Englishman's castle
Englishmen are once again wealthy enough to call a castle their home. Knight Frank & Rutley report a dramatic increase in the number of English buyers for large country houses. In 1992 they made up just 25 per cent of sales over pounds 750,000. By the end of 1993 the figure had risen to 70 per cent.
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