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The Castle is perfect for a family. Not only does it span 2,500sq ft, but it also stands yards away from one of Norfolk’s best regarded schools, Gresham. The castellated exterior sets the tone of the property, which has elegant reception rooms, an airy, Shaker-style kitchen and five bedrooms. The sitting room, in particular, overlooks the grounds and sits opposite a sun terrace that is perfect for alfresco eating.

(Adds activists protesting at France's central bank) By Henry Nicholls LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) - Climate activists in London splashed black dye on the facade of the Bank of England's imposing neo-classical headquarters on Thursday as part of a protest against the finance sector's support of what they say is a climate catastrophe. Activists, some dressed as jesters, sprayed the dye at the building, known as "the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street", leaving black stains on the main entrance to the building. "This bank is killing us," read a banner held up by one protester. "No more fossil fuels,...

Burnham Westgate Hall has finally sold after a decade. - Credit: Sowerbys A 15-bedroom house in Norfolk believed to have once been bought by Pirates of the Caribbean Hollywood Johnny Depp star finally sold after 81 viewings and 31 offers. Baroness Patricia Rawlings on the stairs of Burnham Westgate Hall. She had lived in the property for 30 years. - Credit: Ella Wilkinson The magnificent Burnham Westgate Hall. - Credit: Sowerbys Burnham Westgate Hall, which attracted publicity when it was rumoured Depp had bought it, always denied by agents, has to be one of the hardest homes to sell. It ...

Last modified on Tue 9 Mar 2021 08.55 EST Tyne and Wear For millions of readers around the world, the image of the country between the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear was woven by Catherine Cookson, the region’s most prolific and popular author. Cookson’s was a landscape of collieries, shipyards, rumbling coal trains, sooty-faced kids and the instantly nostalgic tones of pithead silver bands playing Haydn. While fragments of her world remain – mainly in the doughty cheerfulness of the locals – over the past four decades, as heavy industry has receded, a more distant past has emerge...

By Eleanor Jolliffe The response in some quarters to the Future Architects Front’s concerns reflects a profession with work to do to improve its practices and image, writes Eleanor Jolliffe A couple of weeks ago, a grassroots campaign among architectural students, the Future Architects Front, sent an open letter to the RIBA highlighting and protesting at exploitative employment practices and disjointed educational policy in UK architectural practice. It was based on a survey of over 150 architectural students in December last year and was signed by more than 1,800 people. Their demands of...