This elegant church was transformed into a wallpaper-covered bed and breakfast.
Country house
Visit this and 6 other stunning homes in New Orleans’ historic Garden District and Lower Garden District at the Holiday Home Tour on Dec. 8 and 9.
The Big Bang, castles built on shifting sands, the rise of industry and the call of the collieries. Discover more about the history of South Wales.
8x10 inch glass negative. [SHORPY.COM]
8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. [SHORPY.COM]
8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. [shorpy.com]
8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. [SHORPY.COM]
Completed in 1891, this resort hotel near Gloucester was destroyed by fire in 1907. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. [shorpy.com]
8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. [SHORPY.COM]
Offering a mix of "bachelor and family apartments," the fireproof Olbiston, completed around 1900, still stands. [shorpy.com]
Once a merchant’s house, this stately home has been renovated into an open, spacious property. Sleeps 6 persons.
A once-stately trading fort is now a ruin slowly being consumed by the sea.
In central Austin, Texas, A Parallel Architecture was tasked with revitalizing a once-stately Georgian Revival home.
She was once the second-wealthiest woman in the country, who built Chatsworth House and Hardwick Hall, two of Britain’s grandest stately homes.
Ashridge House (Stately Home Berkhamsted). Steeped in history and once residence to King Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and Prince Edward, you and your guests will be roy...
Once opulent architectural landmarks, these stately homes are now balancing on the brink of survival. Some are already void of life and succumbing to signs of decay, but others are taking decisive action. We take a look at whether the future holds rescue or ruin for these regal properties.
A living contradiction at once resolute and regal, the stately brick base of this house occupies a five-metre-wide block in Fitzroy North.
Have you ever driven by a once-stately, crumbling old home with an obviously proud heritage and wonder why it was left to the elements?
Arkansas is riddled with abandoned buildings, but perhaps no story is more poignant than that of the once stately hotel in Hot Springs, the Majestic Hotel.
