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Elizabeth Bennet's manor house from BBC Pride and Prejudice on sale for £4million
Elizabeth Bennet's manor house from BBC Pride and Prejudice on sale for £4million
The property was the family home in the 1995 BBC adaptation of the Jane Austen classic novel
Luckington Court in Luckington, Wiltshire is on sale for £3.95million
(Image: Kennedy News/Knight Frank)
Pride and Prejudice fans can snap up a piece of iconic TV history as the Bennets' family home from the 1995 BBC adaptation is on the market for £4million. It's a truth universally acknowledged that a house hunter in possession of a good fortune must be in want of an infamous literary TV home. At least that's what Knight Frank are banking on as they handle the sale of Luckington Court in Luckington, Wiltshire, which famously portrayed Longbourn in the BBC's 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. The grade II-listed country house, immortalised to millions as the home of protagonist Elizabeth Bennet and her family, is up for sale for £3.95million. The BBC's 1995 adaptation, featuring Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet and Colin Firth as the dashing Mr Darcy, is widely lauded as the best adaptation of the Jane Austen classic ever made. Those wanting to live their very own Jane Austen-inspired life can strut through the Queen Anne front pillared portico or wistfully meander through the mature gardens like the on-screen family.
Pride and Prejudice fans can snap up a piece of iconic TV history as the Bennets' family home from the 1995 BBC adaptation is on the market for £4million.
(Image: Kennedy News/Knight Frank)
The historic country house, featuring a wood carved doorway reputedly by Grinling Gibbons, has eight bedrooms, seven bathrooms and six reception rooms, providing ample room for family life and entertainment. The second floor is a flat and games room. And there's plenty of outside space too, with extensive lawns approaching the house dominated by a 400-year-old Lebanese Cedar, which has one of the largest girths ever recorded in the UK. The new owners will also enjoy a tennis court, stable block, a dovecote, an outdoor riding school, home farm buildings, 1.27 acres of woodland and four well-presented cottages. James Walker, Regional Head of Central in Knight Frank's Country Department, said: "It is a privilege to be involved with the sale of Luckington Court, which is the epitome of a classic, small country estate. The next custodian will appreciate the subtle grandeur and the sense of pride it evokes. "Quintessentially English and wonderfully understated."
