Evelyn Waugh’s once-beloved Cotswold mansion goes up for auction at £2.5m

Grade-II*-listed eight-bedroom, six-bathroom Piers Court is where writer penned many illustrious novels, including Brideshead Revisited

A Grade II*-listed Cotswold mansion where Evelyn Waugh wrote Brideshead Revisited is up for auction with a guide price of £2.5m – about £400,000 less than it sold for just four years ago.

However, there is a catch, or two. Prospective buyers are unable to look around the eight-bedroom, six-bathroom property and no recent photos are available because sitting tenants are refusing to leave the property or allow estate agents or buyers in. The tenants are paying annual rent of £250-a-year.

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​Grade-II*-listed eight-bedroom, six-bathroom Piers Court is where writer penned many illustrious novels, including Brideshead RevisitedA Grade II*-listed Cotswold mansion where Evelyn Waugh wrote Brideshead Revisited is up for auction with a guide price of £2.5m – about £400,000 less than it sold for just four years ago.However, there is a catch, or two. Prospective buyers are unable to look around the eight-bedroom, six-bathroom property and no recent photos are available because sitting tenants are refusing to leave the property or allow estate agents or buyers in. The tenants are paying annual rent of £250-a-year. Continue reading…