Buyers keen on unusual features might like to take a look at Wretham Manor with its World War Two bunker that was used by the Czechoslovakian air force during the war. * View more premium property for sale in Norfolk The Grade-II listed 18th century manor house in the small hamlet of East Wretham, near Thetford in Norfolk has seven bedrooms. Agents Bidwells in Norwich suggests the rear wing could be used as a self-contained two-bedroom flat - perhaps to house more airmen. The property also has a stable block and three paddocks for horse lovers, open fronted four bay garage and potting shed, along with a heated outdoor pool and pool house. There also is an orchard and copse with two wildlife ponds set in 11.3 acres of grounds. A guide price of £1.1 million is being asked by Bidwells for this house with its unusual central European addition ? most likely the only one on the block. For more information, contact Bidwells Norwich on +44 (0)1603 763939 or log onto www.bidwells.co.uk. * View more premium property for sale in Norfolk
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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.
