It began serving beer on its current site in the 1600s and survived the Great Plague but the Lamb and Flag in Oxford is set to close for good after being hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The Grade II-listed pub where JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis and Thomas Hardy once visited has shut its doors after … Read more
A Grade II listed former pub converted into an award-winning four-bedroom house has hit the market for £900,000. The Princess of Wales pub in Little Abington, Cambridgeshire, was built in 1820 but closed in 1963. Locals believe it was possibly named after Princess Alexandra of Wales, the wife of the future King Edward VII, before it … Read more
Myleene Klass praised her eldest daughter Ava, 13, on Thursday night after she passed her grade seven cello exam in lockdown. Taking to Instagram, the classically trained musician, 42, revealed that she had accompanied Ava on the piano during the virtual examination. Myleene gushed that she was ‘super proud’ of her eldest child and sweetly called her … Read more
Kate Middleton’s friend Rose Hanbury has gone all frugal as she looks to do up her 18th century Grade I listed home on the cheap. The wife of David Cholmondeley, 58, who is the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, took to Instagram to ask for help to find some new rugs. The couple – who are worth … Read more
Police find dead woman’s body on London’s Hampstead Heath near Grade II-listed Jack Straw’s Castle A woman’s body has been found on Hampstead Heath in north London today Body was found in woodland near Jack Straw’s Castle, a Grade II-listed building It is not yet known if the woman’s death is being treated as suspicious By … Read more
GCSE and A-Level grade boundaries should be LOWERED next year to compensate for pandemic, Ofqual says Ofqual is urging Government to ensure that exams are ‘less daunting’ in 2021 Chief regulator Dame Glenys Stacey has written letter to Education Secretary Argues that pandemic is impacting learning so exams should be more lenient By Ross Ibbetson … Read more
The reek of the past still lingers within its walls and the influence of the woman who built it, a famously extravagant heiress, persists. But inside everything has changed. Take the vast drawing-room carpet, originally woven for Louis XIV. Once likened to ‘stepping on $10,000 dollar bills’, it has been replaced by a covering of … Read more
Rotting Grade II-listed country home with 60 rooms, good local schools and excellent transport links goes on sale for £400,000 but you’ll need ‘a passion for property’ to restore it Blackborough House extends to 15,500 square feet and is located in the small hamlet of Blackborough, Devon The country home arranged over four storeys has … Read more
A sprawling Grade II listed property that inspired the setting for Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights has gone on sale for £1million. Ponden Hall in Stanbury, near Haworth in West Yorkshire, has fascinating and well-documented connections to Brontë, who is said to have based parts of the Lintons’ Thrushcross Grange and Heathcliffe’s farmhouse in her 1847 … Read more
The Queen’s moving home! Grade I-listed Belvoir Castle has lost its starring role in Netflix series The Crown in a row over money By Jo Macfarlane and Amy Oliver for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:54 BST, 5 September 2020 | Updated: 23:08 BST, 5 September 2020 It has already lost £2.5 million after being … Read more