Would-be wizards might feel right at home in this photogenic property, which has just been re-launched to the market.
De Vere House was used in the Harry Potter films to create Godric’s Hollow, the home town of Albus Dumbledore and birth place of Harry, where his parents James and Lily were killed by Voldemort.
The Grade I-listed home is in Lavenham, the medieval Suffolk village with the second-highest number of listed properties in the country.
This is one of the most historically significant houses in the area, owned from the 14th to the 17th centuries by the de Veres, the richest family in the country after the monarch.
It is believed that King Henry VIII visited the house during a local hunting trip in 1498. Edward de Vere is among the most popular alternative writers credited for William Shakespeare’s works.
The six-bedroom house, currently divided in two, has several entertaining spaces including a reception hall, drawing room, sitting room, dining room and two kitchens. Two of the bedrooms have en-suite bathrooms.
Behind the house is a south-facing garden planted with roses, honeysuckle, lavender and irises. There is an outdoor dining terrace, and a brick path leads down the lawn under an arch to an old stable, garden stores and a kitchen garden with chickens.
This property is not for the camera-shy, however; its front door, with carved huntsmen on either side, it is said to be the second most photographed doorway in the UK, after 10 Downing Street.
The house is on the market for £995,000 with Carter Jonas (01787 844296; carterjonas.co.uk).
Originally published on The Telegraph
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