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It is a truth universally acknowledged that little compares to a honey-coloured manor house in the Cotswolds. Fans of the BBC’s 1995 Pride and Prejudice will immediately recognise this elegant property as Longbourn, the Bennet family’s Regency home.
The Grade II*-listed Luckington Court in Luckington, near Chippenham in Wiltshire, was last taken off the market in 2023, when it was listed with estate agent Woolley & Wallis with an asking price of £6 million. In 2018, the property was offered for sale for the first time in 70 years through Strutt & Parker, with a higher guide price of £9 million; whether the same owner was behind the sale remains unclear. Now, two years later, it has returned to the market with Knight Frank for just under £4 million (£3,950,000 to be exact).
In any case, the same photographs appear to have been used across all three listings, depicting interiors including bright, traditionally decorated living and dining rooms, and comfortable bedrooms, as well as extensive grounds with beautiful, manicured lawns and a 17th-century dovecote.
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The recently renovated eight-bedroom manor sits in 156 acres of rolling countryside, with springs running down to the River Avon. Sadly the lake doesn’t come with a dishevelled Mr Darcy, but here he is finally declaring his love for our heroine.
The scene for Pemberley, the Darcy family home, was of course grander than Luckington Court for the sake of the story. In Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen described Pemberley as, “a large, handsome, stone building, standing well on rising ground, and backed by a ridge of high woody hills.” For that more imposing house, Lyme Park in Cheshire was chosen as the backdrop.
Nonetheless, Luckington Court is hardly a hovel – this elegant house was crying out for a dedicated (and deep-pocketed) fan to embrace it and declare their undying love. We wonder who the lucky new owner may be.
See the listing in full at Knight Frank.
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