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Many people say so! Set like a jewel overlooking the main lake on the superb Camelot Residential
and Golf Estate. Stratford Castle bids fair to be one of the most attractive and most privileged
residential opportunities not just in South Africa but anywhere on earth...
If ever you’ve dreamed of living in a real baronial Castle replete with fascinating arms, armour
and antiques here is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make your dream come true!
Camelot is 2000 feet above sea level - high above coastal humidity yet less than 30 minutes from
the International Airport and Durban’s superb beaches, from world class downtown hotels, and
famous sporting venues. It has the spacious feel of real countryside with a Game Reserve nearby
and several other inter national tourist attractions. It is also minutes from Durban’s
International Polo venue and the Summerveld Racing Stables and also 10 to 15 minutes from the
26 kilometer Inanda Lake(dam).
Built on 17 reinforced concrete piers pile-driven deep into the earth Stradford Castle stands on
the fringes of Camelot’s largest lake and was designed and built to last for centuries. It is that
most rare of creations – a dream of beauty that has become a breathtaking reality.
The Castle’s cornerstone on the North wing is engraved with Sir Walter Raleigh’s immortal
words:
“True love is a durable fire
in the mind ever burnynge ..”
and the entire building is imbued with the spirit of those words. From the magnificent stained
glass oriole on its fine staircase to the bartizan window on the lake frontage, to every detail of its
architecture, here is a very special home to love and take pride in.
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The stained-glass centrepieces set into the embrasured leadlite windows were created by the late
Thomas Sutcliffe R.A. famous for restoring the magnificent stained-glass of Coventry Cathedral,
bombed during the 1939 Battle of Britain. These centrepieces depict various Elizabethan
characters like the six wives of King Henry VIII (taken from portraits in the National Gallery on
Trafalgar Square) and others depict Henry VIII’s Coat of Arms, the Red Rose of Lancaster, the
White Rose of York which together make up the Tudor Rose - still a principal symbol of British
monarchy today. There is also a centrepiece portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh the most remarkable
personality of the Elizabethan era and of his family crest. In themselves individual works of art,
these stained glass creations are built into the very fabric of the Castle itself, and it would be
difficult to place a realistic value on them today.
Despite the splendid statement of its presence, the final impression one has of the Castle is its
unique warmth, homeliness and comfort. Simply being within its great walls overlooking the
lake gives one a sense of occasion which is accompanied by the warmth of a real, lived-in, truly
comfortable home with all the “mod cons” one could wish for!
The open rooftop of the Castle is now being turned into a “secret garden” with one tower a
Finnish Sauna and the other a Jacuzzi Room.
Stratford Castle is an astonishing achievement – a home with a real sense of history and fairytale
romance, yet with a welcoming, warm and well-loved ambience – a masterpiece of present-day
home architecture that certainly left this visitor “gob-smacked”!
On two of Camelot’s largest lakeside lots, the Castle is for sale at £ 390 000-00, an incredible
bargain price-which converts into this low sterling figure because of the ridiculously favorable
exchange rate now existing between Sterling and the S.A. Rand – realistically it is is what you’d
pay for a pleasant small apartment in a fairly good area of any City in Europe! Stratford Castle
would make a perfect Corporate investment with a number of uses, or simply a delightful retreat
and investment for a buyer from the U.K., Europe or the U.S.A..
Under high security, the Castle overlooks a beautiful lake with fly-fishing, a classic Par 72 Hugh
Baiocchi Golf Course, and excellent restaurants and all the civilized facilities from first class
medical attention to banks, outstanding shopping Malls. Approximately 25 minutes from
Durban’s International Airport (an overnight flight from Heathrow and all of Europe’s capital
cities) and an hour from Johannesburg. The Purchaser is prepared to include the contents of the
Castle (Collectors Persian rugs, arms, armour and artefacts for a further £120 000 – another real
bargain if your interested….
Telephone: +2731 7659400
+2731 7655317
+2782 6595060
E-mail:
greenslvs@worldonline.co.za
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