If watching Downton Abbey wetted your appetite for living on a grand scale, this is the estate for you. 
Current owner, Cadbury heiress Felicity Loudon and her husband John, are selling the Pusey estate in Faringdon at an asking price of £27m to fund the launch of a chocolate company to rival Cadbury’s. The estate includes a grade II-listed Georgian house with 14 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms, 
a stable block, 
two cottages and three staff flats sitting in 75 acres of parkland.
I am sure there are more rooms than you can ever use, and here are some of them.
Someone must have had a thing for the colour blue…
Or red… And I am kind of wondering what those two huge champagne flutes with flowers are all about!
The gardens are lovely.
I do like these images.
This combines two of my favourite things – a dog and one of those amazing Bourbon roses!
For more details, look here.
Now that is gorgeous. Looks to be in move in condition, too! Does the price include the furnishings?
ReplyDeleteWho do I make the check out to...or should I say cheque?! I love that last picture too, the rose is beautiful. And I am loving Downton Abbey, how about you?
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Hank Stuever in The Post described Downton Abbey as "lifestyle porn for Anglophiles". Your posts on castles and country houses are kinda like that. We all need our fix, no?
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Wonderful images. It looks like those interior design and lanscape are taken in a palace or well known house of celebrities. I love it.
ReplyDeleteI'm smitten with that show. Such a good story and the house, oh, the house.
ReplyDeleteI like the green room, the rest has it laid on rather thickly.
ReplyDeleteLovely, just lovely.
ReplyDeleteI'd be happy with just the stables!
ReplyDeleteI'll take the stables too...are horses included?
ReplyDeleteMeg, I love the gardens and park vista more than anything! I have been enjoying Downton Abbey on Masterpiece. I am bummed when each episode ends, I want more!
ReplyDeleteLet’s see….cold wet Jan weather, daily depressing news…a weekly dose of breathtaking visual escapism..addicted to Downton Abby????..Yes indeed! DRC
ReplyDeleteHow very attractive throughout. I would be happy to renovate and live in the stable block.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Downton Abbey!!! I look forward to it every week, it's so yummy you could eat it. A more ruthless Upstairs Downstairs. Actually, I was screaming at Hugh Bonneville's character in the first episode -- I hated so many of the characters, they were so cruel and conniving -- until the last minute when he finally pulled Mr. Bates out of the car. Whew! Close one. And now we see that the youngest daughter also has a good heart.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it's great, and yes, Masterpiece Theatre always whets my appetite for a grand lifestyle I know I'll never achieve!
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I am just loving....watching this and hate to see it end each week.
ReplyDeleteDid you know they have done a new version of Upstairs Downstairs (nothing...will be as good as the original!) that is to air in April? I think it's four installements.
Just absolutely stunning.
ReplyDeleteDoes the 27 million GBP include lifetime salaries for staff? That's what really calls to me about "Downton Abbey". Having people whose job it is to think of my comfort. That is true luxury.
ReplyDeletewow your shots was really good that was my dream to go there.
ReplyDeleteI am currently rather obsessed with Downton Abbey - can't wait until tomorrow! And this is quite the estate - the gardens are gorgeous and I love the entry shot and what looks to be entry hall. Would be rather daunting maintenance!
ReplyDeleteThe red room! The red room! (My living room is working up to this.)
ReplyDeleteSoooooooooooo Me; and I love the symmetry of the house and gardens.
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