These days, you would expect a house of the quality of Langham Hall, at Langham a mile inland from Morston and five miles from Holt to be snapped up within weeks of coming on the market through Sowerbys (01263 710777) and Strutt & Parker (01603 617431) at a guide price of £1.75m.
The handsome, seven-bedroom Regency house, listed Grade II and set in 2.25 acres of delightful gardens, has everything going for it, apart from a degree of uncertainty over the relocation of the nearby glass factory (currently under negotiation with planners). A decision is expected shortly, but in the meantime, there must be a City boy out there, with a million or two to spend, who fancies a gamble.
This article first appeared in Country Life magazine on April 6, 2006
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'I have lost a treasure, such a sister, such a friend as never can have been surpassed': Inside Jane Austen's Winchester home, the house where she penned her final words and drew her final breathJane Austen spent the last days of her life in rented lodgings in Winchester, Hampshire. Adam Rattray describes the remarkable recent discoveries made about the house in which she died.
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