Jane Seymour’s former 400-year-old English manor lists for $15.89M
Outside the city of Bath, England, a Bond girl’s longtime estate has hit the market.
St. Catherine’s Court features historic craftsmanship galore and numerous celebrity ties.
The 400-plus-year-old stone manor house was constructed for the monks of Bath Abbey in the late 1500s and named for the 12th century Church of St. Catherine, which still sits adjacent to the home. More recently, it was owned by British actress Jane Seymour, who became aware of and promptly fell in love with the palatial compound while filming the 1982 TV miniseries “Jamaica Inn,” Mansion Global first reported.
Savills holds the $15.89 million listing, which also includes a three-bedroom cottage, a five-bedroom lodge house, and a historically protected tithe barn and gardens.
She and her third husband David Flynn purchased the 14-acre estate and extensively renovated it, bringing it into a condition where, after the pair separated, Seymour was able to rent it out as a film set and recording studio with her fourth husband, the director James Keach, according to the outlet.
Albums subsequently recorded in the space have included all of the Cure’s 1996 “Wild Mood Swings,” most of Radiohead’s 1997 “OK Computer” and part of New Order’s 2005 “Waiting for the Sirens.”
In 2007, Seymour — who played James Bond’s love interest Solitaire in 1973’s “Live and Let Die” — is reported to have sold the property, and the current owners and sellers have further refurbished the space.
Currently, the main house offers a “labyrinth of staircases and corridors” decorated throughout with ornate plasterwork ceilings, intricate carvings, wood-paneled rooms, stone mullioned leaded light windows, coffered ceilings, oak floors and huge fireplaces galore, according to press materials.
The grounds, which are listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, are extensively landscaped and offer an apple orchard, cherry trees, an orangery, a tennis court, and have myriad lawns and terraces, many connected by stone stairways and graveled walkways.
The residence is listed as having 11 bedrooms and seven bathrooms in all, spread over nearly 19,000 square feet that also include plenty of areas for entertaining.
