Inside A £75,000,000 Countryside Estate From The 17th-Century | On The Market | Architectural Digest
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- čas přidán 23. 09. 2023
- Today Architectural Digest brings you to Denham Place, a 17th-century country estate situated just 30 minutes from central London. Built in 1688, this historic property is on the market for £75,000,000 and has just completed an extensive 8-year restoration. An incredible 12 reception rooms, 12 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, and grounds inspired by Versailles, make this stately home palatial-and with past residents including the Bonaparte Imperial family, it is a house truly fit for royalty.
Director: Skylar Economy
Director of Photography: Stephen Ley
Editor: Ron Douglas
Host: Crispin Holborow; Alex Kravetz
Producer: Chase Lewis
Line Producer: Joe Buscemi
Associate Producer: Josh Crowe
Production Manager: Melissa Heber
Camera Operator/Drone: John Gogarty
Audio: Nick Ware
Production Assistant: Jack Haynes; Holly Smythe
Post Production Supervisor: Andrew Montague
Post Production Coordinator: Holly Frew
Supervising Editor: Christina Mankellow
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
Colorist: Oliver Eid
Special Thanks: Sophie Bremner
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You’d have to have a staff the size of a small village to keep things running properly. One person alone just to keep the draperies dusted! Massive undertaking.
Yeah bless the ppl saving these places…I was just thinking of all the dust too. It looks fantastic inside but the outside needs some love and I’m sure it was a multi million restoration already. So wild to think how many less tools they had to construct homes & how much more ornate they are.
If u got 75 mil quid to buy this chances are u can probablly afford to have some staff lmao
Triggered - it’s not so much the money but the attention and energies you’d have to direct towards something that palatial. At the very least you would be managing the people who manage the staff. Gorgeous in every detail you probably get more than you bargained for.
That was a brilliantly done restoration. It looks all very original. Great job.
It exudes respect for the original craftsmen and design. Compliments
What a stunning restoration. The attention to historical detail is beyond thoughtful, whilst the more modern rooms are tasteful and in keeping with the overall esthetic.
You know they’re catering to a very specific audience when they casually mention that there are two kitchens but don’t bother to show us either of them.
Yup. And cute pun!!
I can’t believe they aren’t showing the kitchens. That’s literally the best part of a house.
@Elizabeth That's not what 'literally' means...
@Mark Hirstwoodperfectly valid use of 'literally'. What are you on about?
My guess is that the kitchens are very modern and don’t fit in with the theme of the video, which is about the historical restoration
This is a great restoration for a museum, but I wish they had been able to add a little more of real life into some of the rooms to make them more usable. I felt like all that gilded furniture was a little tacky, even in Buckingham Palace you don't see that much gold. I feel like their target buyer is a middle eastern oil billionaire.
The ceilings were the most impressive part of this estate.
The whole interior in my opinion.
This is the most beautifully considered restoration I have ever seen. Perhaps what makes this restoration so lovely is that it is welcoming as well as bright and cheerful which is rare to see. Heavy furniture, dark paneling and unwelcoming subdued wall color all contribute to an unpleasant interior experience. Thank you for AD for filming this estate and Alex Kravetz for his exquisite vision! Superb!
I fully agree with you. I hate those dark, gloomy rooms so loved by most Victorians! I asked for a loan to buy the house but the bank manager told me that I did not qualify for £75.000.000 😭😭😭
Can the structural engineer ever get any credit because without them none of this is possible!
If I had the money, I'd buy this. A restoration that manages to be both respectful of history and creative if I've ever seen one.
great that they kept original features and style rather than making it modern
“Modern” just means lots of sharp glass, metal and concrete. Human-hostile, faceless, soulless environment. And this mansion has lots of richness and craft to it.
In the UK they legally have to if its grade 1 listed which this probably is
I got a little chuckle out of the chapel being turned into the champagne room. Incredible restoration, wow.
I stayed at the Painswick Hotel some years ago. The private chapel is now the bar.
Fantastic restoration and fantastic filming. Please make more videos like this AD!
