A manor with 67 bedrooms meant for a famous engineer has just gone on the market

A manor with 67 bedrooms meant for a famous engineer has just gone on the market

Metro.co.uk - Blogs·2020-10-20 00:09

The property is huge (Picture: SWNS)

Got a big family and in need of a new home?

You’re in luck – a luxurious manor with 67 bedrooms in Torquay, Devon has just become available.

The charming property, which is being marketed at an undisclosed sum, was once intended as the retirement home for the Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a civil engineer considered ‘one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history’.

Isambard, who died in 1859, worked on the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the Thames Tunnel.

The manor is fit for royalty (Picture: Savills/SWNS)

So much space to play with (Picture: Savills/SWNS)

He had hoped to retire in Torquay and started buying up land in the area during the 1840s and 50s, before remodelling the landscape, planting trees and starting the planning for his grand home.

Unfortunately, he passed away before the project was finished and James Crompton, a paper manufacturer, took over in 1873.

James made some significant changes to the manor, including amending its exterior style into a French design and called the property Watcombe Park.

The inside is equally beautiful with lots of light (Picture: Savills/SWNS)

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