Just how much would it cost you to live in the ton?
Turns out, quite a lot! But that doesn’t come as much of a surprise, given the opulence and grandeur that defines the stately residences in Shonda Rhimes’ massively successful period drama.
However, maybe not all of them are as completely out of reach as you might think.
The savvy real estate experts over at AgentAdvice wanted to see just how much each of the Bridgerton-featured homes actually cost. So they did the comps and calculated the estimated market value for each property by multiplying the mansion’s estimated floor space in square feet by the local area’s median price per square foot.
And it turns out, an $856,000 deposit would land you one of the most affordable homes in Mayfair.
Wondering who owns the least expensive house in the ton? Let’s take a closer look at all the palatial abodes prominently featured on the show — and how much they would cost in real life if they were to land on the market.
#1 Hampton Court (Queen Charlotte’s palace): worth $564 million
By far the most valuable property on our list, Queen Charlotte’s sprawling 712,054-square-foot palace is estimated to be worth well over $564 million (the exact estimate was $564,810,582), which amounts to $790/square foot.
Located in the London borough of Richmond Upon Thames, the real-life palace has a rich history that dates back to 1514 and was once one of King Henry’s favorite residences.
#2 The Wilton House (the Duke of Hastings’ London residence): worth $47.5 million
The runner-up spot already drops in worth to less than a tenth of the Queen’s palace, despite being the second-largest property featured on the show.
Estimated at $47,488,515 in today’s market, the Wilton House in Salisbury, Wiltshire was featured prominently in the first season of Bridgerton as the Duke of Hastings’ primary residence in London. Spanning 124,581 square feet, the massive abode also lent its opulent interiors to portray pretty much every other house featured in the first season.
#3 Castle Howard (the Duke of Hastings’ country home): $27M
Remember the Duke’s fictional country house from Season 1, where Simon and Daphne spend their honeymoon? Turns out, it was no country house, but a real-life, 17th-century palace known as Castle Howard that’s estimated to be worth $27,035,175.
The estate dates back to 1699 and was once home to the 3rd Earl of Carlisle. It’s also a popular filming location and appeared in the 2018 Arctic Monkeys video Four Out of Five. The stately home in the heart of Yorkshire has an impressive estimated size of 88,888 sq ft, but the lowest cost per square foot on our list, standing at $303/sqft.
#4 The Ranger’s House (the Bridgerton residence): $8.2M
While Lady Featherington has made it perfectly clear in Season 3 that the Bridgertons have “unlimited funds” (for the wedding), their charming wisteria-covered house is the third-smallest one on our list — and only the 4th most expensive.
Clocking in at an estimated $7,094,227, the 16,147-square-foot Ranger’s House in South East London plays the part of the Bridgerton home. But it’s no longer a private residence; nowadays, the Ranger’s house is a museum, home to a world-class art collection amassed by diamond magnate Sir Julius Wernher.
#5 No. 1 Royal Crescent (the Featherington residence): worth $6.3 million
The Featheringtons’ house is almost as pricey as the neighboring residence of the Bridgertons, with its worth being estimated at $6,299,044, which amounts to $438 per sq ft.
Located at No. 1 Royal Crescent in Bath, Somerset, the former residence is part of a sweeping U-shaped building that consists of 30 historic terraced homes. It’s now being operated as a museum but lent its exteriors to be used as Penelope’s house in the hit Netflix series.
$6 Kingston Bagpuize House (the Mondrich residence): $4.3 million
Home to the newest members of high society, the Mondrichs, this is the most affordable property on our list, said to be worth $4,280,532. It’s also one of the very few that is still being used for its intended purpose — as a family house.
Played by the real-life Kingston Bagpuize House in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, the Mondrich residence spans 9,821 square feet, with the price per square foot standing at $434. This means a downpayment of $856,000 (20%) could potentially land a die-hard fan a Bridgerton-featured house.
How the value of the properties was estimated
Doing the comps on historic properties that can’t really be compared to anything else isn’t the easiest of tasks. However, the real estate experts at AgentAdvice did a great job estimating the monetary value of these centuries-old homes.
They sourced each building’s measurements from the Ordnance Survey, the official national mapping agency for Great Britain, and combined that info with median house prices from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority. The final estimated valuation was calculated by multiplying the mansion’s estimated floor space by the local area’s median price per square foot, with the figures later converted from GBP to USD.
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