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HOUSE OF THE MONTH Poston Court Estate, Vowchurch, Herefordshire 3-10 bedrooms, 3-9 bathrooms, 8,606 sq/ft £10.5m In a sentence… Poston Court Estate is tucked away in the rolling Herefordshire hills, with views looking out over the Golden Valley, the Black Mountains and the Forest of Dean, and access to 266 acres of land including its own extensive mature woodland. Does it have any juicy history? It might well be based on the site of an Iron Age settlement, and it occupies an old medieval deer park. In the 18th century, it was bought by Sir William Chambers (the architect behind Somerset House) as a pleasure house. Best room in the house? The signature William Chambers circular dining room with its ornate domed ceiling. What would summers be like here? Perhaps spent in the woods forest bathing among the honeysuckle, or foraging ingredients for dinner like blackberries and wild garlic. Or perhaps you’d be up for a family shoot on the estate’s grounds during game season, all culminating in a sunny al fresco dinner on the resplendent front lawns. What would parties be like here? With either banquets in the round dining room, or use of the large party barn, there’s endless fun to be had at Poston Court. 020 7861 1440; knightfrank.co.uk
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