Presenter Kevin McCloud clashed with a couple who transformed a derelict 17th century flour mill into a three-bed home for £300,000 on Grand Designs – as they admitted to not giving a ‘t***’ about what outsiders think. Leigh and Richard, who until recently lived in Derbyshire, where they ran a small plant nursery and Richard was … Read more
Get set to be wooed by this Bajan beauty: The delights of a 17th-century ancestral home that’s now a luxurious (and inexpensive) place to stay Tom Mangold’s wife, Kathryn, has a familial connection with Barbados that goes back 400 years Her ancestor Sir John Colleton, a Royalist who fled Cromwell, lived on the Caribbean Island … Read more
A Bavarian diplomat and art dealer’s 17th-century autograph book that included endorsements from leading figures of the period has sold for £2.5million. Philipp Hainhofer became the most distinguished autograph hunter of his age after creating the 208-page album while the Thirty Years’ War raged in central Europe. He collected signatures from a whole host of … Read more
From lockdown to lock-in: An entire 17th-century PUB with a fully operational bar is available to rent on Airbnb The 17th century Fitzhead Inn, in the tiny Somerset village of Fitzhead, has five en-suite rooms But the most eye-catching feature is the bar – where guests can pull their own pints of beer The pub … Read more