Princess’ historic Oxfordshire manor in near £2m price drop

Newington House in Newington, near Wallingford, was put on for sale by Savills last September for £16 million but now is listed at £14.25 million.

The mansion was originally built in the 17th century when an English aristocrat married an Italian princess who was a member of the noble Pallavicini family.

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As she was homesick, he had Newington House built for her as a gift, in the Italianate style of the palace of Genoa where she grew up.

Newington House has been recently used as a wedding venue (Image: Rightmove)

Since then it has gone through several renovations although many elements of the Grade II listed structure remain.

Some of its most notable recent history occurred in the early 20th century when American artist and hostess Ethel Sands purchased the property and used it as a gathering place for many famous literary figures.

Henry James, Arnold Bennett and Virginia Woolf are all known to have stayed at the mansion.

Newington House is on sale for £16 million (Image: Rightmove)

In recent times the 43-acre site has become a wedding venue, while also being available for other events.

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A freehold property it has nine bedrooms and seven bathrooms as well as landscaped gardens, a swimming pool, tennis court, croquet lawn and greenhouse.

In addition it boasts a gym, reception room, gun room, wine storage and games room with a full-size snooker table thought to have belonged to war-time UK prime minister Winston Churchill.

It also comes with a separate coach house which has its own kitchen and four bedrooms, and another Grade II listed property with three reception rooms, five bedrooms and four bathrooms