The beautiful mansion which appears as a backdrop in hit series The Great British Bake Off is now on the market for nearly £7million. Harptree Court in Somerset first appeared on our screen back in seasons three and four of the popular baking competition show, hosting the famous Bake Off tent.
The Georgian stately home boasts 51 acres and features 12 bedrooms and nine bathrooms. On the grounds, you can also find a two-bedroom cottage, a Victorian stable yard and a treehouse – with a copper bath. The home was built back in 1797 for Joshua Scrope and was designed by Charles Harcourt Masters – an English surveyor and architect in Bath.
The formal gardens and lawns of this Grade II-listed Georgian property were designed around the same time. The home is now listed by agents Knight Frank for an eye-watering £6,750,000.
On their website, they described the property, located on Whitecross Road. as “an exceptional Grade II Listed Georgian country house standing in an elevated position with far-reaching views over its parkland towards the Chew Valley.” Joshua Scrope is believed to have sold the house in 1803 to the Waldegrave family.
It was then sold again in 1858, being bought by a Miss Gurney. Nearly 20 years later it was bought by William Wildman Kettlewell in 1879.
The property was then bought in 1920 by the previous owner’s grandparents and was bought by the current owners in 2020, who undertook an extensive restoration. In the grounds, the two-bedroom Laundry Cottage adjoins the stable yard and also boasts a kitchen, living room and a bathroom.
The Victorian stable yard comprises a U-shaped yard and a two storey traditional stone stable block opposite -and a two storey stone range of stores, workshop and additional stables alongside. The property was first listed back in 1960.
It was over a decade ago that it first came to our screens on popular baking show The Great British Bake Off. First launching on BBC in 2010, the show moved to Channel 4 in 2017 where it has been broadcast ever since.
The ultimate baking battle, every series we meet a new cast of passionate amateur baking fans who compete to be crowned the UK’s Best Amateur Baker. The series’ original line-up on BBC consisted of Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood as judges, with Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins presenting.
Today, on Channel 4, Paul Hollywood still judges alongside Prue Leith, with Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond as presenters. More recently, the show has been back on our screens for spin-off The Great Celebrity Bake for Stand Up To Cancer.
A host of famous faces instead compete in a bid to impress the judges with their signature, technical and showstopper bakes – and be crowned star baker. Contestants are aiming to impress Paul Hollywood and new judge Caroline Waldegrave as they bake for Stand Up To Cancer
The latest episode, which aired yesterday, April 6, starred Self Esteem, Tommy Tiernan, Meera Syal and Adam Buxton. Stand Up To Cancer is a joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4