Describing the quality, their BB’s website says: ‘Like a fine claret leaving you with a rounded after-taste, our rooms are tailored for the connosieur’

Padding to-and-from the overflowing drinks cabinet, the couple bark at everything from the news to Nigella, before glugging another vodka spritz

Initially built as a family’s country retreat in 1911, Mr and Mrs Parker transformed it into one of the county’s most luxurious hotels.

Set within the town and adjacent to the River Stour, surrounded by three-and-a-half acres of garden, the house boasts privacy.

Describing the quality of the surroundings, their website says: ‘Like a fine claret leaving you with a rounded after-taste, our rooms are tailored for the connoiseur.’

The property comprises a main house, a secondary house, a coach house, gardener’s cottage, and gate house.

The property comprises a main house, a secondary house, a coach house, gardener’s cottage, and gate house

Demand is soaring for the Sandwich property, which boasts marble kitchen tops and cream-painted walls

The estate was initially built as a country retreat for one family in 1911, but the Parkers have opened their doors, and gained an extensive fan base

Alongside the 16 bedrooms, it boasts seven reception rooms and 14 bathrooms.

Outside, the grounds cover an area of
about three and a half acres, with a tropical garden, a kitchen
garden, a lake and a vegetable garden.

Gertrude Jekyll, a famed horticulturist who formed the other half of a dream team with Lutyens, was called in to help with the gardens – which the Parkers have dubbed the Secret Gardens of Sandwich.

The couple, who met and married in 1998, have two young children and a sausage dog called Gigi.

They bought The Salutation in 2004.

Both worked in property management before joining forces.

Born in Canterbury, Dom Parker, 50, went to agriculture college before setting up his own holiday cottage company in New Forest in the 1980s.

In 1991, he moved back to Canterbury to join the family steel business, but continued to harbour an interest in properties.

Outside, the grounds cover an area of about three and a half acres, with a tropical garden, a kitchen garden, a lake and a vegetable garden

Shrouded in trees and stone walls, the grounds boast privacy. It is set within the town and adjacent to the River Stour

The images released of the home, which the couple bought nine years ago, give a far more extensive glimpse into their lives than we see on TV

Mr Parker told the Kent Messenger:
‘Our lives are changing. We just want to spend more time with the
children – we want to do something different and move on.

He said: ‘We have been planning to do that for a while now and we will just see what happens.

‘A chat show is a possibility, we will wait and see – it would be very nice.’

The impressive Lutyens property is on the market on Rightmove with estate agent Knight Frank.

Matthew James, Head of Communications
at Rightmove said: ‘If you enjoy having a nosey around other people’s
houses, you’re going to love looking at one as impressive as this.

‘Steph
and Dom became a hit with viewers of Gogglebox and now that their house
is for sale on Rightmove, I’m sure it will draw a crowd with those who
want to see beyond the living room that became so familiar and get a
deeper insight into the couple’s luxury lifestyle.’

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