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The Writers’ Block

Former home of Ian Fleming that is currently owned by Sol Campbell for sale for £6.75 million   Ian Fleming lived at 24 Carlyle Mansions on Chelsea’s Cheyne Walk between 1950 and 1953 and wrote Casino...

A three grand Bentley

Buy an “increasingly collectible” Bentley for just £3,000   A 37-year old Bentley is to be auctioned on the 20th June with an estimate of just £3,000 to £4,000.     To be auctioned by H&H at the RREC...

Picture of the Week: Zobop

The Royal Academy surpasses themselves in the choice of including a stunning staircase as part of their Summer Exhibition 2015   The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition is always a spectacular affair and this year...

If you’re bored of Miami Beach…

Calvin Klein is bored of living in the “resort” of Miami Beach and has placed his £10.4 million home on the market   Fashion icon Calvin Klein is joining Lil Wayne and Shakira and is quitting...

Far from moderation

American diet guru Jenny Craig’s ocean side residence remains on the market for £25.9 million after one year for sale – it is anything but a symbol of moderation   Diet queen Jenny Craig once remarked...

A fruity price

Minute 1-bedroom Knightsbridge mews house comes to the market for an astounding £3.75 million   A bizarrely decorated 1,196 square foot mews house in Clabon Mews, Knightsbridge has been put up for sale for £3.75 million...

Scandal

A £25 million Westminster house that was the scene of all things scandalous   On Tuesday, the great and the good gathered to celebrate the life of the late Leon Brittan (1939 – 2015), a former...

A feudal manor

Dorset mansion built by Bastards that has been the setting of a bitter familial feud for sale for the first time since 1846   The Prince of Wales is said to have considered purchasing the Chettle House...

Five of the Best: Rambling ruins

Five British mansions that require new owners with bottomless pockets for sale at prices from £950,000 to over £10 million   For those who’ve got plenty of cash to spare, we’ve chosen five of the most...

Greeks and Aristos on Sloane Square

A £7.975 million apartment above Colbert on Sloane Square provides indication of the playground for the international super-rich that Chelsea has become   Chelsea has long been considered the preserve of wealthy aristocrats but in recent...

Anything but small

A £15 million mansion on The Bishops Avenue that is anything but small   In the 1970s and 1980s, The Bishops Avenue became the favoured haunt of deposed dictators and exiled billionaires. Its cache has somewhat...

Wyman’s Majesty

Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman sends his 1971 Citroën Maserati SM to auction with a guide price of just £35,000 to £40,000   At the height of the Rolling Stones’ success, their then bassist, Bill...

Parties, people and politics

The One Sutton Place South, New York setting for parties, people and politics that was once home to the socialite and representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights Marietta Peabody Tree is...

Taking the Dennis

£10 million home of the eccentric late publisher Felix Dennis for sale – including a leisure complex that cost £5 million to build but that is for sale for just £2.45 million   Magazine street-seller turned...

Ranching large

Largest contiguous ranch in America for sale for £473 million   Americans don’t do things by halves and the 510,527-acre W. T. Waggoner Estate Ranch in Texas is no exception. It is on the market for...

Finding Islam

Grade II* listed house for sale for £5.75 million complete with half an acre of gardens and a private mosque   It is not uncommon to find British country houses for sale with private chapels but...

Watering the asylum

A bizarre, eight-floor converted water tower in the middle of an ugly redevelopment of an Essex lunatic asylum remains on the market despite a price cut of £200,000   The Landmark Tower at Repton Park (formerly known...

Live like Eloise

Suite at New York hotel The Plaza available for £2.6 million – the catch: you can only use it 120 days per year   The fictional character Eloise is undoubtedly the most famous permanent hotel resident...

The Charge of the Cheque Book

Vast Victorian Isle of Wight mansion connected to The Charge of the Light Brigade for sale – Only those with large cheque books need apply   During Queen Victoria’s reign, the wealthy flocked to the Isle...

Olympia by John Stoddart

John Stoddart to exhibit at Whitstable’s The Fishslab Gallery   Readers of The Steeple Times are invited to attend a private view of the acclaimed photographer John Stoddart’s works at The Fishlab Gallery in Whitstable on Thursday...

Reader offer: An evening with Chavín Jewellery

La Brasserie to host an evening trunk show and cocktails with Chavín Jewellery on Monday 20th April   On Monday 20th April, Suzie Cooke and Millie Dean are hosting an evening trunk show with the Peruvian...

A pickled estate

Fiat 500K Giardiniera micro-estate for sale for £19,000   Fiat 500s are all the rage but though the Giardiniera estate version was the longest running model, they are rarely seen in London. A fine example, however,...

Killing a Rolls

1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn left to “sausage fingered” glutton and suspected serial killer Doctor John Bodkin Adams for sale for £65,000   Doctor John Bodkin Adams was a man with a penchant for Charbonnel et Walker...

Meyer moves

Sir Christopher and Lady Meyer put their Chelsea townhouse up for sale for £2.3 million more than was asked when they bought it in 2013 – The catch? It’s next door to a kebab...

Bunking down

Converted Cold War nuclear bunker on the edge of London for sale for £3.5 million   Converted from a redundant Cold War nuclear bunker in 1998, The Glass House at Chislehurst in South East London is...

The simple life

The 22,000 square foot Long Island home of the iconic women’s footwear designer Vince Camuto returns to the market at a price of £57.3 million   In the wake of the death of the Italian-American...

Mount Vernon: The real Southfork

Dallas mansion with a prayer room and the largest private bowling centre in America that was previously owned by a billionaire oil baron remains for sale despite a price cut of £7 million   Television writer...

Doing Justice

An 18th century former court house in Chelsea is for sale for £14.5 million or available to rent at £10,000 per week   Featured by the Mail Online last week as a “try before you buy home”,...

A catch in Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge flat for sale for just £250,000 (but there’s a catch)   Given just 190 days remain on the lease of a flat in Egerton Gardens, Knightsbridge, an asking price equivalent to £1,315 per day or...

Fire up the Quattro

An Audi Quattro heads to auction with a staggering guide price of £220,000 to £280,000 and confirms the car firmly out of the reach of being afforded by police detectives   The catchphrase Fire up the Quattro will forever be...

A cannibal’s car

Dictator and alleged cannibal Bokassa I of Central Africa’s Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman for sale for £225,000   Jean-Bédel Bokassa, or ‘Bokassa I of Central Africa’ as he preferred to be known, was the head of state...

Five of the best: Homes for holidays

The Steeple Times chooses five houses that would be ideal as holiday homes   With spring upon us and the worst of winter fading into memory, many are beginning to plan their summer holidays. For those...