NEW YORK (TheStreet) --Restoration Hardware Holdings (RH - Get Report) shares are rising in after-hours trading today after the home furnishings retailer reported its fourth quarter fiscal results after the closing bell Thursday.

The Corte Madera, CA-based company reported a 19 cent increase in its year over year quarterly EPS, earning $1.02 per share after earning 83 cents per share during the same period last year. Net revenues for the period increased 24% this year after increasing 18% last year to$582.7 million.

Analysts on average were expecting the company to report fourth quarter earnings of $1.01 per diluted share on revenue of $582.5 million.

"While we have been negatively impacted by the West Coast port disruption in the first quarter of this year, we believe at this point, most of the revenue and earnings not recorded in the first quarter of fiscal 2015 should shift forward and have a positive effect on the second quarter," said CEOGary Friedman.

TheStreet Ratings team rates RESTORATION HARDWARE HLDNGS as a Buy with a ratings score of B-. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:

"We rate RESTORATION HARDWARE HLDNGS (RH) a BUY. This is driven by some important positives, which we believe should have a greater impact than any weaknesses, and should give investors a better performance opportunity than most stocks we cover. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook."

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These sales data, recorded by the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue, were provided by Black Knight Financial Services. For information about other residential real estate transactions, visit http://www.washingtonpost.com/homesales .

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A St., 1536-David Houdyschell and Jaclyn Reimann to Todd and Sheppard Partners Corp., $577,000.

Benning Rd., 4208, No. 2-Sara C. Holmes to Umang Varma, $67,000.

Cherry Rd., 3102, No. 35-Joann Hood to Andia A. Evans, $330,000.

Girard St., 42-Margaret Tyus to John D. Tomczuk, $410,000.

Jackson St., 1220-Van Hoose Properties Corp. to Jonathan M. Rubin, $640,000.

K St., 331-Joan Hilliard and estate of Eloise B. Hilliard to Neetha Tangirala and Matthew Baker, $605,000.

Kennedy St., 707-Dora Martinez to Willco Properties Corp., $276,179.

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Kemeys Folly, near Newport in South Wales, starred in popular property show Grand Designs six years ago Owners Sarah and Dean Berry have now put the unusual six-bedroom home up for sale for1,999,950 The Grade II listed building sits in 23 acres of land and boasts a cinema room, pool house and stables Original building was a hunting lodge built in the 1700s and was at one point owned by the Sheriff of Monmouth

By Keiligh Baker for MailOnline

Published: 06:12 EST, 25 March 2015 | Updated: 11:09 EST, 25 March 2015

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An 18th century folly which was converted into a luxury home and featured on TV property show Grand Designs is on sale for 2 million.

Kemeys Folly, in Langstone, near Newport in South Wales, starred in the popular Channel 4 programme six years ago when it was converted into a six-bedroom luxury house - and now owners Sarah and Dean Berry have put the unusual property up for sale.

The ambitious project saw the couple combine the painstaking restoration of a castellated 18th Century hunting lodge with the construction of a state of-the-art glass extension.

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ELKHART Walk down Strong Avenue in Elkhart and its hard to miss the beautiful Strong-Conn mansion.

The historical fixture built in 1884 has been home to Samuel Strong and later C.G. Conn. It was Conn who commissioned architect A.H. Ellwood, after he bought the mansion in 1890, to update it from its Italianate origins to its current Neoclassical design with large 26-foot fluted columns, hand-turned balustrade and a two-story wraparound porch.

We use to live on Riverside Drive and when we took walks we would always admire this house, current owner Tim Shelly said.

In 1992, he and his wife, Meg, turned their dream of owning the home into a reality.

The first thing you notice walking into the entrance on the east side of the house is a narrow walnut staircase that spirals to the second floor.

Light streams in from tall, narrow windows onto a small space under the stairs with a bench seat. Bright-colored paper in purples, greens, pinks and golds decorates the walls and ceilings of the parlor and library on either side of the foyer. Its a drastic difference from the dark burgundy that had covered the rooms when they moved in.

