King Henry VIII's former Surrey estate hits the market with $28.5 million asking price

Ever wanted to live like a king? Well, now’s your chance, because King Henry VIII’s former country estate in Surrey, England, has been listed for sale.

Priced at $28.5 million, Chobham Park Estate boasts a massive 404,606 square metres of verdant land and several buildings dating back more than 500 years.

The estate’s main home, a Grade-II heritage-listed property, is thought to have been built in the late 1600s or early 1700s and features six bedrooms and copious amounts of charm only to be expected of a 300-plus-year-old home.

Other benefits of the grand abode include a reception hall, study, drawing room, dining room, a large kitchen with breakfast nook and two cloakrooms.

The vast property also features two additional cottages, of which one has been aptly named ‘Little Chobham Park Cottage’.

Little Chobham’s single-storey structure comprises two bedrooms with ensuites, a reception room and a kitchen, and according to real estate firm Knight Frank, the cottage would be ideal for guests or staff.

Other luxuries fit for a king include a swimming pool, stables, tennis court, several paddocks and a number of garages.

Owned by King Henry VIII from 1537, the property actually dates as far back as 675 AD and is believed to have been previously held by the Abbot and Monks of Chertsey Abbey.

Henry later passed on the property to his daughter Queen Mary I, and in 1558, the property was sold to Bloody Mary’s chancellor, Nicholas Heath, the Archbishop of York.