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So, the owner is a crack addict who sang with John Lennon and possibly murdered someone. Oh, and he has a cannon in his garden. Interested?
The expansive estate of filthy rich (and very dead) British publisher Felix Dennis has hit the market (see below).
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Mr Dennis, who died last year of throat cancer, led quite the colourful life if Wikipedia is to be believed. Here are some highlights:
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- He was a crack cocaine addict who spent more than $100 million on drugs and women
- He recorded a song with John Lennon to raise money for his legal defence after being embroiled in a notorious court case
- He once admitted to pushing a man off a cliff before retracting the claim
- He created famous titles Maxim and PC World as well as the less-celebrated Kung-Fu Monthly
- He wrote the first review of Led Zeppelin’s debut album
- In another first, he dropped the C-bomb on live British television in 1970
The estate is listed for £9.5 million ($18.7 million), cannon included.
It can be purchased as a whole or in 11 separate lots, which include a country house resting on 3.6 hectares and a leisure complex stretching over 1,100 square metres.
Source: All photos Knight Frank
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