Princess’ riverside Oxfordshire manor in £6m price drop

Newington House in Newington, near Wallingford, was put on for sale by Savills last September for £16 million.

In April it had its price slashed to £14.25 million and now it is listed for £9.95 million, over £6 million less than its original price.

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However, this is in part because The Manor House and Coach House, which are part of the overall estate, are now being listed as separate lots when they weren’t before.

The main Newington 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.

The lake at the manor (Image: Rightmove)

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

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.

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

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

In recent times the 42-acre site has become a wedding venue, while also being available for other events.

Its listing states: “Today, in the 21st century, the house is filled with the everyday sounds of busy family life and the original features like the open fires and wooden shutters are still in daily use.

“The property has been fitted with a modern biomass boiler which continues to benefit from government tariffs.

The dining room in the manor (Image: Rightmove)

“The whole estate offers several options for ancillary or rental accommodation.

“But whatever the use or occupation, the heritage and impression of grandeur at Newington is undiminished.”

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

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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.

The River Thames runs through the west of the estate with an island in the middle of it and there is a woodland filed with wildlife.

The listing describes the whole property as “an elegant country house in unspoilt Oxfordshire, centred on a restored 17th-century palazzo and set within 42 acres of gardens, meadows and water, including the river Thame running through”.