Barbury Castle Estate Wiltshire Supposedly Sold .

[Pilatus]

I see that the very nice Barbury Castle Estate (2000 acres) Near Marlborough Wilts , has supposedly been sold,the asking price was £20 million , wonder who has bought it . Compared to a 750 acre estate Nr Cirencester that is on the market for £17million , it seemed quite good value for money to me if one is fortunate to have those sorts of financial resources to invest in land.

 

[rob1]

I see that the very nice Barbury Castle Estate (2000 acres) Near Marlborough Wilts , has supposedly been sold,the asking price was £20 million , wonder who has bought it . Compared to a 750 acre estate Nr Cirencester that is on the market for £17million , it seemed quite good value for money to me if one is fortunate to have those sorts of financial resources to invest in land.

Are you trying to tell us something ?

 

[Boysground]

Ballington just up the road from me has just been sold for that sort of money. Not as many acres but a nice pad to live in. If you believed all the rumors many a retired footballer and other assorted wealthy types looked at it. I thought of offering a few quid, didnt like the A36 going through the middle though.

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[Pilatus]

Are you trying to tell us something ?

Yes , I am nosy parker /country bumkin.
Seasons greetings to you all

 

[Barleycorn]

Bought a pair of Massey combines off them many moons ago I think, was the manager called Butcher? Combines were very reliable and went on for years, but the MF 40 that they bought from Pewsey dealer Pococks turned out to be a dog, and eventually helped in Pococks demise.

 

[MrNoo]

I see that the very nice Barbury Castle Estate (2000 acres) Near Marlborough Wilts , has supposedly been sold,the asking price was £20 million , wonder who has bought it . Compared to a 750 acre estate Nr Cirencester that is on the market for £17million , it seemed quite good value for money to me if one is fortunate to have those sorts of financial resources to invest in land.

A good friend went and looked at it, dont know the outcome, not spoken with him but know he had plenty of housing money to roll over.

 

[Lazy Sod]

Ballington just up the road from me has just been sold for that sort of money. Not as many acres but a nice pad to live in. If you believed all the rumors many a retired footballer and other assorted wealthy types looked at it. I thought of offering a few quid, didnt like the A36 going through the middle though.

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@Boysground, do you know who bought it?

 

[SRRC]

I'm told a neighbour, no footballers!

 

[Brisel]

Barbury Castle, as in Nigel Bunter's place at Sharpridge where Alan King trains racehorses? Used to belong to Count Konrad Goess-Saurau & the Post Office pension fund before that. Chris Musgrave manages it as part of Temple Farming.

 

[debe]

Barbury Estate, don't know if Alan King is a tenant or not. Supposedly bought by a non farmer. Was on the market for a whole week.

 

[debe]

Oh, and most of the land isn't great, too steep for anything but sheep, hence less ££, though still many more than it's worth.

 

[Boysground]

The Stratton family who already farm quite an area nearby. Lots of digestate and partridges on it I expect.

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[Brisel]

Which Stratton has bought it? Josh?

 

[Lazy Sod]

My father once told me that Jack Stratton (Josh's great uncle) bought some of their downland for £3 an acre in the thirties, when all it would grow was ragwort and rabbits.

 

[Boysground]

Which Stratton has bought it? Josh?

My father once told me that Jack Stratton (Josh's great uncle) bought some of their downland for £3 an acre in the thirties, when all it would grow was ragwort and rabbits.

You are both right. I think the original farm is 1 mile x 3 miles. I remember my grandfather saying it was a white elephant when they bought it because of the amount of unproductive land and the number of staff needed to farm it. It's a bit different now.

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[mtx.jag]

Do the National Trust have a part of it @Boysground ?

 

[Boysground]

Do the National Trust have a part of it @Boysground ?

I am fairly sure they dont have any of either farm. Both fully owned. They do own some of the land close to Stonehenge though.

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[Pilatus]

I see a Chris Woodhouse has bought it . Interestingly he was suspected of dodgy accounting while one of the top brass at "Agent Provocateur" ,lingerie company.