The removal of 32 wooden pews from a 700-year-old village church is underway following an unholy row between the ecclesiastical authorities and parishioners. Church officials have controversially decided to rip out the traditional seating in Grade II listed St Andrew’s in Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset. They cited various reasons for doing away with the pews, including … Read more
‘It’s a pandemic!’ Rebecca Judd EXPLODES at Victorian officials for allowing people with coronavirus to leave their homes to exercise By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:52 BST, 29 July 2020 | Updated: 07:52 BST, 29 July 2020 She’s publicly condemned people who refuse to self-isolate and wear masks in public. And Footy … Read more
The house which featured in the BBC hit series Outnumbered has gone on the market for a staggering £1,795,000. The Victorian-era property, which is located on Dempster Road in Wandsworth, South West London, comes with a master suite and four further bedrooms and is described as a ‘high quality property’ which sits just a stones throw … Read more
A lavish nine-bedroom Victorian house in Oxford which was once Lawrence of Arabia’s childhood home, with a bungalow specially built for the adventurer, is up for sale for £2.6million. Renowned archaeologist and military officer T.E. Lawrence, who is better known as Lawrence of Arabia, moved into 2 Polstead Road with his family in 1896 when … Read more
Buyers have the once-in-a-lifetime chance to own a 218ft-high Victorian folly which boasts a 60ft swimming pool and a telecommunications income of £35,000-a-year. Sway Tower in Hampshire is 14 storey tower house which is believed to be the tallest unreinforced concrete structure in the world. It was built in 1879 and offers incredible views across the … Read more
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a mother-of-three was stabbed to death beside the ruins of an old Victorian mental hospital. Gemma Cowey, 38, was attacked on wasteland next to the derelict remains of St Andrew’s Hospital in Thorpe St Andrew near Norwich, Norfolk on Friday. Ms Cowey from Norwich, Norfolk, … Read more
Romantic beauty spot in Exmoor that inspired Victorian novel Lorna Doone is bought by ‘cash-strapped’ National Trust for £1.5million Charity purchased nine acres on Devon and Somerset border before lockdown National Trust said it will be last acquisition for ‘quite some time’ due to losses Site includes Lorna Doone farm in Malmsmead and nearby Cloud Farm … Read more
An olive-skinned twist! Charles Dickens bucked the ‘pallid Victorian’ trend by sporting a TAN, researchers reveal after colourising photos of the author Experts at The Charles Dickens Museum, Holborn, have colourised eight images The first photograph of the author to be transformed has been released today It shows a tanned complexion, an ‘ostentatious’ patterned waistcoat … Read more
CASH IN THE ATTIC: Through the Victorian looking glass to a nice pile of money? By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 23:01 BST, 4 January 2020 | Updated: 12:16 BST, 5 January 2020 Every week we give the low-down on the value of forgotten treasures that may be gathering dust at home. Look … Read more
The ‘real’ Albert Square! Victorian terrace on the road that inspired the Eastenders set is listed for £1.5m Four-bed house for sale is in Fassett Square in London’s fashionable Hackney Fassett Square was the inspiration behind Albert Square in TV soap Eastenders The Victorian terrace is for sale for £1.5m via estate agents Savills By … Read more