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Villa’s $53m record doesn’t add up
Villa Veneto. Photo: Michele Mossop
THE Sydney house price record claim of $53 million for Villa Veneto, the Point Piper harbourfront mansion sold last year, has been questioned by estate agents since records lodged with the Land and Property Management Authority reveal it was transferred for $44 million at settlement.
When the Wolseley Road property reputedly sold for a record in September, sceptics doubted it broke the $45 million record for Coolong on …(Read more)
The Dark Knight Rises finds new home for Batman in Nottingham | Metro.co.uk
Wollaton Hall has been chosen as Bruce Wayne and butler Alfred Pennyworth’s new abode for the third Batman adventure.
The Elizabethan mansion, which is Grade One listed building, will be closed to the public from June 10 to July 6, so that it can be transformed into Wayne Manor for the shoot.
Batman-on-Film said it was ‘in order to enable a film to have exclusive access to the site’.
It currently houses Nottingham’s Natural History Mu…(Read more)
Montecito’s ‘Glass Pavilion’ By Steve Hermann For Sale
The ‘Glass Pavilion,’ a massive modernist estate in Montecito, is on the market. True to its name, the five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath mansion utilizes a stunning amount of glass to create an open and refreshing relationship with the surrounding 3.5 acre grounds. Aesthetes will likely enjoy the 2010 building’s stylish kitchen and bath fixtures designed by celebrated Italian firms such as Poliform and Antonio Lupi. More astounding, though, is the home’s gallery space capable of hold…(Read more)
BBC News – Repairs for Baddesley Clinton after 500 years
10 June 2011
Last updated at 10:49 ET
A manor house is being repaired for the first time in 500 years.
The stone front of medieval manor house Baddesley Clinton, in Warwickshire, is getting a facelift after centuries of battling all weathers.
Repairs will be made using authentic Arden Sandstone, extracted from a small quarry on the site.
The house will still be open to the public and visitors will be able to follow the work, which began in …(Read more)
Issues aired at Lacock (From This Is Wiltshire)
Issues aired at Lacock
7:00pm Friday 10th June 2011
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Lacock parish councillors are meeting on Monday night to discuss ongoing problems around the historic village.
The meeting will take place at 7.30pm in the Manor Room and the public are welcome.
Councillors have already discussed issues such as the overgrown footpath from Corsham Road to Notton, the faulty clock on the ol…(Read more)
Oxford Castle to host floral bonanza (From The Oxford Times)
Oxford Castle to host floral bonanza
6:00pm Friday 10th June 2011
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gardeners are being urged to visit the Oxford Castle Flower and Gardening Festival this weekend.
The event will bring together markets, talks, demonstrations and workshops in a celebration of all things green.
There will also be the chance to try flower-infused fudge, discover a secret cinema and see ra…(Read more)
This is Bristol | A dream come true at Castle
THIRTY years ago a 14-year-old boy, Dorian Keilhack – visiting this country in order to improve his English – visited Berkeley Castle.
Like many other visitors to this ‘home’, because for all of its imposing features Berkeley Castle always has the feel of a ‘home’ about it, he found himself caught up in the atmosphere and history of the place.
One thing he very much wanted to do on that initial visit was to play the French- made Playel grand piano in the Great …(Read more)
Hedgehog Roadshow at Dunster Castle (From This is The West Country)
Hedgehog Roadshow at Dunster Castle
9:10pm Friday 10th June 2011
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VISITORS to Dunster Castle had the opportunity to get up close to one of Britain’s favourite mammals this week.
Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre, near Bridgwater, held a Hedgehog Awareness day at the National Trust castle on Tuesday.
The centre’s volunteers set up a display about the fascinatin…(Read more)
BBC News – Somerset’s Nunney Castle targeted by vandals
10 June 2011
Last updated at 02:56 ET
Vandals have removed more than 30 coping stones from the perimeter wall of a Somerset castle.
The 14th Century Nunney Castle was targeted in the past two days, the parish council said.
It is not known what happened to the stones, but it is thought they might have been thrown into the moat.
Parish councillor Jeremy Gaunt said that while a few stones had disappeared in the past, thefts had been nothing on …(Read more)