Host to Good Queen Bess...

...during her 1575 progress, according to local legend.

Built in 1545 for Cardinal Wolsey, Crawley Grange is an impressive Grade II Listed Tudor Mansion, set in approximately 65 acres of formal gardens, parkland and paddocks. It's another example of how the poor Cardinal couldn't keep hold of any damned house he built - remember Hampton Court? The four wings of this house are now separate properties, so it's a condo of sorts, but it's the nicest one, and who are we to be greedy?

I would guess that this magnificent room is actually the great hall with a ceiling inserted, but it's still high enough to dance LaVolta. And who knows what timberwork lurks upstairs, above the five bedrooms (unfortunately painted white, but what're ya gonna do...)?

You have formal gardens and grounds, 2.5 acres of paddocks and woodlands, and access to the communal tennis court (not real tennis, unfortunately) and swimming pool. To the rear of the property is garaging for four vehicles, along with the former brick bake house which could provide a useful store/workshop, or (dare I say it) a bake house. It's close to the attractive little village of North Crawley in Buckinghamshire, and therefore convenient to London, useful for those trips to Shakespeare's Globe, or to the Tower to visit poor Lord Robert.

£895,000

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