An Oxfordshire pile can provide your ultimate staycation – for a mere £28,000 a week. Kirtlington Park sleeps up to 16 guests in eight bedrooms and has a gym, tennis courts and a cinema. It is privately owned by the Buxton family whose forebear Christopher Buxton was rumoured to have been romantically propositioned by movie star Elizabeth Taylor who wanted to buy the property on the spot. The owners hope the 18th century Palladian mansion, the second biggest house in Oxfordshire after Blenheim Palace, will prove popular with European and US tourists. It was built by politician Sir James Dashwood in 1742 and has grounds designed by landscape architect Capability Brown.
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Kirtlington Park is spectacular by every estimation, second only in size to Blenheim Palace in its county of Oxfordshire. The Grade I listed Palladian mansion is grandeur incarnate, set in 3,000 acres of rolling parkland landscaped by Sir Lancelot Capability Brown with views over the gardens to the Chiltern Hills.
Elizabeth Taylor reportedly considered the stately home so desirable she attempted to persuade its owner, Christopher Buxton (the cousin of the current owner), to sell it to her by inviting him for a night alone on her yacht. According to the
Times, she dreamed of turning it into the drama school she wished to create with her husband, Richard Burton. Taylorâs offer was declined, but now the paying public â liberated from the constraints of lockdown â will be able to stay at the 18th century mansion at a weekly rate of £28,000.
Yours for £28,000-a-week – the ultimate staycation in 18th Century Oxfordshire stately home so desirable Liz Taylor tried to buy it on the spot
For the first time in its history, Grade I listed Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire, can be rented out for £28k a week
Allowing up to 16 guests, it boasts eight bedrooms, landscaped gardens, a gym, tennis courts and a cinema
Actress Elizabeth Taylor reportedly offered to buy the property from the owner to turn it into a dance school