Movers and shakers in 2005

Which were the fastest selling country houses to fly off the pages of Country Life into the buyers' hands? And how much did they go for?

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10 Fastest Selling Country Houses in 2005:

1. Stoke House, Nr Andover, Hants (£2.45m): 48 hrs

2. Oakham, Little Compton, Glos (£1.75m): 5 days

3. Chanters House, Pilton Somerset (£1.5m): 1 week

4. Bruern Abbey, Kingham, Oxon (£5m+) : 2 weeks

5. West Court, Inkpen, Berks (£3m): 2 weeks

6. Treyford Manor, Midhurst, Sussex (£2m+): 2 weeks

7. Downgate, Sandhurst, Kent (£3m): 2 weeks

8. Battle House, Bromham, Wilts (£1.75m): 2 weeks

9. Mapperton House, Wincanton, Somerset (£3.5): 2 weeks

10. Nunton House, Nr Salisbury, Wilts (£1.2m): 2 weeks

10 Best country houses sold in 2005

1. Easton Neston, Northants (Knight Frank), £18 m.

2. Wentworth Place, Surrey (Knight Frank/Savills), £12.5m

3. The Priory, Nun Monkton, Yorkshire (Carter Jonas), 7m+

4. Chilworth Manor, Surrey (Savills), £6m+

5. Delamere Manor Estate, Cheshire (Strutt & Parker), £5.5m

6. Bruern Abbey, Oxon (Knight Frank), £5m+

7. Franchise Manor, E. Sussex (Knight Frank), £5m+

8. Higham Park, Kent (Strutt & Parker), £4m

9. Mapperton House, Somerset (Savills), £3.5m

10. The Manor House, Milton Lilbourne, Wilts (Savills), £3m +

10 Best Estates Sold in 2005:

1. Ash Park, Hampshire (Knight Frank), £10m

2. Ashby St Ledgers Estate, Leicestershire (Strutt & Parker), £9.5m

3. Thimbleby Estate, Yorklshire (Carter Jonas), £7m

4. Barton Manor Estate, I.O.W (Gascoigne Billinghurst), £6.5m

5. Cliveden Stud, Bucks (Bidwells/Savills), £6m

6. High Hatton Hall Estate, Shropshire (Savills), £5m+

7. Bilsby Estate, Lincs (Strutt & Parker), £5m

8. Old Down House Estate, Glos. (Carter Jonas), £4m

9. Little Dartmouth Estate, Devon (Savills), £3m

10. Chestall Hall Estate, Staffs (Knight Frank) £2.5m

Slow Burners:

1. Toddington Manor, Glos (£3.25m): 2 years

2. Easton Neston House, Northants (£18m): 1 year+

3. Deepdale House, Norfolk: 1 year+

4. Barton Manor Estate, IOW (£6.5m): 1 year +

5. Stocketts, Old Oxted, Surrey (3.64m): 10 months

6. Maryland, Worplesdon, Surrey (4.25m): 8 months

100 Best Country Properties Sold in 2005:

Surrey: Wentworth Place, Chobham (Savills), £12.5m; Chilworth Manor, Nr Guildford (Savills), £6m+; Maryland, Worplesdon (Lane Fox), £4.25m; Stocketts, Old Oxted, (Strutt & Parker), £3.64m; Copse House, Goldalming (Browns), £2.25m.

Berkshire: Old Titness, Nr Ascot (Knight Frank/Savills/Strutt & Parker), £9m; Great Martins, Shurlock Row (Savills), £4.3m; Hurst Lodge, Nr Twyford (Lane Fox/Savills), £3.5m; West Court, Inkpen (Strutt & Parker), £3m; West Soley Farmhouse, Chilton Foliat (Strutt & Parker), £1.7m.

Kent: Oakfield, Penshurst (Cluttons), £4.15m; Higham Park, Nr Canterbury (Strutt & Parker), £4m; Downgate, Sandhurst (Knight Frank/Calcutt Maclean Standen), £3 million; The Grove, Penshurst (Jackson-Stops), £2.25m; Guinea Hall, Nr Ashford (Cluttons), £2.1m; Leacon Hall, Warehorne (Strutt & Parker), £1.65m; Forge Farmhouse, Goudhurst (Jackson-Stops), £1.5m; Dane Street House, Chilham (Strutt & Parker), £1.2m.

Hampshire: Ash Park, Nr Basingstoke (Knight Frank), £10m+; Brooklands, Hamble River (Knight Frank), £5.2m; Morstead Manor, Twyford (Strutt & Parker), £2.8m; Stoke House, Nr Andover (Knight Frank/Savills), £2.45m; Long Mead House, Quarley (Jackson-Stops), £2.5m; Stoke Hill Farm, nr Winchester (Jackson-Stops), £2.5m; Ballstone Farm, Ibworth (Knight Frank), £2.3m; The Merrie Thought, Stockton, N. Forest (Woolley & Wallis), £2.25m; Barton Manor Estate, IOW (£6.5m).

