Buy a slice of prime historic English park life
CREDITED as England’s greatest gardener, Capability Brown was one of the 18th century’s most famous landscape architects, designing more than 170 parks, many of them still around today.
He was christened Lancelot, but earned the nickname Capability because he would often tell clients their property had ‘capability’ of improvement – but the 140 acres surrounding Burton House in Burton Park, Duncton, which include a formal rose garden he designed, are now as good as any could get.
And anyone living in the four-bedroom apartment currently for sale there can enjoy them all, complete with two lakes, woodland, a croquet lawn and tennis courts.
Grade I listed Burton House was redeveloped into nine individual apartments, each with its own private entrance as well as the impressive communal entrance hall in the main building.
The entire ground floor of number four has been converted into a large open plan kitchen, dining and living space, with a focal open fireplace and shelving and cupboards along one wall.
A staircase leads to the first floor where an elegant, dualaspect drawing room with large sash windows, and a master bedroom with en-suite, offer fabulous scenic views.
The guest bedroom has an en-suite shower, while the two other bedrooms, one of which could be used as a study, share the family bathroom.
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The Burton House four-bedroom apartment is for sale with Jackson-Stops, priced £1,475,000 ( jackson-stops.co.uk)