The site includes a large Grade I building, stables, riding school and gatehouse, dating from the 14th to the 19th centuries. This massive restoration project was funded in a highly progressive way; the Trust concerned with the works at the site entered into a development with a historic property developer, which allowed the developer to draw down 125 year leases over specific areas of the property on the condition that specified works were undertaken to secure the exterior fabric of the buildings. In avoiding the need for a large grant from the public sector it is hoped the project may be regarded as a blue print for saving historic properties in need of restoration.
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Uniquely unique? The Yorkshire grain silos transformed into a home that's a symphony in glass, steel and curvesAmid the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire, on the edge of the Castle Howard Estate, The Silos is a property for which the word 'house' simply doesn't cut it. And that's not the only way in which it's made us throw out the dictionary.
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Polluting water executives now face up to two years in prison, but will the new laws make much of a difference?The Government has announced that water company executives caught covering up illegal sewage spills could now be imprisoned for two years, under new laws — but many still have their doubts.
