Great David's is located in a hamlet of Kingwood in Oxfordshire(Image: Knight Frank/SWNS)

Spectacular house with 'UK's best lawn' is up for sale - including top sports venue

The stunning Edwardian house, known as Great David's, boasts 11 acres of immaculate gardens and grounds. It is home to a major sporting competition every summer

by · The Mirror

A jaw-dropping house boasting what is claimed to be the "best lawn in the UK" has gone on the market for £5million.

The Edwardian house, known as Great David's, is located in a hamlet of Kingwood, Oxfordshire. It boasts 11 acres of immaculate gardens and grounds and is surrounded by open farmland and pockets of privately owned beech woodland. It comes with an immaculate croquet lawn - described as "the best lawn in the UK" - which the owner's wife had dug up and re-seeded 25 years ago.

Maintained since then by professional greenkeepers, every July it is used by the country's leading players - including a former world champion - for a private tournament. Global retail consultancy Knight Frank said: "Great David's is a beautifully designed Edwardian country home offering extensive and flexible family living and entertaining space, with ample accommodation and immaculate grounds.

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The house boasts "the best lawn in the UK"( Image: Knight Frank/SWNS)

"The property is approached from a quiet lane through electric gates opening out to a private gravelled drive up to the house, with a large parking area." The house was built by the Maxwell family in 1909, and offers 5,339sq ft of accommodation on three floors, including a large reception hall, drawing room, wood-panelled dining room, and a comfortable snug that leads into a Smallbone-designed family kitchen.

Nick Warner from Knight Frank, who is handling the sale said: "In 30 years of selling wonderful country houses, never have I seen a professionally kept tournament standard croquet lawn alongside other great sporting amenities too." The first floor houses six bedrooms and three bathrooms, with a large study, bathroom and attics on the second floor.

The home comes with a swimming pool and pool house( Image: Knight Frank/SWNS)

The outdoor facilities are more in akin to an Olympic training camp than a family home and include a cricket net, tennis court, swimming pool and pool house. The gardens and grounds, originally laid out by the Maxwell family, were revived in the early 1980s by the owner's wife.

The house in on the market for £5million( Image: Knight Frank/SWNS)

The piece de resistance is the croquet lawn, which the owner's wife had dug up and re-seeded some 25 years ago. Maintained since then by professional greenkeepers, it's been the setting each July for a private tournament attended by the country's leading players, including a former world champion.