The House in the Clouds
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Suffolk is home to some fascinating, interesting and quirky pieces of architecture. Here’s 9 examples of some of the most eye-popping architectural wonders across the county.
Aldeburgh s Fantasia house
- Credit: CHARLOTTE BOND
Fantasia, Aldeburgh
Also known as The House in the Car Park, Aldeburgh’s Fantasia is one of Suffolk’s most interesting buildings. Affectionately dubbed ‘the doll’s house of Aldeburgh’ by journalist Janice Turner in a 2014 article for The Times, this detached cottage is only 8-foot wide. It does however have a double bedroom, shower room, kitchen, sitting and dining area, balcony and courtyard garden.
The House in the Clouds
- Credit: Getty Images
Suffolk is home to some fascinating, interesting and quirky pieces of architecture. Here’s 9 examples of some of the most eye-popping architectural wonders across the county.
Aldeburgh s Fantasia house
- Credit: CHARLOTTE BOND
Fantasia, Aldeburgh
Also known as The House in the Car Park, Aldeburgh’s Fantasia is one of Suffolk’s most interesting buildings. Affectionately dubbed ‘the doll’s house of Aldeburgh’ by journalist Janice Turner in a 2014 article for The Times, this detached cottage is only 8-foot wide. It does however have a double bedroom, shower room, kitchen, sitting and dining area, balcony and courtyard garden.
Saint John, NB, Canada / Country 94
Feb 4, 2021 4:41 PM
Carleton Martello Tower National Historic Site sits on a commanding height of land dominating the surrounding municipal landscape and harbour approaches. (Image: CNW Group/Groupe Atwill-Morin)
A historic fort which helped defend Saint John and its harbour during war is in the midst of a multimillion-dollar restoration.
Scaffolding and tarp covering the Carleton Martello Tower for the past two years were recently removed as phase one was completed.
Cory Gaudet, asset manager with the Southern New Brunswick Field Unit of Parks Canada, said the first phase of the project came in on time and on budget.
Saint John, NB, Canada / The Wave
Feb 4, 2021 4:41 PM
Carleton Martello Tower National Historic Site sits on a commanding height of land dominating the surrounding municipal landscape and harbour approaches. (Image: CNW Group/Groupe Atwill-Morin)
A historic fort which helped defend Saint John and its harbour during war is in the midst of a multimillion-dollar restoration.
Scaffolding and tarp covering the Carleton Martello Tower for the past two years were recently removed as phase one was completed.
Cory Gaudet, asset manager with the Southern New Brunswick Field Unit of Parks Canada, said the first phase of the project came in on time and on budget.
Top: Carlingford, Co. Louth, the main town on the Cooley Peninsula, with Slieve Foy in the background.
Bottom: Deirble s Twist, Fallmore, Mullet Peninsula, Co. Mayo. Images: Tourism Ireland.
By Darina Molloy
Mayo on the west coast and Louth on the east, boast some of the most historic sites in Ireland, and now locals living in the area of the Cooley Peninsula and Ballina can expect many the curious traveler on the trail of President Joe Biden’s Irish ancestors.
(All images: Tourism Ireland).
Wee Louth and Mighty Mayo – what do they have in common? Well, certainly not their size nor their location in Ireland, but as it happens, they share one very important son: President Joseph Biden. With his mother’s Blewitt ancestors hailing from Ballina, County Mayo, and her Finnegan family traced back to the Cooley Peninsula, Co. Louth, the 46