Look Inside This £45m Mansion Featured In James Bond

Could this £45m estate in Buckinghamshire be the most luxurious property on the UK market? A mansion good enough for James Bond is certainly good enough for us.

Discover Denham Place

Venture just 30 minutes outside of London and you’ll find Denham Place, an astonishing Grade I-listed stately home. Spanning nearly 29,000 sqft and boasting 12 bedrooms, 12 reception rooms and 14 bathrooms, the property is certainly hard to miss – although you might get lost in the 43 acres of immaculate parkland.

Having previously been on the market for an eye-watering £75m back in 2023, now’s your chance to nab a stately home of your own for the low, low price of £45m. That’s 40 percent off – what a deal.

The history of this William and Mary style estate is lengthy and illustrious, and it even includes a rather fabulous movie cameo: eagle-eyed 007 fans might recognise the library, which was used as M’s office in the Bond films including Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun. Harry Saltzman, co-producer of the film series and former resident of Denham Place, began leasing the estate in 1960. He often reviewed Bond scripts here and entertained a dazzling array of celebrity guests including Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Gregory Peck.

The story starts around 1541, when the first Tudor mansion was built on this land by Sir Edmund Peckham, high treasurer to King Henry VIII. It was subsequently owned by Sir Roger Hill – a prominent courtier and MP – who, in 1670, commissioned the construction of the home we see today. Built between 1688 and 1701, Denham Place has since been inhabited by members of the imperial Bonaparte family between 1834 and 1844, as well as the American financier JP Morgan who used it as his country home from 1853 to 1913. 

The property has been painstakingly restored and refurbished over a period of eight years, having briefly served as business headquarters, and it is now one of the most spectacular homes in the UK. The restoration was led by acclaimed designer and award-winning architect Alexander Kravets who worked alongside English Heritage and The Georgian Group to ensure high standards of historical accuracy. Meanwhile the Capability Brown designed gardens have been restored and conserved by renowned landscape architect Lord Kenilworth – offering a variety of landscaped gardens, Grade II listed parkland and woodland, a formal sunken garden, walled garden, meadow, orchard and lake. Just watch out for stray golf balls: the estate borders the 18-hole Buckinghamshire Golf Club championship course.

Among its many highlights is a drawing room with a hand-painted ceiling fresco, custom crystal chandeliers and a handwoven carpet inspired by those found in Buckingham Palace. You’ll also find a music room, a dining room with an Italian marble fireplace, and a billiards room with panelling brought in from Hampton Court Palace in the 1700s. Take a peek at the staggering sash windows and ornate plasterwork throughout, and don’t forget to look up: ceilings in many of the rooms are over 16ft high.

Upstairs, each bedroom is complete with its own dressing room and bathroom, while the principal suite encompasses a whole host of spaces including a study, dressing room, separate walk-in wardrobe and a bathroom. You can wander into even more bedrooms on the second floor, as well as a penthouse suite which features a kitchen and living room. Throw a party here and you won’t have to cut down the guest list.

The lower ground floor provides an informal breakfast room and a catering kitchen alongside a banqueting hall with space for up to 60 diners (although this is currently in use as a rather magnificent cinema room). There is also a wine cellar, gym, cocktail bar and even an archive room housing the estate’s records. 

If all of this isn’t quite enough, you can stroll through the gardens to a Grade II-listed coach house, further cottages and other outbuildings including numerous garages. There is even planning consent to turn the coach house into a state-of-the-art spa comprising a gym, sauna, steam room and a number of treatment rooms alongside a 15 metre-long outdoor swimming pool which can be enclosed in a glass conservatory for year-round use.

Image credit: Mel Yates Photography

With jaw-dropping interiors, acres of space and such an incredible backstory, this estate really does have it all. Sat just 30 minutes away from central London in Denham village, where the cosy county of Buckinghamshire meets the big city, this country estate is the closest thing you’ll get to an in-London palace without marrying into the royal family.

On the market for £45m. Find out more at knightfrank.co.uk