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An historic country manor once bought by renowned author and playwright JB Priestley for £2,000 is now on the market for £3m.
The 'An Inspector Calls' author lived at Billingham Manor on the Isle of Wight in the after purchasing the 15 acres of land back in 1933.
He penned his autobiographical work Rain Upon Godshill (1939) in the study he had built there, although this extension is no longer there.
The estate itself also boasts a rich history dating back to the Domesday Book and had links to smugglers in the 17th century.
The property now consists of a Grade II Listed six-bedroom house, a detached cottage, farm buildings and 130 acres of land.
Pictured: The historic country manor once owned by renowned author and playwright JB Priestley is on the market for £3m
Pictured: Billingham Manor on the Isle of Wright he bought by Priestley for £2000 in 1933
Pictured: Priestley writing as a young man (left) and then later in life (right). His former home Billingham Manor is considered one of the Isle of Wight's architectural gems
Billingham Manor is considered one of the Isle of Wight's architectural gems and has a number of impressive features including a Queen Anne oak staircase and an oak panelled room with a rotating bookcase hidden by a sliding panel, which provides access to a passage under the manor that was believed to have been used by smugglers.
Owner ship of the Manor dates back to 1085 when it belonged to Williams Fitz Stur, before it was remodelled to its current state in about 1730 by politician Edward Worsley.
