Sentences with phrase «century town house»

The latest of these housekeepers was Mrs. Clay, who took care of our narrow seventeenth - century town house on the Raamgracht, a canal in the heart of the old city.

Tucked among the early - 20th - century town houses in the fashionable Palermo neighborhood, the restored hotel has an original stained - glass ceiling in the... Read More

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At their peak a century ago, there were more than 2,500 company towns housing 3 % of the US population, according to The Economist.

Since the 19th century, companies have built company towns across the United States — municipalities where they own large percentages of the housing, stores, schools, churches, roads, and parks.

During the 1990s and early part of the 21st Century, both towns were wrestling with the same dilemma: how to revitalize commercial areas and housing stock without changing the character of the communities that made them desirable in the first place.

This delightful 19th century residence is helpfully described in the information notes for journalists supplied by the media as «the only unaltered survivor of a group of extravagant town houses» which were the focus of social and political life a long time ago.

Two centuries ago, a series of giant earthquakes rocked the tiny town of New Madrid, Missouri, collapsing chimneys and shaking houses more than 1000 kilometers away.

But nothing comes without a price as the residents of Carson City, Nevada soon find out when a book, housing the malevolent spirit of a nineteenth century serial killer, turns up in town and one by one begins feeding on the darkness contained within each of its chosen authors.

Make stops in UNESCO listed Hallstatt, one of Austria's most photographed villages thanks to its traditional pastel - coloured houses perched on the tiny plain between the mountains and Hallstättersee Lake, as well as Mondsee.This pretty town is set on the lake of the same name, and its most famous sight is the 15th - century parish church, which featured in the wedding scenes of «The Sound of Music».

Stop in Honfleur, a romantic port city; Rennes, with its traditional, colorful timber - framed houses; Blois, a picturesque town with its renaissance castle located in the town center; and Chartres, famous for pilgrimages to its 13th - century gothic cathedral.

Today, the town still looks much the same as when she strolled the dogwood lined streets and well - kept white houses over a century ago.

The original city walls of the ancient town have somehow managed to be incorporated into the construction of the town's whitewashed houses, although most of what can be seen today was built in the 18th century.

The guest house is centrally located and is close to numerous amenities including Century City, N1 City Mall, Blouberg Beach, and the Cape Town CBD.

The two charcoal - colored town houses of the Hotel Julien are surrounded by 17th - century churches, gabled mansions, and cobblestoned alleys.

Late 19th century Victorian town house in the West End; located in the heart of Edinburgh; offering first class accommodation...

A restored nineteenth - century building near the Legion Bridge in the Lesser Town area of Prague houses the chic and modern Cafe Savoy, which has become popular with locals and tourists alike.

It's ringed with picturesque merchant houses, outdoor cafes, an imposing Gothic town hall, and a 15th - century pharmacy.

By the end of the nineteenth century, significant development including the construction of a new pier, a two - kilometre seafront promenade and a pavilion plus new hotels and guest houses had transformed the town.

The town is reputed to house the oldest Inn in England, which can trace its legacy back to 947AD, and is dotted with narrow cobbled alleyways and streets, centred around the charming village green complete with 19th century stocks.

You have free time to explore this exquisite town and wander through its winding streets, see the line of 19th century captain's town houses watch over the marina and perhaps stop for a drink at a café overlooking this glittering sea.

Still in the Harz Mountains, at Quedlingburg, a gorgeous town with a delightful Romanesque church and well - preserved red - roofed houses, where the 10th century stronghold of Burgberg looms imposingly over the town, is another narrow - gauge railway - the Selketal Railway - that runs through the Selke Valley.

Dominated by a striking 15th century Gothic cathedral with a famous astronomical clock, Strasbourg has a wealth of narrow medieval streets, charming crooked houses and vibrant town squares.

The Old Town of Serra San Bruno, known as the Terravecchia («Old Land») has a collection of pretty 18th century Baroque churches and delightful two - storey houses.

These include the town of Goslar, an atmospheric UNESCO World Heritage site crammed full of timber - framed houses dating back to the 16th century.

In the early 17th century Dutch Republic, Hendrick de Keyser played an important role in developing the Amsterdam Renaissance style, which has local characteristics including the prevalence of tall narrow town - houses, the «trapgevel» or Dutch gable and the employment of decorative triangular pediments over doors and windows in which the apex rises much more steeply than in most other Renaissance architecture, but in keeping with the profile of the gable.

For a while now, two of Santa Barbara's surf titans — Al Merrick's Channel Islands and Surf - N - Wear's Beach House — have bookended the colorful neighborhood, running their businesses a stone's throw from the Pacific Ocean and helping carry on a surf tradition in that part of town that goes back more than half a century.