Yes
Looks utterly gorgeous! Love the renovation.
Very stunning restoration and the interior is so well done without being gaudy.
Absolutely magnificent restoration.
To own a historic Manor house is a secret dream of mine. But.. I don’t have $100 million pounds and this beautiful house out classes me by a mile. Hopefully the buyers will respect the history and love it.
Extraordinarily beautiful. The restoration is breathtakingly gorgeous. I’ll buy it!!!❤
It's a gorgeous house, without doubt. Personally, I would have kept the chapel, though. I think one bar is probably enough - even for a house this large. And, it would be more historically accurate. (Just my opinion.) :)
Agreed, a chapel is so unique today. Keep it.
This is an extremely beautiful estate
7.5m maybe not 75m.... someone is about to drink a coolade out of their fountain but its not going to be me
@J Mhow can you possible think this is worth 7.5m …
What a beautiful place but I think it should be a museum, not a house. Those ceilings are absolutely stunning!! Thanks for the tour :o)
So completely wonderful. I would love to live amidst such incredible refinement. Blessings to whoever the new owners get to be.
amazing restoration
Show some footage of it as an under appreciated office building- I’m curious !
the ceilings of each room are magnificent. i could just look up all day in any room and be in awe.
Beautiful! I love the entertainment area. Looks like a very expensive hotel.
I often wonder if the reason why some of these properties are on AD is because the agents can't sell it or are struggling to find a buyer.
I would turn it into a hotel and event space as there are very few clients that understand that this property is an investment in time as well. It's a throwback to the way people used to live. A full-time staff would be required. The owners most likely wouldn't live here year-round. Also, it would only appeal to a certain taste. The decor is rather heavy as was the norm in the 17th-18th century.
Honestly the price seems kind of cheap for such a large and well-renovated house in a nice village so close to London. £75m doesn’t usually stretch far there!
I think you mean inexpensive, not cheap
@SimplyveejWhy would the person mean "inexpensive", rather than "cheap"? It almost seems as though you believe that the use of the word "cheap" will somehow diminish the
'grandeur' of the place! 😂
No need to be so precious in the choice of language used to describe this monstrosity of interior design. Nothing could possibly change what this is ; over-the-top ostentation. A nouveau riche nightmare.
rich people dont want to live out in the country so these houses are less than you might expect
Yes, AD, historic videos! I Love that!! ❤
excellent curation of colours and truly a concours restoration.
We can be inspired by such a house and decorate our rental 😍
Beautiful mansions with lots of room and space
A chapel repurposed as a champagne bar! That really tells you everything about our modern era....
It's a lovely restoration. I wish the music matched the architecture and decor.
This is a beautiful symmetrical English palace with decorated walls and ceilings and many gardens.
I very much appreciate the thoughtful and brilliant renovation, even though this opulence is not my style.
But embossed leather floors? I have many questions and reservations.
Very nice, and nice original style. I wouldn't be able to live there tho, out of fear of damage and tiring of such design
The drive and exteriors are lush but the interior decor I couldn’t live with personally
You should bring more UK houses to the channel.
Advice to the one buys it: 75M pounds is a lot of money so make sure it has a new roof (look at it in this video) first and check the viability of the plumbing, electrical and HVAC. When this house was built they didn't have such things. It looks like the bulk of the restoration was focused on decor so it may merely be an expensive flip. You know these types. It's all about appearances (because they see themselves as artists) and the mechanical (logic, heavy lifting and blue collar labor) is someone else's problem.
Perfect "eye's wide shut" party house 🤟
You need Downtown Abbey amount of staffs to keep this mansion running. Bless to people who may afford such lifestyle
I was really holding out for 15 bathrooms otherwise it is a wonder.
😂
I want this estate. Perfection !!!
I feel like there are way too many people in the world who would snap this up and not appreciate it … not fair… :(
wow, amazing residence.
Obsessing over the 1700 ceiling artwork. OBSESSING! 😍
I may or may not try and build an estate inspired by this one in The Sims
Magnificent !❤
Someday, I’ll have a house with yellow silk curtains, but for now I will dream!
