Kismet - St. John, USVI Luxury Villa
channel islands luxury villa rental
Friday, 22 January 2010
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Saturday, 16 January 2010
Monday, 11 January 2010
Fred Dibnah talking about Castle Cornet
Fred Dibnah talking about Castle Cornethttp://channelislandsluxuryvillarental.blogspot.com/
Sunday, 10 January 2010
The Final load of Iron for The Bay Adeliade Center
The Final load of Iron for The Bay Adeliade Center
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Friday, 8 January 2010
Appealing Books and Potatoes (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society)
Appealing Books and Potatoes (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society)
manor house
A manor house or fortified manor-house is a country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor (see Manorialism), the lowest unit of territorial organization in the feudal system. The term is sometimes applied to country houses which belonged to gentry families, as well as to grand stately homes, particularly as a technical term for minor late medieval fortified country houses intended more for show than for defence.
Villas in the 19th century
In the nineteenth century, villa was extended to describe any large suburban house that was free-standing in a landscaped plot of ground. By the time 'semi-detached villas' were being erected at the turn of the twentieth century, the term collapsed under its extension and overuse. The second half of the nineteenth century saw the creation of large "Villenkolonien" in the German speaking countries, wealthy residential areas that were completely made up of large mansion houses and often built to an artfully created masterplan. The Villenkolonie of Lichterfelde West in Berlin was conceived after an extended trip by the architect through the South of England.
villa
A villa was originally an upper-class country house, though since its origins in Roman times the idea and function of a villa has evolved considerably. After the fall of the Republic, a villa became a small, fortified farming compound, gradually re-evolving through the Middle Ages into luxurious, upper-class country homes. In modern parlance it can refer to a specific type of detached suburban dwelling.
Thursday, 7 January 2010
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