Oxfordshire land on sale for millions and comes permission for mansion

St John’s House is located just outside Ramsden and offers the lucky buyer the chance to build the largest new Palladian home in the UK for more than 100 years.

The land and the property design which comes with it are being sold by Sotheby’s International Realty, which sells some of the world’s most luxurious – and expensive – properties.

The land comes with full planning permission

Set across 60 acres of private parkland, the luxury home has been designed by internationally renowned classical architect Professor Robert Adam.

Adam previously designed the Sackler Library for Oxford University and is said to be a ‘favourite’ of Prince Charles.

The property was designed by Professor Robert Adam

The Estate is the result of nearly 25 years of planning applications and design work and is now available to buy for someone who just happens to have £20 million spare.

The finished product, however, is estimated to be worth five times that much and if a discerning buyer decided to sell it on it could be worth more than £100 million.

The property is set on 60 acres of land

While the inside of the grand home can be decorated as the buyer pleases, the home does come designed with:

• A 6,000 sq ft master bedroom suite occupying the entire top floor

• 9 further bedrooms, all with en-suite

• Expansive first floor study

• Piano Nobile with 4.5m ceiling heights, grand entrance, formal dining room, formal sitting room and lounge/ library

• Family level with sumptuous kitchen and informal dining

• Private museum/ car gallery for up to 50 priceless cars/art/artefacts

• Outdoor pool/ tennis court

A pool and tennis court are just some of the features included in the design

St John’s House is said to overlook ‘some of the most beautiful countryside in the UK’.

With all principal rooms, terraces and gardens offering ‘unrivalled views of the most spectacular uninterrupted landscape and sunset views across the Cotswolds AONB to the Chiltern Hills’, at least 30 miles away.

The property will be one of the largest homes to be built in more than 100 years

The 'Piano Nobile' has been designed for entertaining with ‘exceptional ceiling heights’ and ‘enormous entertaining spaces’. As well as this, the ballroom level - inspired by The Great Gatsby - provides a ‘grand’ reception room, bar, private cinema, as well as a professional 'event' kitchen.

If you happen to have a large private jet, RAF Brize Norton provides landing space and secure parking just a few minutes helicopter ride away.

The property is easily accessible via helicopter

Travel times:

• 5 minutes by helicopter from Oxford International Airport
• 3 minutes by helicopter from RAF Brize Norton
• 20 minutes by helicopter from Battersea Heliport in London.
• 25 minutes by road (11.8 miles), from the newly consented 960,000 sq.ft Life Sciences and Technology Park at Oxford North (
• 14 miles (34 minutes) from Oxford University and the £150 million Schwarzman Life Sciences and Artificial Intelligence Complex

Could you imagine living here?

Guy Bradshaw, managing director at UK Sotheby’s International Realty said: "This sale provides the opportunity to create a significant and special home that once built, will be one of the UK’s most private and significant homes.

"It has taken over 20 years to secure comprehensive planning approval and we believe it will no longer be possible to build something of this stature in this location. If someone were to spend in the region of £50m on the build, they will have installed every conceivable security feature within the structure and the most spectacular interior finishes.

"This would make it not only the largest new home to be built in the UK for over a hundred years but also the only one built from the ground up.  Designed by one of the most revered architects of our time, offering views that make you feel as though you are living within a Constable painting.

"Once complete, we expect the end value could be in excess of £100m”.