Analysis of property titles reveals extraordinary extent of royal footprint in north Norfolk
ason Marple’s lawn is mowed into sharp stripes. But halfway from his back door to the neighbouring field, the strips stop, and the back half is an overgrown tangle. He doesn’t own that part.does. “I’m not mowing his half. I wish he’d mow it more often,” Marple jokingly complained.
The extraordinary extent of Charles’s footprint in this remote patch of Norfolk was discovered by an analysis of property titles in the Land Registry. These days, the two grand houses are worth at least £45m together. Jonathan Handford, a managing director at the country house specialist estate agent Fine & Country, estimated that with its royal heritage, Sandringham House could sell for well over £100m. “The land alone that the buildings sit in could reach that figure.
Others who own privately in the area find they have unusual covenants attached to their freehold, such as restrictions on putting up fences in case they interfere with game birds, which are a key attraction of the estate for the royals.In recent years, the royals have started to buy back Sandringham properties, including in Dersingham and Wolferton.
Together, the properties, mostly let on short-term rolling contracts, could bring in more than £4.5m a year in rental income for the king. If they were to be sold, they could collectively be worth more than £75m, based on the sale values of similar properties in the area.Between the many villages are acres of rolling countryside. Much of this too is owned by the Sandringham estate. There are some rather unusual plots, such as the back half of Jason Marple’s garden.
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