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Opulent country mansion for sale
Opulent country mansion for sale by Simona Ganea, posted in Real Estate, on September 9th, 2011 When you say the words “country mansion” you usually imagine a modest house, maybe a two-storey residence, with a garden and maybe a deck or terrace, a traditional design and a simple décor. However, this is not the case … Continue reading
Luxury Real Estate: A French Chateau in New Jersey | Open House – WSJ.com
STATS: A home of about 18,500 square feet, with eight bedrooms, nine full baths and two half-baths, asking $15.9 million, or $859.45 a square foot. The house was originally listed for $19.5 million. Property taxes this year are $116,322. Photos 120 S. Woodland St., Englewood, N.J. Edberg Marketing The chateau in Englewood, N.J. DETAILS: While … Continue reading
Palm Beach Mansion Asks $74 Million | Private Properties – WSJ.com
A 20,000-square-foot waterfront mansion in Palm Beach, Fla., is asking $74 million, making it the most expensive listing in the area. Photos Robert Stevens Palm Beach mansion Juliet Chung shows us a 20,000-square-foot waterfront mansion in Palm Beach, Fla., yours for just $74 million. Plus, Mark Wahlberg is listing Beverly Hills house for nearly $14 … Continue reading
Living in Birmingham: The House – Birmingham Business Journal
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Collecting: The Soul of a French Palace – WSJ.com
Elegant is an overused word, but it exactly fits the Fould-Springer Collection that comes up for sale at Christie’s in Paris later this month. Christie’s Images Set of four, 12-light, 19th-century candelabras. Estimate: €200,000-€300,000. The collection adorned the French neoclassical Abbey Palace of Royaumont near Chantilly, a late 18th-century mansion designed by Louis Le Masson … Continue reading
Prominent Albany mansion sells at auction – Places and Spaces – timesunion.com – Albany NY
Update (3:57 p.m.): Susan Holland, executive director of the Historic Albany Foundation, says winning bidder was a Ravena-based architectural historian who offered $275,000. The Historic Albany Foundation alerted its members to a Thursday auction of a prominent — and quite historic — Queen Anne mansion at 1 Englewood Place in Albany (map). The public auction … Continue reading
Sprawling exhibit fits in at historic mansion – Boston.com
Coolidge himself has a couple of awkward paintings and a quite affecting lilac-wood sculpture on permanent view at the mansion. He and his friends would have appreciated “Art Encounters Preservation,’’ a sprawling exhibit of site-specific installations inside and outside the house, on property that is now a state park. Curator Allison Newsome has brought together … Continue reading
The Queen goes green: hydroelectric turbines arrive at Windsor Castle – Telegraph
The Archimedes Screw turbines, supplied by Southeast Power Engineering Ltd, will be ready to operate from November. The company is working in partnership with the Environment Agency, which is leasing the weir. A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: “I can confirm that the royal household now has an agreement in place to purchase the energy generated … Continue reading
BBC News – Tamworth Castle wins award for educational work
8 September 2011 Last updated at 08:16 ET A Staffordshire landmark has won an award for its educational workshops for children. More than 10,000 children a year take part in the history sessions at Tamworth Castle. They can learn about different periods in history such as the Saxons, Victorians and Tudors. In giving the Heritage … Continue reading
Mercer Island mansion still available after auction fails | Seattle Real Estate News – seattlepi.com
The owner of this mansion on Mercer Island put it up for sale because he wanted to travel with his family. “It wasn’t moving at all, so he decided after about a year to try to put it up for auction,” Caley Newberry, communications manager for J. P. King Auction Co., said Tuesday. Last week, … Continue reading