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Country Life Trending: Grade II*-listed Latimer Manor, in West Kington, Wiltshire, boasts an array of beautiful period features. Grade II*-listed Latimer Manor, in West Kington, Wiltshire, comes with high praise indeed. This beautiful stone property, for which Strutt & Parker is seeking offers in excess of £3 million, was described by former Country Life editor Marcus Binney as ‘a perfect small Cotswolds manor’ in his book In Search of The Perfect House. Thought to have been home to Bishop Hugh Latimer, the man that assisted Henry VIII in the reforms that would allow the King to div...

The City of London’s decision on 22 April to destroy the heart of its Fleet Street conservation area was the most brazen defiance of conservation law. The demolition will extend not just to one building but over an entire block between Fleet Street and Salisbury Square. Among other buildings it includes a handsome neo-baroque bank, the historic Chronicle newspaper building, a Victorian pub and the restored Georgian mansion of No. 1 Salisbury Square. The conservation area was redefined as recently as 2007. Chronicle House, 71–78 Fleet Street, built in 1924. Photo: Poster House The building...

Menu   Kinmel Hall up for auction with price tag of £750,000 - but is there enough time for the right buyer to come forward? Kinmel Hall is in need of extensive renovation. Picture: Permission granted for use by Allsop A HISTORIC landmark is set for auction with bids starting at £750,000. Campaigners, including Friends of Kinmel Hall (FKH) and SAVE Britain’s Heritage, have been fighting to save Kinmel Hall, in St George, near Abergele; fears were raised the French-style Edwardian manor had only another five years in its current condition before further damage, including...

Kinmel Hall is in need of extensive renovation. Picture: Permission granted for use by Allsop A HISTORIC landmark is set for auction with bids starting at £750,000. Campaigners, including Friends of Kinmel Hall (FKH) and SAVE Britain’s Heritage, have been fighting to save Kinmel Hall, in St George, near Abergele; fears were raised the French-style Edwardian manor had only another five years in its current condition before further damage, including roof collapses, will mean it is “beyond repair”. The auction, by firm Allsop, will be held on May 13. The build is being marketed by A...

Scotland’s bard praised it for its “honest men and bonny lasses” and for generations of Scots, a trip to Ayr with its long sandy beach and charming town centre was a grand place to visit. Trooping off the train from Glasgow, countless holidaymakers would arrive at the town’s impressive Victorian railway station, cross its cast iron bridge and book into a room at the splendid neighbouring hotel. Designed in the French Renaissance style with delightful features that echo Loire Valley chateaux, its public rooms were particularly impressive: elaborate corniced ceilings, large marble...