New to the market is Llansoar Mill, a picturesque listed farmhouse, a converted stone water mill and a pretty cottage used as a workshop with guest sleeping quarters. * Search for prime property for sale in Wales The charming main property has an elevated position over the rolling countryside, and three bedrooms, conservatory, snug, kitchen/dining room and an old bake house that acts as an entrance porch. The Mill has two rooms plus a cellar and serves as a main exhibition room for the current owner, who is an artist. The studio cottage is a converted barn and stable which is currently an artist s studio with living quarters. Outside the property is set in around 25 acres of wonderful hillside and has two woods, one of mainly hardwood and one of oak. The cottage is set in well-attended gardens of great variety and the bluebells in the woods are stunning. This is an extremely special house, which has the benefit of peace and serenity, as even all the power wires etc are underground. You feel completely untouched, said an agent from Savills Cardiff which is handling the sale. The guide price is set at £1m; for further information, telephone 029 2036 8930. * Search for prime property for sale in Wales
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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.
