Even when you have corrected the error, this sentence takes a while to understand...

"Dr Montserrat Verdaguer, was discovered to have buried the author's ashes to the church in Northumberland, where his father had practised as a vicar - for which she was fined £1,320."

It is the father of the author who practised as a vicar ...

They don't look that old!

 "Built in 1888 as country home for coal owner Charles Perkins, the couple have transformed the 19th century wing,"