Thursday, May 3, 2012

Got an Extra £1.75m? Buy Your Own Downton Abbey Life

Photo Credit: Picture: Caters News
Mike Smith is selling his northern English country estate, Blenkinsop Castle and the village surrounding it:

The owners of the 9ha (22-acre) site are retiring and offering one lucky buyer the chance to be lord of the manor.

The pretty hamlet has 70 park homes, a 14th century haunted castle, a pub with a ballroom and  approved plans for a holiday park.

There is also rumoured to be buried treasure on the estate – Blenkinsopp Castle, near Haltwhistle, Northumberland.

Owners Mike and Lee Simpson, 63, plan to move away from the area rather than staying at one of the homes in the hamlet.

Mr Simpson said: ‘I want to make a clean break and not make the new owners think I’m looking over their shoulder all the time.
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