AS MANY of us are having to tighten our belts because of the cost of living crisis, sometimes it does no harm to see how the other half live. 

Located just a five-minute drive from Castlepoint shopping centre in Throop Village, Bournemouth, an opulent mansion has gone on sale in Throop Road for a price just shy of £4 million. 

The “stunning, period residence” four-bedroom, four-bathroom house is made up of three separate dwellings and is on elevated ground next to the River Stour. 

Bournemouth Echo: The house boasts impressive grounds. Image by STQ Property Group/ZooplaThe house boasts impressive grounds. Image by STQ Property Group/Zoopla

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The main dwelling has eight reception rooms, two of which are attached to the bedrooms. 

Built in 1804, the house is Grade II listed house was built by order of Lord Malmesbury to be used as the dower house for the nearby 300-year-old Hurn Court Manor House. 

Hurn Court gifted to the first Earl of Malmesbury on his elevation to the peerage by the younger Put around the end of the 18th Century. 

Bournemouth Echo: A cinema room. Image by STQ Property Group/ZooplaA cinema room. Image by STQ Property Group/Zoopla

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In the main residence, Throop House, the kitchen has been recently refurbished with natural oak and painted kitchen units. 

Downstairs there is a separate utility room, dining room, living room, day lounge, sitting room, study, cloakroom and conservatory looking over the landscaped gardens. 

There is also a two-bed cottage, built in 1995. Throop House Cottage boasts new windows, décor, kitchen and a bathroom. 

Bournemouth Echo: A games room. Image by STQ Property Group/ZooplaA games room. Image by STQ Property Group/Zoopla

In addition, the property has its own restored barn in the courtyard used as an office.  

Outside in the grounds is a newly constructed brick double garage with large workshop along with an outdoor heated pool with Palladian style wall. 

The gardens of both Throop House and the cottage gently slope down toward the riverbank where the new owner can enjoy private fishing rights. 

And all of this could be yours for a handsome £3,999,950. Head to Zoopla for more details.