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Witanhurst Sells, Plans For The Next Mega-Mansion Commence

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One of my all-time favorite estate-of-the-day properties, the fabulous Witanhurst, the second largest home in London (Buckingham Palace being the first) has sold to a property developer for an estimated £32 million. The neo-Georgian property has 65 rooms including 25 bedrooms and a huge ballroom. It has been used as a location for a variety of period dramas. The developer, Marcus Cooper of The Cooper Group, plans to throw a lot of money into the house, hoping for a truly huge payout on the resale.

The news comes just one month after Mike Spink spent £42 million for the 570-acre Park Place estate near Henley-on-Thames. Spink has similar dreams, rehab an old beauty with the latest luxury appurtenances and then collect the big bucks. Mr. Cooper hopes for an even bigger sale price than Spink, who is expecting to get up to £100 million. Cooper is quoted in the Telegraph as saying that he is looking to "create London's first £150 million estate." Currently Britain's top home is still Updown Court which remains on the market for £75 million.

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Witanhurst, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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What could be more worthy of an estate of the day than a home which is the second largest house in London in private ownership (the first being Buckingham Palace). The historical Georgian-style mansion is located on a five-acre estate in the village of Highgate, North London. The home looks like it has been here forever but it was actually built between 1913 and 1920 and was designed by architect George Hubbard for soap magnate Sir Arthur Crosfield. The home has 65 rooms, 25 of which are bedrooms. The home has a ~~40,000 square foot~~ wood paneled grand ballroom, drawing room, study, entrance hall, billiards room and so much more. Listed at over $51 million the home is still a bit of a fixer-upper which is why it probably hasn't been snapped up by a Russian billionaire or an oil tycoon yet. After the jump, Queen Elizabeth II has danced here.

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