Heritage
Bellis completes conversion of historic convent in north London
Now a boutique apartment scheme, the Grade II listed Rosary Manor used to form part of the Littleberries Estate, a convent school run by the Sisters of Charity St Vincent
Admiralty Arch developer seeks affordable housing exception
'Exceptional circumstances provide justification for contributions to not be required', argues Prime Investors Capital, which is redeveloping the Grade I landmark into a five-star hotel and potentially…
Italian government to auction off historic palazzi and villas in €1bn ‘fire sale’
93 buildings - including an 11th Century former convent in Venice, and a 15th Century palazzo in Florence - are being sold off by the populist League and Five Star parties to help trim the country's €2.4
Theatre impresario makes play for West End penthouse
Sir Cameron Mackintosh is looking to 'revive the romance' of Ivor Novello's former home on Aldwych...
Historic Chelsea chapel listed at £7.5m with plans for a £25m super-home
Set within The Bromptons, St Luke's Chapel is likely to cost over £5m to redevelop, but the finished article will have full use of the Northacre scheme's five-star facilities...
Refurb finance secured for £17m Belgravia townhouse project
Luxury property finance platform CapitalRise marks its third birthday with another super-prime loan for a resi development in Prime Central London
On the Science of Place: Ten steps for successful placemaking (and why St James’s Square is officially London’s most beautiful address)
'Groundbreaking' study by Cadogan & Create Streets looks into what really makes a place tick, providing ten key steps for developers, architects, planning authorities and landowners to follow, and explaining…
In Pictures: On-site at the restoration of one of London’s great private houses
Aerial shots show how the derelict Athlone House in Highgate is being returned to its former glory via an epic programme of works, involving a lot of scaffolding...
Touring Twenty Grosvenor Square, Four Seasons’ first standalone residences
Finchatton's landmark Mayfair play - the conversion of the former US Naval European Headquarters on Grosvenor Square - is ready for inspection by the world's elite buyers...
Hertfordshire’s Barrington Hall looks for £15m
Formerly owned by a perfume company, the Grade II* listed stately home has been restored back to its original use - and grandeur...
Manchester’s Boddingtons Brewery site cleared for resi-led development
Assael-designed scheme on the edge of Manchester City centre will deliver 556 new homes
In Pictures: Martin’s mixed-use transformation of Islington’s Old Sorting House
Martin's Properties has converted a former Royal Mail building in N1 into high-spec office space plus two apartments