Ward notes proudly that Ynyshir is perhaps the only restaurant in the world to employ a full-time blacksmith—instrumental not only in restoring the old manor house that became the restaurant but in maintaining its many handmade details.
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Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
The manor house, with beautiful neo-Gothic architecture, was in a state of repair, reminding me of the classic shabby-chic look.
Dining al fresco on the veranda of the historic villa, accompanied by live piano music, is a Saratoga tradition in a historic setting.
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Debby Rice,
Mercury News,
24 June 2025
Even Megan Thee Stallion, who entered the villa to host a challenge on the June 19 episode, said the conversation was her favorite moment of the season so far.
The owner collected antiques from movie and TV sets, his favorite London hotels, and at least 50 manor estates.
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Katie Nanton,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2025
This doesn’t sit well with Mia’s very jealous ex-boyfriend Connor (Aramis Knight, oozing villainy as if to the Karate Kid manor born), who gives Li a black eye with a vicious sucker punch.
The video consists of little more than Cantona sitting around in a countryside mansion, drinking wine and lip-syncing to Liam’s vocals.
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Michael Cox,
New York Times,
29 June 2025
Hargitay points to blooms a shade of pink that her mother — who famously lived in the Pink Palace, a Mediterranean-style L.A. mansion — would surely appreciate.
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Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
In 1977, Peter Murray, a lecturer in art history, had the modest idea of putting some sculptures on the grounds of the 18th-century Bretton Hall estate in Wakefield, West Yorkshire—a city that was the proud birthplace of sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.
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Kin Woo,
Vogue,
30 June 2025
Located in Wheaton, Illinois, Cantigny Park is the 500-acre former estate of Colonel Robert R. McCormick, the longtime editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune.
After all, this $152 million structure included a $50 million contribution from Qualcomm co-founder Andrew Viterbi in honor of Achille Viterbi, his father, an accomplished ophthalmologist who brought the family to America, fleeing fascist Italy in 1939.
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Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
An array of speakers criticized a modern-esque four-story concert hall around older military structures—many built over a century ago—converted into residences in 1998.
The construction program, a partnership with Valencia College, teaches work site safety, measurements, use of hand tools, how to read a blueprint and more.
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Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2025
The lawsuit, filed by Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity in the Southern District of Florida, aims to pause construction at the federal site, which is being built at the reportedly unoccupied Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport.
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