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...
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...
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...
£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...
£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...
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...
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...
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,...
‘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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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, “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: 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
