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A London estate agent has written to the Tower of London to offer its selling service. Addressed to the 'legal owner', the letter said the ...
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If you want to nip to the pub in Inverie, on Scotland's Knoydart Peninsula in Lochaber, you'll need your walking boots. The Old Forge is ...
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A member of the planning support team, working to 'test' new planning application software, has accidentally published test planning decisions. In September, the Mid Kent ...
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Surveying is among the oldest professions, and dates back around at least 3,000 years to the ancient Egyptians, whose pyramids still stand today. Surveyors carry ...
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A Victorian wooden hut near Shaftesbury, Dorset, once used as a shepherd's hut, and now thoroughly rotten and sporting a leaky roof, has just sold ...
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Nearly a million for a two/three bedroom, two bathroom terrace in Shepherd's Bush but it won't suit everyone. Why? Central London's narrowest house is only ...
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Have you ever wondered where the name of a place has come from? Prior to the 15th Century, the majority of English place names referred ...
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Wondering what to do this Christmas with a Potterhead in the family? You might like to join the surprising number of fans building replica sets ...
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Wondering how to impress your friends and family this Christmas in the midst of lockdowns and health worries? You’re probably wondering how to ‘up your ...
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If you have a gas barbecue or use a gas canister for cooking, whether in the house or elsewhere, take note of this reminder of ...
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Answer: They are all listed on Historic England's National Heritage List for England ('The List'). The List began in 1882, but only developed into the ...
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As if more evidence were needed that some very strange things happen Down Under, two men have appeared in court in Australia, after a home ...
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Asked to provide photos of his property to his rental agent, an Australian man has taken the opportunity to have a little lockdown fun. Tim ...
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What would you do when your radiators weren't performing well? Or you fancied a change of colour scheme in your home's front room? Or your ...
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The town of Melbourne in Derbyshire has been accused of artificially buoying its house prices. The attractive Georgian market town lies close to the National ...
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The RHS has introduced two new categories to its annual Chelsea Flower Show that will appeal to owners of property with small or non-existent gardens ...
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The National Trust has transformed many of its historic houses to reflect Christmas from times gone by. Travel anywhere from the 1970s back to Tudor ...
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An 18-metre Scots pine tree is to be killed and removed by the Church in Sussex because of the 'threat' of falling pine cones. Chichester ...
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A four bedroom property near Chichester, West Sussex which is currently on the property market, hides a secret unbeknownst to anyone viewing from the outside ...
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We’re all familiar with the types of magazine or Instagram photo that make other people’s houses look attractive and spacious. We look at ways to ...
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How often have you left home in a rush for work, wishing someone would clean it up before you got back? That’s what happened to Nate ...
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It isn't quite Downton Abbey, but Hopwood Hall is a Grade II* listed manor house in Middleton, north Manchester, that dates back to 1426. From ...
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An architectural practice has suggested it could break the 'Brexit deadlock' by proposing new designs for the building interiors and exteriors at the Palace of ...
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Just a stone’s throw from the popular seaside resort of Clacton-on-Sea lies the village of Jaywick, a village not unlike many others along the Essex ...
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A company in Barcelona has sparked outrage by suggesting that tiny living pods may be the answer to the housing problems of some Western cities ...
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Ed Sheeran has pretty much succeeded at everything he's done in the music business. He shot to fame when, as a teenager, he independently released ...
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An article about the residents of Nettleton Road in Gloucester and their brightly coloured houses went viral in April, and was shared by the Metro, ...
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As a small child, Mark Baker would pass by the remains of Gwrych Castle in Abergele, North Wales, on his way back and forth from ...
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After being ‘forced out’ of her previous rented home, Kate Burrows said her permanent flu-like symptoms were a result of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity*. Kate and ...
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A 2013 change in the Land Registration Act 2002 meant that all mineral rights must be logged with Land Registry or potentially be lost. In ...
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In 2011, graphic designer Dunstan Low bought Melling Manor in Lancashire, a Grade II listed, semi-detached mansion built in 1792, for £435,000. He thought it ...
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The village of West Heslerton, near Scarborough, has been in the ownership of one family for 150 years.  Its 84-year old owner, Eve Dawnay, died five ...
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A gargoyle or grotesque is probably one of the most mysterious building features you will find, but what are they for? We look at the ...
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