The 400-year-old Grade II-listed Brightwell Manor in Oxfordshire boasts five acres and a moat fed by its own natural spring
Boris Johnson is understood to have agreed to buy a nine-bedroom Grade II-listed Georgian manor house in Oxfordshire valued at £4m., in the picturesque village of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell near Wallingford. The Guardian has been told they have now made an offer which has been accepted.
The move would add to speculation that Johnson is considering running for election in Oxfordshire rather than his existing seat of Uxbridge, a marginal in west London with a majority of 7,200. The property, which includes a separate “guest cottage”, is described by the estate agent as “tucked away in a fabulous and private edge of village location, at the end of a gravelled drive and nestled next to the village church”.
There is also walled garden, tennis court, outside storage and a double garage. The house has been owned by the same family since 1971. It had previously been owned by William Inge, a theologian who was three-times nominated for the Nobel prize for literature.
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