The exterior of Great Tangley Manor.
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A historic manor house in Surrey, England, is on sale for £11m ($13.44m).
The foundations of Great Tangley Manor date back to 1016, according to real estate company Strutt & Parker.
The moated property has window etchings left by Queen Mary, King George V, and King George VI.
A moated British manor house with 1000 years of history is for sale for £11m ($13.44m).
Great Tangley Manor, which the Savills and Strutt & Parker listings claim is “the UK’s oldest continuously inhabited house,” is located in Surrey in southeast England.
The property has a total of 10 bedrooms, six bathrooms, and seven living rooms, according to the listings. It also has an indoor heated swimming pool, a sauna, a tennis court, and a WWII air raid shelter, the listings said.
A bedroom at Great Tangley Manor.
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The property has 9.93 acres of land, according to Strutt & Parker, which features a walled garden, a meadow, and a moat that encircles the property.
A moat and bridge at Great Tangley Manor.
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Great Tangley Manor is steeped in history. Strutt & Parker said the foundations date back to 1016 and that it was once Prince John’s hunting lodge in the 12th century.
Timbers in the dining room come from the Spanish Armada that was wrecked off the coast of England in 1588, the real estate company said, and were gifted to the owner for contributing to the Crown during the Anglo-Spanish War.
An interior shot of Great Tangley Manor.
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Over the past millennium, it has been visited by royals and a slew of historic figures, Strutt & Parker said in an email to Insider.
Queen Mary, King George V, and King George VI visited the property, the real estate company said, leaving their signatures on the windows. The etchings can still be viewed on the window of the dining room and on the dressing room windows of the master suite, Strutt & Parker said.
King George V’s signature on a window at Great Tangley Manor.
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Author Virginia Woolf once visited it as a child, per the real estate company. In 1913, Strutt & Parker said it temporarily housed a wealthy American heiress. Countess Szechenyi, also known as Gladys Moore Vanderbilt, stayed there for a summer, giving birth to her second child there, the real estate company said.
The property has been updated over the years by adding electric car charging points, air conditioning, and building a glass box extension, the listing said.
The modern glass box extension at Great Tangley Manor.
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“Homes like Great Tangley Manor don’t come to the market very often and the launch of its sale is yet just another moment in this building’s long history,” said Oliver Custance Baker, head of Strutt & Parker’s country department, in a statement. “For somewhere that celebrated its millennium in 2016, it’s very special to be part of the process that is finding the next custodian of such an important piece of this country’s heritage.”
Custance Baker said that the house is a “brilliant example of building upon an existing structure in a sympathetic way” and added that the property could be used as a home for a family or portioned into wings to generate an income from luxury holiday accommodation.