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  • Nelson & Nintendo

    Nelson & Nintendo

    Georgian mansion, where Admiral Lord Nelson lived with his lover and her husband, for sale for £4.25 million; it was renovated by a former Nintendo executive

     

    One would expect a senior executive of a tech company to live in a slick, modern home in Silicon Valley, but since 2004, Matthew Hill, for many years a senior manager at Nintendo, has called a Grade II listed manor house named Fir Hill in Hampshire’s Meon Valley home.

     

    Built in 1765 and the scene of one of the most famous ménages à trois in history when home to Sir William Hamilton, his wife Emma and Admiral Horatio, 1st Viscount Nelson in 1801 to 1802, the 7,905 square foot “Georgian masterpiece” includes 3 reception rooms, 7 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. It stands in 5.2 acres of land and comes with a two-storey stable block with potential for secondary accommodation.

     

    Mr Hill purchased the property from Mrs Vida Schreiber, previously Lady Clive, after the death of her husband, Brigadier Schreiber. He met intellectual property lawyer Georgy Evans in 2007 and married her in St Mary and All Saints church in Droxford in 2012 and in the time since, aside from completing the renovation of Fir Hill, the couple have worked together creating a website that comprehensively details the entire history of the building.

     

    Of the renovation and why they are now selling, Matthew Hill told Hampshire Life:

     

    “The renovation work took us 10 years on and off. Our architect said, you either have a big bang and not live here for two years or work in phases. We decided to do the work in four phases which meant we could live here, moving around the house as each phase was completed. The experience of living in the house helped with the restoration… It’s a lovely house, with a lovely feeling, but too big for the two of us now”.

     

    Fir Hill is for sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate.

     

    Nelson & Nintendo – Fir Hill, High Street, Garrison Hill, Droxford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 3QL, United Kingdom – For sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate – Home of Nintendo executive Matthew Hill and Georgy Evans Nelson & Nintendo – Fir Hill, High Street, Garrison Hill, Droxford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 3QL, United Kingdom – For sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate – Home of Nintendo executive Matthew Hill and Georgy Evans Nelson & Nintendo – Fir Hill, High Street, Garrison Hill, Droxford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 3QL, United Kingdom – For sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate – Home of Nintendo executive Matthew Hill and Georgy Evans Nelson & Nintendo – Fir Hill, High Street, Garrison Hill, Droxford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 3QL, United Kingdom – For sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate – Home of Nintendo executive Matthew Hill and Georgy Evans Nelson & Nintendo – Fir Hill, High Street, Garrison Hill, Droxford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 3QL, United Kingdom – For sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate – Home of Nintendo executive Matthew Hill and Georgy EvansNelson & Nintendo – Fir Hill, High Street, Garrison Hill, Droxford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 3QL, United Kingdom – For sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate – Home of Nintendo executive Matthew Hill and Georgy Evans Nelson & Nintendo – Fir Hill, High Street, Garrison Hill, Droxford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 3QL, United Kingdom – For sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate – Home of Nintendo executive Matthew Hill and Georgy EvansNelson & Nintendo – Fir Hill, High Street, Garrison Hill, Droxford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 3QL, United Kingdom – For sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate – Home of Nintendo executive Matthew Hill and Georgy Evans

  • A Parson’s Moat

    A Parson’s Moat

    East Sussex country house for sale; it comes complete with an enormous rectangular moat allegedly dug by an eccentric parson in the 1700s

     

    One generally associates moats with castles and manor houses – such as the one we featured last month – but an old rectory currently for sale for £5 million ($6.3 million or €5.9 million or درهم‎‎23.2 million) in East Sussex comes with an especially impressive ground water-fed, rectangular example complete with three timber footbridges.