Gladstone's Land is the only surviving version of a town house from the 17th Century.

The term «Close» is used in Scotland to refer to the passage way or entrance shared generally by tenement houses which were very common in the Old Town in Edinburgh from the 15th century.

Some casas face the 16th century town green called the Quadrado while the other eco-conscious tree houses are hidden in a lush private garden.

Like many of its iconic sister hotels around the world, which lay claim to some of the best addresses in town, Fairmont Hangzhou will be located atop the city's tallest building, enjoying an enviable spot in the heart of Qianjiang Century CBD, an upcoming business centre that will house large scale meeting and convention venues, Grade A office towers, high - end residences and commercial and retail spaces.

Even by Galle Fort's standards, there are few villas as sizeable as Ambassador's House, a seventeenth - century villa nestled within this UNESCO - certified old town.

It is surrounded by the city's Hôtel de Ville, or Stadhuis (Town Hall), gold - encrusted seventeenth century guildhalls, and the Maison du Roi (King's House) or Brodhuis (Breadhouse), the latter having only been occupied by bakers selling their breads and never by a king.

- a large Port where you can get the Ferry to Palma and Ibiza - over 1000 bars and restaurants, some are situated on the famous Marques de Campo which is a beautiful tree - lined street, some in the 16th century fishermen's houses and others just spread around the town.

The Georgian House, in the early 1970s, has been magnificently restored and furnished by the National Trust for Scotland to show a typical Edinburgh New Town House of the late 18th to early 19th century.

The Georgian House is an 18th - century townhouse, now popular tourist attraction with over 40,000 visitors annually, located at No. 7 Charlotte Square in the heart of the historic New Town of Edinburgh.

The beach is around 4 miles from Rye, a quaint medieval hilltop town with a 13th - century castle and cobblestone lanes lined with crooked houses.

Situated in the picturesque town of Kildare, located in the restored 18th century market house, is a multi-media exhibition centre telling the story of Kildare past and present.

The 14th century fortress is the main attraction of the small town, populated by small houses and countryside beauty.

Situated at the crossroads of two important trading routes the town flourished and expanded in the thirteenth century, during which many merchants» houses were built.

Some of its unique attractions include the Cayman Turtle Farm, the world's only commercial Turtle Farm; Boatswain's Beach - an all - day entertainment and learning center; Pedro St. James Historic Site with a restored 19th century plantation great house and an interactive theatre, the National Museum in George Town, the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park and Gardens and Camana Bay (Grand Cayman's newest town), the wreck of the ex-USS Kittiwake (Grand Cayman's newest wreck dive site) and of course, world famous Seven Mile Beach - just 10 - 15 minutes by car from our ResTown, the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park and Gardens and Camana Bay (Grand Cayman's newest town), the wreck of the ex-USS Kittiwake (Grand Cayman's newest wreck dive site) and of course, world famous Seven Mile Beach - just 10 - 15 minutes by car from our Restown), the wreck of the ex-USS Kittiwake (Grand Cayman's newest wreck dive site) and of course, world famous Seven Mile Beach - just 10 - 15 minutes by car from our Resort.

This historic 16th century Grade II listed town house is ideally located in the centre of Market Drayton in Shropshire and can sleep eight people in four bedrooms, a four poster wi...

Overlooking the rolling countryside, you can see remains of the defensive wall that once circled the town, there's a 14th century gatehouse into the old town and tucked away below the castle is a row of grand houses that Sir John Betjeman described as the loveliest Georgian street in Cornwall.

The Aigli Boutique Hotel in Lefkada is housed in a beautiful building dating back to the early 19th century, located in the historical center of Lefkada Town.

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We are located in the heart of the old town of Split, in Diokletian's Palace, one of the biggest and best preserved monuments of the Roman Empire, in a beautiful house dated from the 18th century.

Other interesting sites in Oviedo include La Foncalada, a pre-Romanesque fountain from the 9th century, the Town Hall, the University of Oviedo, and the House of the Llanes.

Pushkar is a holy town in Rajasthan which is known to house some legendary temples and century's old lake.

This recently refurbished one bedroom artisan apartment is on the top floor of the 17th century Blackie House, Old Town.

«Here, in these former town houses (known as hotels in French,) 21st century interactive pop culture meets the spirit of the legendary Parisian salons of the 17th and 18th centuries,» remarked GAMEHOTEL producer Tina Cassani with a hint of a smile on her face.

In the early 1970s, National Trust for Scotland restored the building to resemble a typical Edinburgh town house of the late 18th / early 19th century.