There was a lot of old paper on the walls, old carpets, Shelly said. The first year here was a lot of cleaning things up. The couple worked on the upstairs bedrooms first so they could move in with their two sons, 4-year-old Michael and 9-month-old Andrew.

Then the real work began.

Five of the 4-foot capitals above the columns were missing when they moved in and had to be replaced. A new roof was put on. Several trees were removed from the surrounding yard. One side of the large house needed some foundation work.

And that was just the outside.

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Bamber Gascoigne, 80, has been left a 50-room stately home by his aunt Ex-University Challenge host says he inherited the property 'by accident' West Horsley Place near Leatherhead in Surrey could be worth 10million Property has its roots in 11th century and has been visited by royalty

By David Wilkes for the Daily Mail

Published: 17:52 EST, 22 March 2015 | Updated: 05:48 EST, 23 March 2015

Whem he hosted University Challenge, his catchphrase was Your starter for ten.

But the stakes have suddenly become higher for Bamber Gascoigne after he unexpectedly inherited an historic mansion from an elderly aunt.

He was stunned to be left 50-bedroom West Horsley Place in Surrey by the Duchess of Roxburghe, one-time society beauty and a goddaughter of George Vs wife Queen Mary.

Bamber Gascoigne, seen in a library at West Horsely house, has embarked on a mission to save the crumbling estate, which could be worth 10million once the restoration has been completed

The Duchess Lady Mary Evelyn Hungerford Crewe-Milnes was also Mr Gascoignes godmother and had no children of her own. She died last year aged 99.

The grand country house dates from the 11th century, although most of it was built between the 15th and 18th centuries.

It had many visits from royalty, including one by Henry VIII, during which he enjoyed a 35-course lunch.

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GREEN The City of Green is partnering with the Cleveland Restoration Societys (CRS) Heritage Home Program to offer free technical advice and low-interest loans to homeowners in Green looking to make renovations and repairs to older homes.

City officials will host an informational meeting to present more details about the Heritage Home Program March 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Administration Building, 1755 Town Park Blvd.

According to city officials, through the CRS, the Heritage Home Program offers free technical assistance and advice to homeowners whose homes are more than 40 years old. CRS officials will evaluate any home that qualifies, offer suggestions on which repairs should be made and answer questions about home repair concerns.

According to city officials, in addition to the free evaluations, the Heritage Home Program also offers low-interest loans through KeyBank. The interest rate on these loans is a fixed rate of 2 percent for up to 10 years. Loans are available for interior as well as exterior repairs, maintenance, additions and modernizations. The Heritage Home Loan Program is based on the equity in the home. An After-Rehabilitation Loan product also is available. There are no out-of-pocket costs for the loan, no closing cost and no points, and interest paid from the loan is tax deductible, according to city officials.

The City of Green is one of only two cities in Summit County to offer the Heritage Home Program to its residents, according to city of officials.

For more information about Greens Heritage Home Program and the criteria, visit http://www.cityofgreen.org or call 330-896-6614.

To learn more about CRS, visit http://www.clevelandrestoration.org.

GREEN The City of Green Parks and Recreation Division and the Green Arts Council are accepting applications from artists wishing to participate in art-A-palooza, which will take place Aug. 22 at Boettler Park, 5300 Massillon Road.

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As a home ages, successive owners put their imprints on it. And after time, the house evolves into a structure that only hints at the original.

This circa 1790 brick townhouse in Old Town Alexandria was built by a shipping merchant, sold to the owner of one of the citys oldest continuously run businesses, transformed into barracks during the Civil War, nearly destroyed by a devastating fire, turned into a multifamily dwelling and restored to a single-family home. Along the way, the Federal-style house acquired an archeological designation from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

Denys Peter Myers perhaps put it best when writing an architectural history of the home in 1996: The house is now, after all, a palimpsest so to speak a fascinating record of successive tastes. (Myers, an architectural historian who died in 2003, was one of the Monuments Men who rescued art stolen by the Nazis during World War II.)

