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Boris Johnson Paid £3,800,000 For Mansion WITH Moat to Keep People OUT
Boris Johnson Paid £3,800,000 For Mansion That Has Moat to Keep People OUT
Ex-prime minister Boris Johnson has bought a multi-million mansion despite previously complaining about 'only' earning £160,000.
BBC 18 MAY 2023
The house is Grade II listed
It's been reported Mr Johnson even negotiated £200,000 off the asking price, buying the nine-bedroom home for a cool £3.8 million.
This is despite complaining that as both prime minister and an MP he couldn't get by on a combined salary of £164,080.
The country house, Brightwell Manor, had been on the market for four years, The Mirror reports, and the sale is said to have gone through just weeks before BBC chairman Richard Sharp resigned over his role in helping Mr Johnson secure an £800,000 loan.
The manor, located in the Oxfordshire countryside, dates back to the 1600s and has Tudor and Georgian features.
However the house is still surrounded on three sides by a 900-year-old moat, which dates back to when a castle originally stood on the site, built by King Stephen.
Brightwell Manor is 8,128-square-feet and has nine bedrooms and five bathrooms.
It stands on just under five acres of land which also features a guest cottage, a garage, a tennis court and stables.
As Boris Johnson pulled up the drawbridge over the Partygate allegations it emerged the former Prime Minister has paid 3.8m in cash for a moated country house.
The Grade II-listed manor house in the Oxfordshire countryside has nine bedrooms for Mr Johnson, wife Carrie and their young children Wilf and Romy. The Georgian property also has five acres of land which even include a moat to keep out any unwanted guests like Harriet Harman who grilled Mr Johnson yesterday
Boris will be moving in with his wife Carrie and their two sons
The house has heaps of character
It's understood Mr Johnson and wife Carrie saw the property online and then viewed it twice in person.
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