Family-owned bookseller Blackwell’s has ended 127 years of history by appointing a non-family member to head the company.

The eight-bedroom house where author JRR Tolkien penned The Hobbit and the Lord Of The Rings trilogy is receiving listed building status.

LORD OF THE RINGS fans are being offered the chance to buy their own corner of Middle Earth, as long as they have €2.25 million to spare.