A 14th-century grammar school was refounded by Queen Elizabeth; and there are two mansions dating from the same reign, which have been converted into inns.
A Charleston family vacation allows you to take a step back in time to explore beautiful beaches, stately mansions, historic landmarks and sprawling plantations.
A feature of Kolozsvár is the large number of handsome mansions belonging to the Transylvanian nobles, who reside here during the winter.
A feature of Kolozsvár is the large number of handsome mansions belonging to the Transylvanian nobles, who reside here during the winter.
A kua number is valuable when used in the Eight Mansions theory of your best directions for sleeping, eating, studying, working, and other activities in your home and office.
Although there are many historic mansions that are reputed to be haunted, there are several that have gained a notoriety of their own.
Among ancient mansions Derbyshire possesses one of the most famous in England in Haddon Hall, of the 15th century.
Ancient mansions are very numerous; among these are the castellated Leeds Castle in the Maidstone district,`Penshurst Place, Hever Castle near Edenbridge, Saltwood and Westenhanger near Hythe, the Mote House at Ightham near Wrotham, Knole House near Sevenoaks, and Cobham Hall.
As opportunity offers, the narrow streets of the older city are converted into broad, straight boulevards, lined with palatial mansions and public buildings.
Bayeux possesses many quaint, timbered houses and stone mansions in its quiet streets.
Burlington is a pleasant residential city with a number of interesting old mansions long antedating the War of Independence, some of them the summer homes of old Philadelphia families.
But, although they then received perhaps their earliest quasiscientific organization, the mansions of the moon had for ages previously figured in the popular lore of the Bedouin.
Caen possesses many old timber houses and stone mansions, in one of which, the hotel d'Ecoville (c. 1530), the exchange and the tribunal of commerce are established.
During your Parisian city break you can make the most of a city which is peppered with great gardens, mansions and grands boulevards.
Elegant and roomy, they have often been described as mansions or estates on wheels.
Eventually the mansions give way to a more pastoral vision of cows grazing under willow trees.
Famous mansions such as Biltmore in North Carolina and Old Westbury Gardens on Long Island, New York, showcase flowers and vegetables in raised beds.
Few crowded neighbourhoods are visible, and the characteristic features of the scene which meets the eye are the upturned roofs of temples, palaces, and mansions, gay with blue, green and yellow glazed tiles, glittering among the groves of trees with which the city abounds.
Finally there are several survivals, in street-names, of former private mansions and other buildings.
From Victorian terraces to well-proportioned 1930's semis, and from medieval cottages to country mansions, all houses have a story to tell.
Go on an historical journey through San Francisco's rich Victorian architecture past and present with this tour, which focuses on the homes and mansions of the ritzy Pacific Heights neighborhood.
Hang-chow-fu is the Kinsai of Marco Polo, who describes it as the finest and noblest city in the world, and speaks enthusiastically of the number and splendour of its mansions and the wealth and luxuriance of its inhabitants.
He blamed it on his spending habits that included luxury cars and mansions, as well as poor financial advice and embezzlement by his manager.
In 1762 the number of houses in West Ham parish was stated to be 700, of which "455 are mansions and 245 cottages."
In addition to houses, townhouses, mansions and boutiques, you'll find swimming pools, cars, recreational vehicles, tents and furniture.
In fact, families that travel through France will discover a plethora of chateaux, mansions, palaces, and historic monuments that will captivate people of all ages.
In its heyday, the bonde took the well-heeled residents from their fine Portuguese colonial-style mansions to work in the Centro district below.
In the gth century, after the capital had been established at KiOto, the palace of the sovereigns and the mansions of ministers and nobles were built on a scale of unprecedented grandeur.
In the vicinity are several fine mansions.
In this way many fine mansions on Van Ness Avenue were destroyed, and the westward advance of the conflagration was stopped at Franklin Street, one block west.
It possesses cotton manufactures, but consists chiefly of handsome mansions and villas inhabited by Manchester merchants.
Its chief buildings are the Johannisburg, built (1605-1614) by Archbishop Schweikard of Cronberg, which contains a library with a number of incunabula, a collection of engravings and paintings; .the Stiftskirche, or cathedral, founded in 980 by Otto of Bavaria, but dating in the main from the early 12th and the 13th centuries, in which are preserved various monuments by the Vischers, and a sarcophagus, with the relics of St Margaret (1540); the Capuchin hospital; a theatre, which was formerly the house of the Teutonic order; and several mansions of the German nobility.
Kitty Mansions features different sizes of cat condos.
Lady Gaga comes out of the mansions pool in a fully adorned costume and begins to sing.
Large Victorian mansions frame Beddington Park, while the rest of the town offers mid-war semis and terraces in neat tree lined toads.
Many flaunt their cash with grand mansions, slick cars, and nights out at the most exclusive clubs in the world.
Many interesting mansions were and are in the vicinity, amongst them Melville Castle, the seat of the Dundas Melvilles, and Auchendinny, where Henry Mackenzie, author of The Man of Feeling, resided.
Middleton House, named after him, is one of several fine mansions in the vicinity.
More than anything else in Pierre's story the captain was impressed by the fact that Pierre was very rich, had two mansions in Moscow, and that he had abandoned everything and not left the city, but remained there concealing his name and station.
Of several interesting mansions in the vicinity one, the Great House, belonged to Cardinal Wolsey, and a former Pengelly House was the residence of Richard Cromwell the Protector after his resignation.
Om the large areas reclaimed from the sea, vast hotels and mansions let in flats have been erected.
