Properties

London isn't the only place where top-end transactions have tanked recently. Although the prices of luxury apartments in Manhattan hit new heights in 2015, the number of $10m+ deals fell by nearly 14%.

An unusual 27-unit project in Chelsea's ultra-exclusive Bolton Conservation Area has brought some "hidden" artists' studios back to life as hi-spec boltholes.

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has appointed five new commissioners  to the governing body of Historic England.

A 27-year-old from China has reportedly shelled out over £25m for a mansion with views of Sydney Harbour Bridge. It's expected to be confirmed as the second biggest resi sale in Australian history.

Venerable champagne house Taittinger made a move into the Garden of England last month, buying up a former apple farm in Kent with a view to creating its first British vineyard.

October and November saw another couple of mega-deals added to 2015's official ledger of transactions, although as we all know, most of the really big sales go on behind closed doors...

34 Palace Court project designed by PDP London

Allsop has closed out 2015 with a £68.4m sale, taking the total amount of resi sold via the auction house this year to over £457m.

The restoration of Belmont House in Lyme Regis, where John Fowles wrote The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Quinlan and Francis Terry Architects' remarkable Kilboy (below), and Capability Brown’s landscape…

Behind the scenes of a highly successful project in Belgravia

Top-end developer Finchatton has given us a sneak peek at its latest international design project - a $24m, 7,775 square foot residence in one of the world's most exclusive resorts.

Newcourt Residential has bagged a rather lovely Victorian mews building just off the iconic Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells. Newcourt MD Karl Elkhadraoui