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Category Archives: for sale
A Sleeping Beauty: Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
The temptation when Country Life magazine arrives each week is to flick through the properties and make tabloid-esque comparisons about how a detached Regency villa in Dorset with space for a family, chickens, and an excitable spaniel, could be had for the … Continue reading
So, you made the 2016 Sunday Times Rich List – where to live?
The now annual round-up of the richest 1,000 people in the UK (whose wealth can be ascertained…!) has been published today in the Sunday Times (£). Although there are now a few less billionaires than last year in the UK, the … Continue reading
Posted in for sale, News
Tagged hackwood house, knight frank, rich list, savills, somerton randle, strutt & parker, sunday times, trafalgar park, woolmers park
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A deceptive bargain: Halswell House, Somerset
When newspaper stories appear with headlines such as ‘One of Britain’s ‘finest’ mansions for sale with guide price of £250,000‘, it guarantees that many will immediately start dreaming of exchanging their current home for the life of a country squire. … Continue reading
Posted in At Risk, Estates, for sale, News
Tagged chipley house, escot house, halswell house, somerset, ston easton park, wembury house, william taylor
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A minor prodigy: Brereton Hall for sale
Advancement in Elizabethan society depended largely on being noticed by the Queen. In an age where the monarch wielded enormous powers of patronage and with so many others jostling for her attention, your house and the hospitality you could provide … Continue reading
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Tagged brereton hall, burghley, holdenby hall, jackson-stops & staff, lacock abbey, longleat, new hall, old somerset house, robert smythson, theobalds, wollaton hall, worksop manor
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The Inadvertent Innovation: Country Life and Property Advertising
Over the last four centuries, the marketing of property has seen relatively few innovations. Those with money and the desire to establish themselves in society would seek out those with knowledge on which estates might be available. However, the launch of … Continue reading →