Tottenham House in Savernake, possibly the UK’s most expensive renovation

Yesterday’s Sunday Times Magazine (25 January) ran a big feature on Tottenham House, and its grandiose restoration, quoted as costing c.£175m by the ST.

Now owned by Hedge Fund manager, Chris Rokos the redevelopment started soon after he’d purchased the house a few years ago and according to the feature is likely to be completed at some point this year.

Tottenham House originally started in the sixteenth century as a hunting lodge for the Seymour family (of nearby Wulfhall). Two expansions later, first in the early eighteenth century and again one hundred or so years later Tottenham House emerged as being one of the finest Country Houses in the country. Chris Rokos appears to be putting Tottenham House back on the map again.

The article quotes the floor area as being 80,000 square feet, comprising 200 or so rooms with extensive Capability Brown designed grounds, making this one of the ‘largest private houses in the UK.’

Prior to the purchase of Tottenham House Chris Rokos purchased another stately home in need of love, care and restoration in Shropshire – Mawley Hall. Acquiring much land around it has been re-established as a working estate, with acquisitions including a golf club, nearby estate and farm all now under the ‘umbrella brand’ Green Knight Estates.