Grade I listed Bramshill House police college up for sale at £25million

3:00pm Thursday 18th July 2013 in News

By Chris Gregory

Grade I listed Bramshill House police college up for sale at £25million

A JACOBEAN mansion and estate, used to train the country’s top police officers, has gone on sale with a guide price of £25million.

Bramshill House, near Hook, a police training college since it was bought by the Home Office in 1953, could be used as an educational campus, a private home or a hospital.

Last year, Home Secretary Theresa May announced the sale of the Grade I-listed mansion, since it was no longer “economically viable” as the home of the College of Policing.

Estate agents Knight Frank have now put the estate, which includes 270 acres and Grade II-listed gardens, up for sale with a guide price of between £20m and £25m.

Emma Cleugh, a partner at Knight Frank, said: “Bramshill’s rich history is part of its appeal, but also its modern facilities bring it right into the 21st century.”

As reported in The Gazette, the National Policing Improvement Agency, a forerunner for The College of Policing, started a review in November 2011 to look into alternative uses for the site.

The College of Policing has until 2015 to find a new home, when its lease runs out.

Lord Zouche, a wealthy courtier, built the house by 1612 as a way of demonstrating his power and riches to James I, who visited the estate in 1620.

It was used as a private residence until the Second World War, when it was in service as a maternity hospital.

After the war, the exiled King Michael and Queen Anne of Romania lived there, until the Home Office purchased it in 1953.

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