English house with a ghost



Regular news of the Russian real estate purchasers came from England. 300-year-old Palace Park Place, located near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, allegedly sold for £ 140 million ($ 230 million), the richest capitalist Russia Vladimir Lisin. However, the press service of "Rumelko" deny involvement owner NLMK to this transaction. Whoever becomes master of the XIX century manor house set a record price among the residential buildings in the UK. Manor in the Franco-Italian style, once belonged to Frederick, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of King George II. Prince did not become the heir apparent - death tidied him in earlier than his father. In recent years, the estate owned by Prince alternately Greek shipowner John Latsis; the local council, who turned the estate into a school; Construction consortium intends to open at Park Place Country Club. The estate is spread over 80 acres of land. In addition to the estate, the buyer also got their hands on parks, alleys with monuments, three houses, ten houses, stables and a boathouse for the boat. Some buildings in need of repair. The house has retained the original old fireplaces and stained glass windows. In the "appendage" Russian billionaire will get the ghost of Mary Blandy, was accused of poisoning his father in 1752. Restless soul, they say, still wanders around the farm.