     

    A Parson’s Moat – Chailey Moat, Chailey Green, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN8 4DA – £5 million ($6.3 million or €5.9 million or درهم‎‎23.2 million)
    Chailey Moat, Chailey Green, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN8 4DA
    A Parson’s Moat – Chailey Moat, Chailey Green, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN8 4DA – £5 million ($6.3 million or €5.9 million or درهم‎‎23.2 million)
    The house in Victorian times with the Reverend Thomas Harry Lee Jellicoe outside with his servants circa 1900
    A Parson’s Moat – Chailey Moat, Chailey Green, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN8 4DA – £5 million ($6.3 million or €5.9 million or درهم‎‎23.2 million)
    This fireplace is one of the most stunning and historic features internally
    A Parson’s Moat – Chailey Moat, Chailey Green, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN8 4DA – £5 million ($6.3 million or €5.9 million or درهم‎‎23.2 million)
    It is situated within this reading room
    A Parson’s Moat – Chailey Moat, Chailey Green, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN8 4DA – £5 million ($6.3 million or €5.9 million or درهم‎‎23.2 million)
    Another view of the main house shows the size of the moat

     

    Previously marketed for £3.5 million ($4.4 million or €4.1 million or درهم‎‎16.2 million) in 2007 but not sold at that time, Grade II listed Chailey Moat at Chailey Green, near Haywards Heath in East Sussex dates to around 1540 and was previously known as ‘The Parsonage’. It blends Tudor, Carolean, Elizabethan and Georgian elements and is centred on an original timber framed medieval structure hidden by later additions. The south-eastern façade is described by selling agents Savills as “most striking” and amongst other unusual features are a Venetian window on the first floor and a brick fireplace in a reading room with an intricately carved overmantel that allegedly came from part of a Charles I bedstead.

     

    Aside from a 6,146 square foot main house with 5 reception rooms and upto 8 bedrooms over three floors, there is a 398 square foot 1 bedroom cottage and a 4 bedroomed, 17th century barn conversion that extends to 807 square foot and also provides a substantial games room.

     

    Gardens and grounds extend to 43.76 acres and aside from the moat – which was allegedly singlehandedly dug by the Reverend Richard Porter, rector from 1713 to 1753 – there is also a enclosed tennis court, an outdoor swimming pool, a stream fed lake, a productive orchard and rolling pastureland.

     

    Chailey Moat is offered by Savills and was described by Country Life’s Penny Churchill as a “mansion of peace” in June this year. In October, the medieval property’s current owner, businessman Andrew Colin, described its idyllic setting to The Times. “It’s like sitting in the middle of a nature reserve”, he said.

     

    A Parson’s Moat – Chailey Moat, Chailey Green, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN8 4DA – £5 million ($6.3 million or €5.9 million or درهم‎‎23.2 million)
    The dining hall
    A Parson’s Moat – Chailey Moat, Chailey Green, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN8 4DA – £5 million ($6.3 million or €5.9 million or درهم‎‎23.2 million)
    The drawing room
    A Parson’s Moat – Chailey Moat, Chailey Green, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN8 4DA – £5 million ($6.3 million or €5.9 million or درهم‎‎23.2 million)
    The staircase dates from the 18th century
    A Parson’s Moat – Chailey Moat, Chailey Green, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN8 4DA – £5 million ($6.3 million or €5.9 million or درهم‎‎23.2 million)
    The kitchen has a four-oven AGA
    A Parson’s Moat – Chailey Moat, Chailey Green, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN8 4DA – £5 million ($6.3 million or €5.9 million or درهم‎‎23.2 million)
    This barn conversion provides ideal staff or guest accommodation and beyond it is a full-sized tennis court
    A Parson’s Moat – Chailey Moat, Chailey Green, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN8 4DA – £5 million ($6.3 million or €5.9 million or درهم‎‎23.2 million)
    A lake is situated within the grounds
    A Parson’s Moat – Chailey Moat, Chailey Green, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN8 4DA – £5 million ($6.3 million or €5.9 million or درهم‎‎23.2 million)
    Whilst extensive lawned gardens extend out across the moat
    A Parson’s Moat – Chailey Moat, Chailey Green, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN8 4DA – £5 million ($6.3 million or €5.9 million or درهم‎‎23.2 million)
    Another view of the gardens
    A Parson’s Moat – Chailey Moat, Chailey Green, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN8 4DA – £5 million ($6.3 million or €5.9 million or درهم‎‎23.2 million)
    A floor plan of the main house
    A Parson’s Moat – Chailey Moat, Chailey Green, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN8 4DA – £5 million ($6.3 million or €5.9 million or درهم‎‎23.2 million)
    Floor plans of the barn conversion, cottage and outbuildings
  • A £10m Doer-Upper

    A £10m Doer-Upper

    Oxfordshire country house that has appeared in many films for sale for £10 million in spite of needing some renovation

     

    Launched to the market in June for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) in June 2016 as a while or £7.75 million ($9.9 million or €9.2 million or درهم‎‎36.2 million) for the main house alone, Harpsden Court to the south of Henley-on-Thames at Harpsden is a house that many will recognize from its appearances in films and television series.

