Author Archives: Castles of the Realm
Ellen DeGeneres House Eyed By Tamara Ecclestone | TMZ.com
Ellen DeGeneres House Eyed by Tamara Ecclestone Petra Ecclestone’s older and hotter sister, Tamara, is shopping in L.A. for a mansion of her own, and we’ve learned she spent time Friday looking at Ellen DeGeneres’ compound (a portion of which is seen above), which she could snag for around $50 million. But Tamara tells us … Continue reading
Travel advice: Where can I find autumn colour to rival New England in leafy Britain? | Mail Online
Ask Frank: Where can I find autumn colour to rival New England in lovely leafy Britain? By Frank Barrett, Mail on Sunday Travel Editor Last updated at 4:50 PM on 24th September 2011 Do you have a travel query that you can’t find the answer to? Or just need advice on a specific destination? The … Continue reading
All Around India – Forbes.com
Photograph: Andre Fanthome (RAAS) Given the overall grandeur of Falaknuma Palace, the former domain of the nizams, Hyderabad’s pre-independence Muslim rulers, it’s easy to gaze at the desk in the hotel’s study and imagine the Jacob Diamond there. The size of a duck’s egg, with 184 carats, the seventh largest diamond in the world was … Continue reading
455 Central Park West : Curbed NY
The French Renaissance chateau at 455 Central Park West was the city’s first cancer hospital, then a “scandal-plagued” nursing home, then a new development containing lots of Columbia faculty housing. Immune to all the changes was the building’s chapel, which looks as historic and chateau-like as ever—except that it, too, is now an apartment. It … Continue reading
Let’s hang on to Roald Dahl’s writing hut – Telegraph
I share that strong distaste for a kind of interest in author’s houses that shades into property pornography: the Bloomsbury properties of Charleston and Sissinghurst are good examples. They are staggeringly lovely houses, but no writing of any real interest emerged from them, to be honest. When a writer “makes it”, and splashes his dosh … Continue reading
The Angel Awards: Woodchester Mansion, Gloucestershire – Telegraph
Unlike many an At Risk building, the reason for Woodchester’s dilapidation was that it was never finished in the first place; work was suddenly abandoned in 1877 when the money ran out. However, what began life as an empty shell has now been transformed into a building not only with walls and roof, but with … Continue reading
Eight-acre, 48-room Purchase estate heads to the auction block | The Journal News | LoHud.com | LoHud.com
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With Trenton museums’ directors may go their treasures | NJ.com
TRENTON — As the directors of the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion and the Trent House packed up their desks yesterday, the future operation of the two museums remained in doubt. The two directors were among 150 city employees officially laid off yesterday as the city tries to cope with a budget deficit and … Continue reading
Historic Italianate Mansion In San Francisco, CA « Homes of the Rich
This historic Italianate mansion is located in the prestigious Cow Hollow section of San Francisco, CA and has fabulous views of the city. It was built in 1905 by James A. McCullough and was the 2008 San Francisco Decorator Showhouse. It boasts 16,000 square feet of grand living space with 7 bedrooms (all ensuites), 8 … Continue reading
Villa d’Este | Art at the Scale of Landscape | Masterpiece by Thomas J. Campanella – WSJ.com
Corbis Vast engineering and earthwork—not to mention the demolition of a church and eviction of neighbors—was required to pull off this seemingly effortless play of space. Altitude was the first air conditioner. Come summer since time immemorial, people around the globe—those who could afford it, at least—have fled malarial cities to seek refuge in cool … Continue reading