed by the Chougule Group.
The Saraswat Bank and the United Bank of India are … (View original article)
Hampton Court Palace will be the start-finish point for road cycling.
British Tourist Authority
AT one point during the recent royal wedding, the coach carrying the just-married Duke and Duchess of Gloucester passed under an archway en route to Buckingham Palace, giving the world a view of a large, gravelled square: Horse Guards Parade.
Keep that glimpse in mind as you build up to the Olympic Games in London in July to August next year, becaus… (View original article)
Built by the sixth Nizam, the palace was never used by royal family
This is one of those palaces which was built but no one ever lived in it.
The sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, constructed the Sardar Mahal for one of his beloved consorts, Sardar Begum. But sadly enough, it didn’t live up to her expectations.
Soon after its completion in 1900, Sardar Begum visited the palace. One cursory glance and the ‘royal displeasure’ was clear… (View original article)