One evening after dark a young man prowled among these crumbling red mansions, ringing their bells.
One of the mansions, the Moltkes Palais, has a collection of Dutch paintings formed in the 18th century.
Owing to the by-laws of the County Council, the method of raising commercial or residential buildings to an extreme height is not practised in London; the block known as Queen Anne's Mansions, Westminster, is an exception, though it cannot be called high in comparison with American high buildings.
Relationship of a more intimate kind connects the Hindu lunar mansions with those of the Arabs and Chinese.
Several fine mansions are in the vicinity of the town, notably that of Deepdene, contain ing part of a gallery of sculpture collected here by Thomas Hope, the author of Anastasius.
The best direction, whether you use the Eight Mansions or Flying Star feng shui principles, is based on your personal kua number.
The Breakers is one of ten historic Newport mansions available to tour.
The central parts of the city have broad streets and squares, bordered with fine buildings and mansions in the Italian style, and with good shops.
The excavations have provided examples of houses of every description, from the humble dwelling-place of the artisan or proletarian, with only three or four small rooms, to the stately mansions of Sallust, of the Faun, of the Golden Cupids, of the Silver Wedding, of the Vettii, of Pansa, 1 &c. - the last of which is among the most regular in plan, and may be taken as an almost 1 It may be observed that the names given in most cases to the houses are either arbitrary or founded in the first instance upon erroneous inferences.
The grand flight of external steps entering the mansions of the medieval nobility or high officials was considered in itself a mark of jurisdiction, as it is said that sentence was there pronounced against criminals, who were afterwards executed at the foot of the steps--as at the Giant's Stairs of the Doge's palace at Venice.
The guided river tours pass by magnificent waterfront mansions, landmark lighthouses, vineyards and orchards.
The historic castles, the sites of ancient battles, and the innumerable mansions of the wealthy, combine to give to central England a certain aesthetic interest which the more purely manufacturing districts of the west and north fail to inspire.
The Hotel de Pince or d'Anjou (1523-1530) is the finest of the stone mansions of Angers; there are also many curious wooden houses of the 15th and 16th centuries.
The hotel de ville, begun in 1550, a belfry of the 14th and 18th centuries and several old mansions are of interest.
The Koningsplein is a large open square surrounded by mansions of the wealthier classes.
The new town extends to the south, the old town with its wide but irregular streets and its old mansions dating from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries lies to the north.
The next step was taken when it became fashionable to have conservatories attached to mansions, instead of having them in the pleasure grounds.
The picturesqueness of the town is enhanced by many old mansions, the chief of which is the Renaissance Hotel d'Alluye, and by numerous fountains, among which that named after Louis XII.
The program at the Breakers includes a film about the Newport mansions and a guided house tour.
The quarter north-east of Kongens Nytor y and Gothersgaden is the richest in the city, including the palaces of Amalienborg, the castle and gardens of Rosenborg and several mansions of the nobility.
The seasonal sailings depart from Kingston, New York and cruise past million-dollar mansions, historic lighthouses, sleepy villages and bountiful local vineyards.
The small stellar groups characterizing the Arab " mansions of the moon " (manazil alkamar) were more equably distributed than either the Hindu or Chinese series.
The Strand was filled with noble mansions washed by the waters of the Thames, but the street, if street it could be called, was little used by pedestrians.
The town is built in a picturesquely irregular manner, and a large part of it consists of districts called "parks" occupied by villas and mansions.
The town possesses some old mansions of which the hotel de Nayrac, of the Renaissance, is of most interest.
The town was devastated in 1359 by the English, when, according to Froissart, no fewer than 900 mansions were burnt.
The variety of stories and locations is quite diverse, and houses can range from small family dwellings to ancient castles and mansions.
There are also notable collections of pictures in several of the mansions of the nobility, government buildings, halls of the City Companies and elsewhere.
There are many more tales of haunted mansions to satisfy your ghost hunting curiosity.
There are several real haunted mansions throughout the United States.
This quarter was inhabited altogether by workers in wool, and as the city was small, the aristocracy lived close by in noble mansions which are now miserable memorials of past prosperity.
Thus the main features of the Japanese dwelling-house were evolved, and little change took place subsequently, except that the brush of the painter was freely used for decorating partitions, and in aristocratic mansions unlimited care was exercised in the choice of rare woods.
To the south of the metropolis are Colinton (pop. 5499), on the Water of Leith, with several mansions that once belonged to famous men, such as Dreghorn Castle and Bonally Tower; and Currie (pop. 2513), which was a Roman station and near which are Curriehill Castle (held by the rebels against Queen Mary), the ruins of Lennox Tower, and Riccarton, the seat of the GibsonCraigs, one of the best-known Midlothian families.
Two castellated mansions are still to be seen.
Until far on in the 18th century the malarial jungle and paddy fields closely hemmed in the European mansions; the vast plain (maiddn), now covered with gardens and promenades, was then a swamp during three months of each year; the spacious quadrangle known as Wellington Square was built upon a filthy creek.
What distant and different beings in the various mansions of the universe are contemplating the same one at the same moment!
When you land on the main page of the Kitty Mansions site, you'll see their discounted furniture items.
Whether these mansions are haunted merely by local legend, or whether there is true paranormal activity, they do make for an interesting side trip if you happen to be in one of these areas.
With so many options on the market, from condominiums and ranches to log cabins and mansions, the task of finding a home can be a challenge.
Within the parish are included the mansions of Burton Closes and Castle Hill.
Wooden mansions that seatbelt anchors and unwilling to confront.