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A curate’s egg

£7.25 million Church House in Knightsbridge cannot be described as anything other than “a hotchpotch”   The former “All Saint’s Church House” – currently known as either “Church House” or more simply “66 Ennismore Gardens” – in...

Flooding Woodside

£46.4 million Woodside estate remains for sale despite £10.1 million price cut   Woodside is one of the wealthiest small towns in America and with the sale of the 91.94-acre Flood Estate, comes the opportunity to...

Making a mews

Lennox Gardens Mews house for sale for £5.8 million   Lennox Gardens Mews is undoubtedly one of the most attractive private streets in Knightsbridge and with houses on just one side, it is surprisingly light and...

Delisted

A £7.9 million Hertfordshire mansion that isn’t quite what it seems   Hadley Lodge at Hadley Common in Hertfordshire is not quite what it seems. Hidden behind a coach house complete with clock tower is not...

Kidnapped from Knightsbridge

200 acre Scottish estate for sale for the price of an 800 square foot flat in Knightsbridge   In London, £1 million will just about buy an 810 square foot one bedroom flat in Ovington Square,...

A new Dawn

‘The Real Housewives of Cheshire’s’ Dawn Ward attempts to sell her tastelessly decorated “Footballers’ Wives-style” home for £12 million   Cheshire supposedly has more Rolls-Royces and Bentleys per square mile than anywhere else in Britain and...

Messing up a McLaren

McLaren 650S Spider totaled in accident in Belgravia’s Eaton Square   On Saturday evening, a Monaco registered McLaren 650S was involved in a collision with a Saab convertible in Eaton Square in London. Both vehicles deployed...

I’ll See You Again

Artwork collection formerly owned by Sir Noël Coward heads to auction   Sir Noël Coward was best known as an actor and playwright capable of combining “chic and cheek”. Now with the sale of a collection...

Louis XIV meets Fred and Ginger

The late Joan Rivers’ Manhattan penthouse goes on sale for £18,200,000   The late, great Joan Rivers’ New York apartment is as lavish in its décor as her tongue was in its acerbic wit. Of it,...

Bitter Breda

Donside laird puts Scottish estate on the market after suffering a “catalogue of abuse”   The McLean family have owned the 1,600 acre Breda Estate in Aberdeenshire since 1892 but now, due to the illness of...

The Hollywood Special: Bristol Cars – Back on track

Bristol Cars market a stunning 402 ‘Hollywood Special’ just as they prepare to move into a new showroom and launch their first new model since 2003   This year marks the seventieth anniversary of Bristol Cars and...

One not so careful owner

Rowan Atkinson puts his infamous, twice crashed McLaren F1 up for sale for the staggering price of £8 million   Car dealers often boldly describe vehicles they are selling as having “one careful owner” but in...

Cairness House – A Masonic mansion

Cairness House, “Scotland’s most important Greek Revival house”, heads into its fourth year on the market   Launched to the market in May 2011 at a price of £3 million, a neoclassical country house that has...

Plated X

Plated X: 15 more of the best plates spotted by readers of ‘The Steeple Times’   Continuing our series, below we feature 15 more unusual, laughable and entertaining number plates:     We expect readers will come across many...

The last hurrah

Land Rover marks the end of an era with a series of special farewell edition Defender models   In October 2013, we lamented the passing of Land Rover’s Defender and now we share with readers the...

Taking The Talisman

Lateral penthouse available to rent in conversion of former Art Deco garage in Fulham for the staggering sum of £6,500 per week   The Talisman Building in London’s New Kings Road was originally built in the...

Seafair – The Hurricane Hut

The last great Newport ‘cottage’ heads into its second year on the market   Standing on a “monumental seaside plot of land” and hailing from what was termed “the gilded age era”, Seafair (originally known as...

Picture of the Week: The only car in Venice

A wooden Ferrari is the only car allowed in Venice   Weighing 2,000 pounds, a wooden model of a Ferrari F50 is the only “car” allowed in Venice.     Powered by a Yamaha boat engine, the whittled pine...

A shoe in at the Royal Opera House

Royal Opera House issues appeal to pay for ballet footwear despite paying CEO over £250,000 per year   Christmas is a time for giving and many will donate to worthy causes during the period too. The...

Disputing a mansion

Haremere Hall is an East Sussex mansion requiring renovation that has been the subject of a rather bitter familial dispute   Haremere Hall at Etchingham in East Sussex wouldn’t look out of place as a location...

A boat-like Bentley

Bentley unveil their new Grand Convertible   British carmakers Bentley have taken their flagship Mulsanne model to another level in their adaptation of it into what they have named the ‘Bentley Grand Convertible’.     The head-turning 6¾-litre twin turbo...

Happening Hugh

Penthouse formerly owned by Hugh Grant for sale   The Harrington Road area of South Kensington used to be considered the rather scruffy poor neighbour of grand streets like Onslow Square and Queen’s Gate. Now, thanks...

A château to go

An opportunity to buy a castle with a catch   Most of think nothing of ordering a pizza or burger “to go” but on the 12th December, those with a slightly larger budget and imagination will...

Vanity Fair

Manor house where William Makepeace Thackery wrote ‘Vanity Fair’ for sale for £2.95 million   Rookley Manor at Up Somborne, near Stockbridge in Hampshire is a Gothik fronted Grade II* listed house that was home to...

Picture of the Week: Mastering the mobile

Contrasting new and old mobile technology   Most of our readers and contributors are the sort to delight in new mobile phones, yet a few of us still prefer the simplicity of the classics.   Whilst many of...

A home for Jaws

A terraced cottage with a difference… It comes with its very own shark   Since 1986, an ordinary 3-bedroomed terraced cottage at Headington in Oxfordshire has sported something a little different after its owner stuck a...

Supersize me

Two new luxury cars hit the roads: ‘The Steeple Times’ takes a look at the Mercedes-Benz Maybach S-Class and the Land Rover Range Rover Holland & Holland   Those with the budget for a luxury car...

Supersize me

Two new luxury cars hit the roads: ‘The Steeple Times’ takes a look at the Mercedes-Benz Maybach S-Class and the Land Rover Range Rover Holland & Holland   Those with the budget for a luxury car...

For the love of wine

Palazzo di Amore: The most expensive property currently on the market in America   Whilst a “top ten” list last week chronicled the world’s most expensive homes and placed a value of £1 billion on Buckingham...

Five of the Best: Homes for petrolheads

A selection of homes that automobile enthusiasts will adore   It’s well known that those who love tinkering around with cars like to keep their beauties in luxury. Here, The Steeple Times selects five homes where...

Stunning Solandge

Our yachting correspondent Edward Kay takes a tour of the new mega-yacht Solandge during the 2014 Monaco Yacht Show   Do you have £1,000,000 burning a hole in your pocket? If so, how about a week...

A maze-like mansion: Villa Cielo de Bonaire

Cielo de Bonaire: A vast £39 million villa that has failed to sell in three years that truly must have been built with a dictator or drug dealer in mind   A reduction in price from £39.2...