Grand Designs couple who spent £400,000 buying and renovating a 'mini-castle'

It's the Grand Designs folly that was transformed from a 250-year old ruin into a modern designer home.

And now the unique property in the rolling landscapes of the Vale of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire is for sale.

After costing £300,000 to rebuild - in addition to the £100,000 to buy the land - the renovated two-bedroom house is currently for sale for £850,000.   

The couple behind the rebuild, who have had their second child since starting the project, put the home up for sale nine months after moving in.

The renovation of Dinton Castle - which is also known as Dinton Folly - featured in an episode of Grand Designs on Channel 4 earlier this year.

In the programme, its presenter Kevin McCloud stands outside of the ruin at the start of the project, saying: 'It may have the shape of a mini Tudor tower, but this mini-castle wasn't built for defence. It was, in fact, built 250 years ago to house a gentleman's fossil collection.

'Of course, now it has become something of a relic itself.

'It's a building that doesn't want to stand up anymore. It just wants to fall over in two big halves. Well, it's going to as its owners are going to try and repair it.'





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