E. Sussex: Franchise Manor, Heathfield (Knight Frank), £5m+.

W. Sussex: West Grinstead Estate, Horsham (Knight Frank), £9m in lots; Treyford Manor, Midhurst (Jackson-Stops/Savills), £2m+; Naldrett House, Rudgwick (Browns), £2m; Friars Gate, Chichester (Jackson-Stops), £1.7m. Buckinghamshire: Cliveden Stud, Cliveden (Bidwells/Savills), £6m; South Pavilion, Wotton Underwood (Strutt & Parker), £4.225m; The Manor House, Weston Turville (Knight Frank), £3m+.

Bedfordshire: Kingswood House, Heath & Reach (Jackson-Stops), £3m. Hertfordshire: Cell Park, Markyate (Savills), £3m. Essex: Nazeing Park, Nazeing (Savills), £3.5m.

Oxfordshire: Ewelme Down House, Nr Wallingford (Knight Frank/Savills), £12m; Rocky Lane Farm, Nr Henley-on-Thames (Knight Frank), £6m; Bruern Abbey, Kingham (Knight Frank), £5m+; Wychwood Manor, Charlbury (Savills), £2.75m; Mill House, Sutton Courtenay (Knight Frank), £2.5m; The Lodge, Little Tew (Knight Frank), £2.3m; The Old Rectory, Westwell (Knight Frank), £2.1m;Portway House, Kirtlington (Savills), £1.75m.

Gloucestershire: Dowdeswell Court, Nr Cheltenham (Knight Frank/Savills), £4.75m; Winson Mill House (Knight Frank/Savills), £4.5m; Old Down House Estate, Thornbury (Carter Jonas), £4m in lots; Toddington Manor, Toddington (Jackson-Stops), £3m+; Todenham Manor, Todenham (Lane Fox), £2.75m; Maidenwell, Broad Campden (Jackson-Stops), £2.25m; Old Rectory, Harnhill (John D. Wood) £ 3m+.

Wiltshire: Baydon House, Nr Hungerford (Strutt & Parker), £4.75m; Withyslade Farm, Tisbury (Fox Grant), £3.6m; The Manor House, Milton Lilbourne (Savills), £3m+; Blackland Park, Calne (Savills), £3m; Dauntsey Park, Nr Malmesbury (Savills), £2.85+; Battle House, Bromham (Savills), £1.75m; Nunton House, Nr Salisbury (Knight Frank), £1.2m;

Somerset: Weacombe Estate, Nr Taunton (Knight Frank), £5m; Mapperton House, Nr Wincanton (Savills), £3.5m; Marsh House, Kingston St Mary (Jackson-Stops), £1.5m; Chanters House, Pilton (Jackson-Stops), £1.4m; Lovelynch Farm, Milverton (Jackson-Stops), £1.25m. Dorset: Nettlecombe, Cheselbourne (Knight Frank), £2.8m; Limbury, Saltway Ash (Humberts), £1.2m.

Devon: Little Dartmouth Estate, Dartmouth (Savills), £3m; Feniton Court, Honiton (Savills), £3m; Holme Down, Exbourne (Jackson-Stops), £2.4m; Wyld Court, Hawkchurch (Jackson-Stops), £2m; Gurrington House, Nr Exeter (Knight Frank); £1.75m; Lower Barn, Salcombe (Knight Frank), £1.75m; Knapp House, East Anstey (Jackson-Stops), £1.35.

Worcestershire: Bretforton Manor, Nr Broadway (Hamptons), £2.5m.

Shropshire: High Hatton Hall Estate, Hodnet (Savills), £5m+.

Staffordshire: Chestall Hall Estate, Lichfield (Knight Frank), £2.5m; Little Onn Hall, Church Eaton (Lane Fox/Knight Frank/Savills), £1.7m+.

Warwickshire: Ashby St Ledgers Estate, Nr Rugby (Strutt & Parker), £9.5m; Ashorne House, Ashorne (Knight Frank), £2.9m.

Northamptonshire: Easton Neston, Towcester (Knight Frank), £18m

Lincolnshire: Bilsby Estate, Nr Alford (Strutt & Parker), £5m.

Cambridgeshire: Westfield, Nr Cambridge (Bidwells), £2m. Suffolk: Broome Place, Nr Bungay (Jackson-Stops), £2.2m

Norfolk: Elsing Hall, Dereham (Savills), £1.85m; The Old Rectory, Southacre (Savills), £1.5m; Felthorpe Hall, Felthorpe (Savills), £1.4m+; The Manor House, Burgh-next-Aylsham (Savills), £1m+

Cheshire: Delamere Manor Estate, Cuddington (Strutt & Parker), £5.5m; Mill House, MPottram St Andrew (Jackson-Stops), £4.5m; Haslington Hall, Haslington (Savills), £3m. Cumbria: Burrow Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale (Savills), £3.5m.

Yorkshire: Thimbleby Estate, Northallerton (Carter Jonas), £7m; The Priory, Nun Monkton (Carter Jonas), £7m+; Faceby Lodge Estate, Stokesley (Smiths Gore) £2.3m.

This article was originally published in Country Life magazine, February 23, 2006

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