The multi-millionaire buyer will also own a Grade II listed three bedroom
rectory, five additional cottages, a number of traditional barns and
outbuildings within the 509 acre estate.

The land is made up of 82 acres of pastoral and 332 acres of arable farming
and there is also 62 acres of woodland and a lake.

However, the village chapel is not included in the price, as it is owned by
the Church.

The beautiful hamlet, which has been put on the market with a guide price of
£18 million, was previously owned by Lincoln College, which is part of
Oxford University.

Little Rollright is only a few miles from the Four Shires Stone, which is the
historic meeting point of Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and
Worcestershire, and is the closest village to the megalithic monuments of
the Rollright Stones.

^{General view of houses in Little Rollright, the Cotswolds (SWNS.COM)}

Shrouded in mystery, the stones are thought to be older than Stonehenge and
could go back more than 4,500 years.

They consist of a Neolithic stone circle known as “The Kings Men” and a
monolith known as “The Kings Stone”, with a further group of upright stones
known as “The Whispering Knights” which are believed to guard a 5,000 year
old burial chamber.

The British owner has now decided to sell the village after owning it for the
past decade.

Giles Lawton, a director at Savills, the property company in charge of the
sale, said: “It is a first for me, to be selling a village in the
Cotswolds. It is a very special place and you would struggle to find
something similar.

“The main home was a manor farmhouse and the owner has added a wing which
was designed by Robert Adam. It is now a much more substantial home which
has been beautifully done and really adds to the village.

“The old rectory is a very pretty place and then you have the cottages as
well. It is very rare to have a village for sale and it would suit anyone
who could afford it.

“It really is a wonderful place and we have already had a number of calls.”