     

    An Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara Gerrard
    The main elevation of Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX
    An Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara Gerrard
    Daniel Radcliffe was filmed at the house for for the chilling movie adaptation of the horror story “The Woman in Black” in 2012
    An Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara Gerrard
    Harpsden features interiors that are truly jaw-dropping

     

    Rented out for around £2,500 ($3,200 or €3,000 or درهم‎‎11,700) per day regularly by the present owners, Laurie and Barbara Gerrard, the 16,098 square foot Grade II* listed country house dates to 1204 but was primarily developed in the 16th century. Featuring architectural styles including Elizabethan, Medieval, Strawberry Hill Gothic Revival, Venetian, Palladian, Tudor Revival, Regency and Victorian, selling agents Savills describe it as having an interior that is “particularly atmospheric, with a rich sequence of well-preserved interiors representing the long history of the house, notable for the oak panelling and exquisite plasterwork”.

     

    The attic is said to have been used as a studio by Humphrey Gainsborough (the brother of the better known painter Thomas) whilst the main bedroom is known as ‘Queen Mary’s Room’ – Queen Mary I supposedly slept there. During the First World War, Harpsden Court was converted to a hospital for British sick and wounded military personnel and since the 1980s, the house has been used as both a family home and film set. Amongst the programmes and films it has appeared in are The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black.

     

    An Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara Gerrard
    The house in Victorian times

     

    Featuring 7 reception rooms and 13 bedrooms, as well as numerous kitchens, offices and stores, the main house is complemented by a recently refurbished 3 bedroomed detached house named ‘Guildfords’ and two cottages adjoining a stable block and coach house. Gardens and grounds extend to 22 acres and include woodland, a boating lake, an orchard and a walled kitchen garden.

     

    Of the house, which requires “some updating”, Barbara Gerrard told the Henley Standard about how she and her husband acquired it:

     

    “It was the glorious summer of 1976 and the house needed lots of attention. We were lucky enough to be able to give it just that. I still remember that long, hot summer so clearly. The lake had dried up so we could walk straight across it. Twenty years later, I remember it was so cold that we could walk across the lake again — this time it was frozen”.

     

    Stephen Christie-Miller of Savills added:

     

    “It’s well looked after and perfectly liveable but needs to be brought into the 21st century. However, I can’t state enough the importance of this property — it is one of the most outstanding and important properties to come to the local market for some time, and it will appeal greatly to those who want a discreet country retreat, without being too far removed from the convenience of modern-day amenities and transportation links. This is a wonderful opportunity to bring this landmark property into 2016, while respecting its antiquity”.

     

    Savills have recently changed the price to “Price on Application” and now offer Harpsden Court as a whole or in four lots.

    An Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara GerrardAn Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara GerrardAn Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara GerrardAn Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara GerrardAn Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara Gerrard An Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara Gerrard An Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara GerrardAn Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara GerrardAn Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara GerrardAn Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara GerrardAn Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara GerrardAn Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara GerrardAn Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara GerrardAn Eclectic Manor – Harpsden Court, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AX – For sale through Savills for £10 million ($12.7 million or €11.9 million or درهم46.7‎‎ million) – Film location for The Great Fire, A Harlot’s Progress, The Invisible Woman, Jude, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Molly Moon, Parade’s End, Quantum of Solace and The Woman in Black – Laurie and Barbara Gerrard

  • Pint-Sized Perfection

    Pint-Sized Perfection

    Picturesque gate lodge in Warwickshire offered for sale

     

    Sometimes the best things come in small packages and for those looking for a weekend retreat, a little 19th century gatehouse named Molly’s Lodge could provide just what the doctor ordered.

     

    Standing in 0.61 acres of cottage gardens at Wolford Heath, near Long Compton in Warwickshire, the 1 bedroom Grade II listed house offered extends to 782 square foot whilst a further bedroom is provided in a 1 bedroom 1,145 square foot annexe named Molly’s Mews that also includes garaging for three cars.

     

    Built in 1834, the chocolate box cottage features squared and shaped coursed limestone, polygonal corner turrets, an embattled parapet, a pyramidal slate roof with carved finials and stone mullion window. It was designed by Edward Blore (1787 – 1879), a man “most notable for his completion of John Nash’s design of Buckingham Palace”.

