Tim Soar stood in the oak-paneled drawing room of his 12th-century English manor house, known as Long Crendon Manor, fretting as the heat from the crackling fire escaped out of a door left ajar.

It’s not every day that someone sets out to create a cozy yet minimalist home out of an ancient Austrian defensive tower, built in the 12th century to house gunpowder stores for a nearby castle ...

Nicki and John Beavan restored a 12th-century medieval farmstead in Worcestershire, England. They renovated the farmhouse and a 700-year-old tithe barn and built two treehouses on the grounds.

This was long-sought, following a mid-20th century that all but destroyed the big house: in 1955 alone, 48 country houses were partially or completely demolished, while estate duty peaked at 85pc ...

A 12th-century Irish castle is on sale for about $2.2 million, the same price as some NY apartments. Blackwater Castle has nine bedrooms, a holy well, and access to a private river. It has been ...

In the 12th century, Seville was ruled by the Almohad caliphate, a North African Berber Muslim empire, which controlled much of the Iberian peninsula – modern day Spain and Portugal – at the time.