Too beautiful to be lived in
For me, the magic begins at 6:50 🎉
Amazing house restoration but why on earth have they not replaced the garden slabs? They look as if Capability Brown himself laid them down.
These properties seem like they are basically just stores of immense wealth. Why & how & whether people should have that much wealth is another matter altogether…
how much would a place like this cost back then?
literally WHO would ever feel worthy of living in such a house
C'EST TRES MAGNIFIQUE!
STUNNING!!! 😍
You would think they’d clean the exterior for that price tag
The Bond Bar and Lounge are the estate’s MVPs
This is beautiful and is made for a King!
I really do like the Bond bar.
How much just for that since I'm not interested in the rest of the museum? 😁
Felt like, " this might be the place where pride and prejudice had happened in real life"
So strange that this place used to be an office
A place I’d love to visit but wouldn’t enjoy living in
What is the story of this place? Why is it for sale? It certainly was nicely redone.
It's such a beautiful restoration, but why couldn't they just clean the roof properly?
so we're just gonna not talk about the principal bathroom floors???
You know that place is haunted. Some aristocrat refuses to move on and is sticking around to make sure the estate is maintained.
Beautiful 💛
I feel they should include the whole village as a cherry on top if you buy the house.
I’d consider it…but they’d have to come down £74,750,000.
Exceptional completely speechless
Centuries have past but the motives still are the same: such egotrip vanity houses were and are built to show off wealth and power. An attempt to impress. Everything oversized, kitschy shiny glamour objects and colors, and formal gardens where practically no animals can live.
Amazing ❤
Holy moly! The words, "Your Highness", "Your Majesty", come to mind!
If you get the roof cleaned and pressure wash the stones in the garden I'll ask my wife if I can buy it.
Love the Herman Leonard photograph of Dexter Gordon at 6:21
Hello; thanks. What I do not understand is how you can remove the paint layers WITHOUT damage the paintings? or were painted again?
They were painted again
@Armada They should mention these new great restorers (painters)
Has to be one of the most amazing homes I've ever seen. However it's not worth £75M, I would say a reasonable price would be around £30-£45M
LOLS, TRUE.. THE GOLDEN COLOUR PAINT INSTEAD OF THE REAL THING IN SOME WAY DOESN'T DO IT FOR ME! 😖😖 😄
I couldn't even afford the property tax
Does this amazing house come “as is”.. complete with all furnishings?
Yep.
Wow Magnificent!
I mean it’s a mix of gaudy opulence with bespoke handiwork but also oppressively ornate features with a discombobulated array of patterns and textures and massive rooms that shout “where is everyone?”
Mr Kravetz has done an amazing job.
All that brand new furniture has to go. Replace it with genuine antiques, not replica new furniture. As well as the agent calling it a “palace” -what’s up with being a real estate agent and not knowing what house words mean.
It’s so grand!
And millions of people have literally no roof. Quite dystopian if u ask me x
Why don't those people build a roof?
Absolute wonder. 👍👍😊😊❤️❤️❤️🌞🌞🌻🌻🇬🇧🇬🇧
Stunning
Such beauty
Beautiful
Perfect for doing airbnb or homestay.
At about $94 million, it'd take a billionaire to buy and maintain this place. The taxes alone would be several million a year, not to mention the monthly cost for utilities and staff. But still, it's nice to dream. And buy Lotto tickets...
I wonder if it is ever weird for the people who buy these estates to live in a house with a family crest you have no connection to...
It was clearly designed for an arab royal to buy.
@Justin Williamsxactly or a Russian oligarch-their gaudy tastes overlap
WOW! I definitely live in a hovel.
Peak of Art and Culture.
The peak of greed and ostentatiousness. It’s vulgar when you SEE what’s going on in the world and on the planet. Only weak minded people could support the construction of such a thing.
This mansion reminds me of Amadeus movie.
imponerend tot in de detail.
I hope the Indian or Chinese guy that buys this enjoys it.