A unique three-bedroom home built beneath a 19th century viaduct has gone on the market for £695,000. The bungalow, in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, sits in the shadow of a Grade-II* listed four-arch bridge over the idyllic River Nidd. The Knaresborough Viaduct was built in 1851 and stands at 80.5ft tall – after an initial version of the beloved bridge collapsing … Read more
A unique three-bedroom home built beneath a 19th century viaduct has gone on the market for £695,000. The bungalow, in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, sits in the shadow of a Grade-II* listed four-arch bridge over the idyllic River Nidd. The Knaresborough Viaduct was built in 1851 and stands at 80.5ft tall – after an initial version of the beloved bridge collapsing … Read more
Filming for the biopic Vindication Swim resumed in Brighton on Friday, with Victoria Summer joining the cast as swimmer Edith Grade. The actress, 39, donned a modest swimsuit to film scenes on the chilly beaches for the period drama, which depicts the athlete’s fierce rivalry with Mercedes Gleitze in their quest to become the first British … Read more
Britain’s largest teaching union has demanded GCSEs are abolished amid fears of a ‘Wild West’ of rampant grade inflation this summer. The National Education Union said there is a growing movement to challenge the status quo among Tory MPs and other powerful groups. It asked whether there was any function for the tests when pupils … Read more
Quite an arresting property! Grade II-listed farmhouse owned by founder of the police Sir Robert Peel is for sale for £1.5million Tamhorn Park Farmhouse in Fisherwick, Staffordshire, boasts impressive five bedrooms and four bathrooms The sprawling family home was purchased in 1827 by former two-time British Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel The property has now … Read more
Down by the quayside at Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight, where my wife and I are living under lockdown, there stands a stalwart of the community, a sweetly old-fashioned local chemist. The pharmacist’s wooden windowfront sits on a narrow street between the local newsagent and the King’s Head pub. To the casual passer-by, it … Read more
Priyanka Chopra Jonas felt ‘abandoned’ when her parents left her at boarding school when she was in third-grade. The Indian actress, 38, spoke about her childhood away from home, and what it meant to look back on that time, in an interview with Elle ahead of the release of her autobiography Unfinished. ‘Being sent away to … Read more
Fancy splashing out? Grade II listed 50ft high water tower built in 1853 is transformed into £595k three-bed home after undergoing Grand Designs-style conversion The tower was originally built in 1853 and supplied water to the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire The building’s change of use was subject to protests from a town’s Civic Society as … Read more
Fancy splashing out? Grade II listed 50ft high water tower built in 1853 is transformed into £595k three-bed home after undergoing Grand Designs-style conversion The tower was originally built in 1853 and supplied water to the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire The building’s change of use was subject to protests from a town’s Civic Society as … Read more
If you’re dreaming of owning a lavish mansion straight out of Netflix‘s hit series Bridgerton, look no further than this beautiful property, which has just hit the market. A beautiful stately home has just become available that is sure to satisfy all those period property needs and impress the Ton – and it could be … Read more