The homes original owner was Benjamin Shreve, a shipping merchant who sold exotic goods out of his warehouse on Prince Street. He eventually moved to Salem, Mass., and his son sold the house to Edward Stabler.

Besides being a prominent member of the Quaker community and an avid abolitionist, Stabler founded the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary in 1792.

The shop has been preserved as a museum on Fairfax Street.

Stablers son-in-law, Richard Huck, expanded the home in 1854. Eight years later, the home served as barracks for Union forces during the Civil War and quarters for escaped slaves.

During this time, a fire on the second floor nearly destroyed the home. The burnt building was auctioned off and eventually divided into five apartments.

In 1959, Charles and Lucy Woods bought the home and spent a year returning it to its former glory. For their efforts, they were awarded the Alexandria Associations award of merit for architectural restoration.

Wilfred Smith, the founding president of the Alexandria Historical Society, and his wife, Elizabeth, moved into the home after the Woods and continued the restoration, adding the Georgian moldings and cornices

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A DERELICT stately home steeped in history and set in one of the most romantic corners of the North-East is for sale for more than half-a-million pounds.

Sockburn Hall comes complete with a ruined Saxon church, and a wonderful legend about a dragon being slain nearby.

The hall, in a secluded loop of the River Tees near Neasham, was built in 1834 on the site of a medieval manor house which was once reputedly the home of Sir John Conyers, the knight who killed the Sockburn Worm.

The Grade II* listed hall has been in poor repair for decades, although in recent years volunteers have cleared the overgrown grounds and English Heritage has provided a grant to make the roof watertight.

We are given to understand that the structure of the building is pretty sound but it needs a complete makeover, said Sarah Geary, of the Sockburn Hall Project. It has not really been modernised since it was built, and has still got most of its original features. It is essentially 1834, so theres huge potential.

It is being sold by the Gatheral family which have owned it since the mid-1950s.

It is no secret that it has fallen into disrepair for all sorts of reasons and action needed to be taken, said Mrs Geary. The grounds had become completely overgrown and almost sinister so in 2007, my daughter, Laura, started the project and with some absolutely amazing volunteers, they have transformed the site, giving back to us the skeleton of what it used to be like.

We have now taken it as far as we can. We are not in a position to fund the restoration and repairs, and we would hate to see it fall into disrepair again.

The hall with the Grade I listed church and Grade II listed stableblock, or coach-house, is being marketed by Jackston-Stops and Staff of York, with offers in excess of 500,000 being invited. The brochure says: Both the hall and the coach house are in a very poor condition and require extensive works to bring them back to their former glory.

Nick Talbot, of the agents, said: We are marketing it as a residential property, for someone wanting the most fantastic private country house in a wonderful spot, with a stable block with great potential and an old church which is a historic building.

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Flames destroyed a Stony Point home on Lakeshore Dr. and damaged two others early Thursday morning, March 19, 2015. (Monroe News Photo/Danielle Portteus)

FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP Flames destroyed a Stony Point home and damaged two others early this morning.

The fire broke out around 5 a.m. in the 3700 block of Lakeshore Dr. When fire crews arrived, the home was fully engulfed, said Frenchtown Township Fire Chief Mark Nicholai.

Chief Nicholai said the gas meter was on fire, but firefighters are unsure if that sparked the blaze or if it was a result of the fire. The vacant home is believed to be a single-story ranch house, however, the chief said because of the extensive damage by the time fire personnel arrived, it was not determined.

The fire had a good start for sure, the chief said before crews arrived. This area is pretty isolated, so it was going good.

The wind caused the fire to spread to the attic of a second home to the north, which is a two-story house. The homeowner was at home and she was not injured.

There is significant damage to the second house, he said. The roof is a tin roof and all the support structures are damaged. The only thing left is the tin.

The siding on the third home was damaged and had melted off nearly all of one side. That home, the chief said, is livable. No one was home at the time of the fires.

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