The Royal Mews | The Buckingham, Le Dernier De Sa Lignée

Seven houses were built in The Royal Mews. Six are sold or reserved. The Buckingham is the last and it is the finest way to arrive at Trent Park. 2,476 sq ft over a classic mews composition, with the rarest luxury of all in London: land on both sides of your life, a 1,697 sq ft main garden and a 611 sq ft courtyard. It is offered fully furnished, dressed to the final detail, with an allocated parking space plus a right to park. The advantage of The Buckingham is absolute simplicity: it is freehold you own the ground it stands on outright, no lease, no ground rent, ever. It is complete, furnished and ready for immediate occupation: transfer funds, take the keys, sleep here the same week. For the international buyer, there is no faster or cleaner route into a London estate home of this calibre. THE LIFE Nothing like it will ever be offered again: 413 acres of genuine English history, a hunting ground to Henry VIII, stage for Sassoon’s legendary house parties, keeper of Britain’s greatest wartime secret restored around your daily life. Wake to views over lakes or a lawn of a million daffodils. Swim in the heated outdoor pool beside the orangery, train in the gym overlooking the water, play tennis in ancient woodland, and watch your address become a cultural landmark as the House of Secrets museum, café and shop open within the mansion itself. All of it kept immaculate in perpetuity. THE CONNECTIONS Trent Park sits on the Piccadilly line, the only country estate in Britain that can say so. Cockfosters station is a walk through the lime-tree avenue; a residents-only shuttle serves Oakwood; and King’s Cross St Pancras is 26 minutes away. The same line runs the other way direct to Heathrow, no change of train. Drivers join the M25 at Junction 24 in minutes, opening Luton and Stansted to the north and the national motorway network beyond. Few addresses in London let you reach a boardroom, an airport and total silence with equal ease. THE SCHOOLS Trent CE Primary School (rated Outstanding by Ofsted) A seven-minute cycle from the estate. Within a short drive sit two of the country’s most sought-after grammar schools, The Latymer School and Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, alongside Dame Alice Owen’s — celebrated for exam results among the best in the country — and leading independents from St John’s and Vita et Pax to Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ and Girls’ schools. Nurseries, preparatories and state secondaries ring the estate at every age and stage. For when university calls, the world’s best are down the line: UCL, LSE, King’s, Imperial, and Central Saint Martins at King’s Cross — 26 minutes from Oakwood. Most London homes give you somewhere to live. Trent Park gives your family a childhood on a country estate, your mornings a 26-minute commute, your children Outstanding-rated schooling within a cycle ride, and your capital an irreplaceable piece of England.