Stunning 14th Century coach house with character features celebrated by architect Nikolaus Pevsner in Devon village goes on the market for £975,000 A five bedroom, Grade I listed country home has gone on sale for £975,000 The building formed part of an old 14th century manor house in Lustleigh, Devon The current owners have renovated … Read more
The Earl of Cardigan has made up with his son who sold the family’s 16th century mansion. David Brudenell-Bruce, 67, said he forgave Viscount Savernake after the 38-year-old sold Tottenham House in Wiltshire in 2008. Lord Cardigan had been removed from running the stunning Savernake Forest Estate after he moved to the US and got … Read more
Air pollution from 12th century British lead mines ‘was as bad as the industrial revolution’ and has been detected in glacial ice from the Swiss–Italian Alps. Researchers used high-precision laser technology to analyse the contents of an 800-year-old section of ice bored out of the Colle Gnifetti glacier in 2013. They found that the levels of … Read more
Woman brutally murdered a century ago is finally buried after her remains lay undiscovered for 40 years then stored in a cupboard for another 60 Mamie Stuart went missing in 1919 and her death was a mystery until 1961 Her body was discovered in an abandoned lead mine in Wales For decades her remains were stored in … Read more
Chinese vase that once belonged to 18th century Chinese Emperor sells at auction for £3.4m after being found in Paris apartment Vase once owned by Chinese Emperor Qianlong sells for more than £3million Auctioneer Olivier Clair found the object while executing a will in an apartment The gourd was possibly looted during the sack of the … Read more
The ongoing climate crisis is on course to destroy half the world’s sandy beaches by the end of the century, a new study warns. Sandy shorelines of many high-population areas and tourist hot-spots are threatened by erosion, climate change and surging sea levels. At-risk areas include Surfers’ Paradise in Queensland, St Tropez, Honolulu, Copacabana, the Costa … Read more