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Training a B&B

Converted railway station at Petworth, West Sussex complete with carriages used as B&B accommodation for sale   Perfectly situated for providing accommodation for those visiting Goodwood for horse racing and motorsports, The Old Railway Station at...

The No. 1 Showoff

The most vulgar numberplate in Britain arrives in SW3   Yesterday, in Walton Street, a Rolls-Royce parked opposite Scalini restaurant. There was nothing unusual about that but it’s point of difference was its numberplate.   The owner of...

A Purist Porsche

First 2016 Porsche 911 R to come to auction; it’s offered with a surprisingly reasonable estimate given the recent frenzy over Porsches   In the wake of the success of 1990s Porsches at RM Sotheby’s Battersea...

Living like Clooney

Stunning villa on Lake Como for sale – Perfect for anyone who wants to live like George Cloone   In London, £1,168 per square foot simply won’t buy you anything – Chelsea averages around £3,000 per...

Reader Offer – The Boisdale Music Awards 2016

The Steeple Times invites readers to The Boisdale Music Awards 2016   On Thursday 29th September, Jools Holland will host Boisdale of Canary Wharf’s 2016 Music Awards in association with Champagne Tattinger and Small Luxury Hotels.   Amongst...

Reducing a view

Cheyne Walk residence for sale for £4 million less than it was previously marketed for   A Chelsea house that has variously been home to Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, the actor Sir Rex Harrison and the...

Topping a sale

Highest penthouse in western hemisphere sells for £67.5 million   On Friday, the property news site 6sqft reported that a Saudi billionaire had just paid £67.5 million ($87.7 million or €78.6 million) for a New York...

A Royal Range Rover

Range Rover that transported Prince George on his first journey sells in a charity auction   Used by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as their personal vehicle, a Range Rover Vogue SE that collected the...

Raising Walton Street

Six storey Chelsea house for sale for 268% more than it sold for in 2007   Last sold for a total of £5,025,000 million ($6,668,000 or €5,936,000) in 2007, 37–39 Walton Street in Chelsea was formed...

The Power of a Porsche

Matthew Steeples suggests 1990s cars in general and Porsches in particular prove the car market is still anything but over   Early September is car auction season in London and though I predicted the heady prices...

Hustling a Hustler

RM Sotheby’s to sell an eccentric wooden Hustler ‘car’ at their Battersea sale   This Wednesday in London’s Battersea Park, RM Sotheby’s will sell a plethora of stunning cars and amongst them will be a six...

Five of the Best – Follies for sale

A selection of five of the best follies for sale in Britain and elsewhere   A folly is unlikely to make an ideal home for a family, but for someone a little more quirky – a...

One for Mum and one for Dad

The perfect gift for your parents – A pair of Mercedes-Benz cars with plates for mum and dad   A 1985 Mercedes-Benz 380SL would typically set you back around £15,000 whilst a 1988 420SL could cost...

A house for Trump

Replica of the White House in Texas for sale for a record sum – it’d be the perfect plaything for ‘bored of the race for president’ Donald Trump   Last week, Michael Moore suggested Donald Trump...

An unlucky mansion

Unlucky mansion in Yorkshire with 13 bedrooms for sale for a lower sum than it was marketed for in 2007 – despite having been renovated internally in the time since   Offered for sale for less...

Room to swing a cat

Tiny studio in London’s SW7 offered for sale for more than the average price calculated to buy enough space to swing a cat in that area   It costs £119,965 or £1,527 per square foot to...

Moving a Metro

1990 MG Rover Metro with just 1,707 miles on the clock for sale for a pretty penny   Offered by East Lancashire Classics at their garage and on eBay also, a 1990 MG Rover Metro comes...

Forget flooding

Thameside boat house that will no longer suffer from flooding for sale for £3.75 million   A riverside home might be wonderful on a sunny summer’s day but when the water rises, they can be an...

Locking up a constable

Midsomer Murders-esque cottage for sale – complete with something that would be most useful to Inspector Barnaby   Midsomer Murders was filmed primarily in the Home Counties. A cottage – which could easily have served...

A beachside bargain

Weatherboarded beachside cottage in Whitstable, Kent offered for sale for a bargain sum   Whitstable in Kent often gets compared to the Hamptons in America. Now, those looking for an English holiday home could create something...

Famous!

Famous! By John Stoddart – A unique exhibition of silkscreen prints produced from Stoddart's photographic portraits   “There’s going to be a day when no one will be famous for more than a week. Then everyone...

The Thin House

Studio for sale in weirdest building in South Kensington   Listed as one of “London’s five weirdest buildings”, 5 Thurloe Square – also known as The Thin House – in South Kensington is wedge shaped and...

An XJS Celebration

Future classic Jaguar XJS Celebration convertible offered for sale   The Jaguar XJS was undoubtedly one of the cars that personified 1980s excess and was a favourite of the “gin and Jag” set. It appeared in...

One family from new

Grade I listed house in Northern Ireland offered for sale for the first time since it was built in 1620   Estate agents often wax lyrical over houses that have been sold just once or twice...

A Jubilee Gem

Classically proportioned, picture perfect Chelsea townhouse offered for £10.5 million   A classically proportioned low-built house just off the Kings Road in Chelsea has gone on sale for £10.5 million ($15.4 million or €13.7 million).     Featuring 3,525...

The House of Zonk

Lancashire property that previously was the home of a judge and a zonkey for sale   The late Sir Sanderson Temple QC was most definitely an eccentric. He made his career as a judge but was...

A farmhouse great and cheap

Grade II listed Yorkshire Dales farmhouse offered for sale for what (initially) seems a bargain sum   The television series All Creatures Great and Small showcased the beauty of the Yorkshire Dales and the North Yorkshire...

Parked

Knightsbridge garage offered for the same price as an 18th century house on Orkney   A single car parking space underneath Kingston House South in Ennismore Gardens in Knightsbridge has gone on sale for £145,000 or...

Fine tech

£6.4 million San Francisco house complete with an accessory perfect for any ‘tech boomer’   Whilst property prices are reportedly collapsing in New York, San Francisco’s boom continues unpaced, Reflecting such, a fine example of a...

HIM and Hitler

Likeness of Hitler sells for £11.9 million in New York   Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is known for his satirical sculptures and yesterday one, a waxwork of a schoolboy with Hitler’s head praying, sold for a...

Tickets please

Converted former station in Yorkshire with holiday units created from train carriages for sale for £795,000   The perfect home for railway-buff Michael ‘Choo Choo’ Portillo is currently on the market. Skipwith Station at North Duffield,...

A rich man’s Fiat

Quirky Autobianchi Bianchina Transformabile to be auctioned   Often described as a “rich man’s Fiat”, a 1958 Autobianchi Bianchina Transformabile Series I is amongst a stunning array of cars to be offered at an auction in...