     

    Originally one of the gate lodges to Weston Park, £575,000 ($717,000, €677,000 or درهم‎‎2.6 million) is sought by selling agents Savills.

     

    Pint-Sized Perfection – Molly’s Lodge and Molly’s Mews, Wolford Heath, Near Long Compton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, CV36 5NR – Weston Park Estate – £575,000 ($717,000, €677,000 or درهم‎‎2.6 million).Pint-Sized Perfection – Molly’s Lodge and Molly’s Mews, Wolford Heath, Near Long Compton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, CV36 5NR – Weston Park Estate – £575,000 ($717,000, €677,000 or درهم‎‎2.6 million). Pint-Sized Perfection – Molly’s Lodge and Molly’s Mews, Wolford Heath, Near Long Compton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, CV36 5NR – Weston Park Estate – £575,000 ($717,000, €677,000 or درهم‎‎2.6 million).Pint-Sized Perfection – Molly’s Lodge and Molly’s Mews, Wolford Heath, Near Long Compton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, CV36 5NR – Weston Park Estate – £575,000 ($717,000, €677,000 or درهم‎‎2.6 million).Pint-Sized Perfection – Molly’s Lodge and Molly’s Mews, Wolford Heath, Near Long Compton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, CV36 5NR – Weston Park Estate – £575,000 ($717,000, €677,000 or درهم‎‎2.6 million).Pint-Sized Perfection – Molly’s Lodge and Molly’s Mews, Wolford Heath, Near Long Compton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, CV36 5NR – Weston Park Estate – £575,000 ($717,000, €677,000 or درهم‎‎2.6 million).Pint-Sized Perfection – Molly’s Lodge and Molly’s Mews, Wolford Heath, Near Long Compton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, CV36 5NR – Weston Park Estate – £575,000 ($717,000, €677,000 or درهم‎‎2.6 million).Pint-Sized Perfection – Molly’s Lodge and Molly’s Mews, Wolford Heath, Near Long Compton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, CV36 5NR – Weston Park Estate – £575,000 ($717,000, €677,000 or درهم‎‎2.6 million).Pint-Sized Perfection – Molly’s Lodge and Molly’s Mews, Wolford Heath, Near Long Compton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, CV36 5NR – Weston Park Estate – £575,000 ($717,000, €677,000 or درهم‎‎2.6 million).Pint-Sized Perfection – Molly’s Lodge and Molly’s Mews, Wolford Heath, Near Long Compton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, CV36 5NR – Weston Park Estate – £575,000 ($717,000, €677,000 or درهم‎‎2.6 million).

  • Gone With the Mill

    Gone With the Mill

    Vivien Leigh’s retreat and final resting place for sale for £3.25 million (more…)

  • Cairness House – A Masonic mansion

    Cairness House – A Masonic mansion

    Cairness House, “Scotland’s most important Greek Revival house”, heads into its fourth year on the market (more…)

  • Travels with du Maurier

    Travels with du Maurier

    Travelex founder puts the childhood home where Daphne du Maurier allegedly conducted two of her most illicit relationships on the market for £32 million (more…)

  • Citizen of the Manor

    Citizen of the Manor

    Manor house owned by one of the McAlpine family comes to the market

     

    The McAlpine family have construction in their blood. They’ve built everything from The Dorchester to the Millennium Dome and one of the current generation, Cullum McAlpine, is no different. His Cotswolds country house, Cold Ashton Manor, is currently for sale for £4 million and its architectural features are stunning. (more…)

  • A fine classical country house

    A fine classical country house

    £8 million Morley Hall combines traditional style with a home fit for modern living

     

    Morley Hall is a Georgian country house to the east of Ware in Hertfordshire. This fine residence is worthy of note as it was remodeled in the Palladian style by the renowned classical architect Raymond Erith (more…)

  • The Perfect English Country House

    The Perfect English Country House

    17th century Oswaldkirk Hall for sale for £4 million

     

    Described by Candida Lycett Green as “a fine and architecturally distinguished house, built in the reign of William and Mary” in her 1994 book The Perfect English Country House, Oswaldkirk Hall in the North Riding of Yorkshire is at the heart of the setting of Julian Fellowes’s fictional Downton Abbey. It was “built to impress” and could indeed have been a perfect starter home for Lady Mary Crawley and her late husband Matthew. (more…)