To see or not to see Rashtrapati Bhavan

Grade I listed Tyringham Hall, built by Sir John Soane with gardens by Sir Edwin Lutyens, two of England's greatest architects, is for sale through Savills Country Department with an £18 million guide price. Tyringham Hall in Buckinghamshire was ...

A Grade II-listed house designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and completed in 1901. It has oak framed windows and a working bell tower. The landscaped grounds include a kitchen garden and greenhouse. 10 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps, swimming pool, 4.25 acres.

Of the 1,000 bungalows in the zone, only 65 are privately owned and the rest are owned by the government. However, the value of the privately owned portion (approximately 255 acres) has gone up from Rs 6,100 crore in 2003 to Rs 49,000 crore now, ...

East Grinstead in West Sussex has a good choice of period cottages and houses, as well as modern apartments, while the high street is part of a delightful tangle of medieval streets and independent shops, discovers Anthea Masey * Property area guide ...

Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) was one of the most influential garden designers of all time, whose impact on the art of gardening is still evident around the world today. A new exhibition of her life and work, currently being run at The Lightbox ...

Fredand Peter Done's property business Mosley Street Ventures has submitted plans for a 162,000 sq ft office block on St Peter's Square in Manchester. No 2 St Peter's Square will stand next to No 1, which is under construction, on the site of ...

Lifestyle Article - Reviewed By Ellie Burns The trappings of fast paced city lifestyles rarely take into account the charm and elegance that a room, a dinner or a cup of tea can afford; characteristics lost to a by-gone era of debutante balls and ...

My introduction to Chandigarh, that fabled city of Le Corbusiers indulgences and Jawaharlal Nehrus modernist dream, happened in rather unusual circumstances one summer night some 26 years ago. Stepping off the air-conditioned bus from Delhi, I ...

In History lessons in the primary school we were told about the penchant of the Afghan King Sher Shah Suri for improving the then-existing administrative set-up. An ethnic Afghan, born in Hissar in Punjab, he took control of the Mogul Empire in 1540 ...