Overview
- The 18th-century, seven-bedroom Grade II-listed Old Rectory in Marston Moretaine has been relisted this week with an asking price cut to £1.8 million after failing to sell since 2024.
- The current listing no longer mentions Captain Sir Tom or his family, a change estate agents say accompanies a series of price reductions from the original £2.25 million.
- The property’s public profile is shaped by Sir Tom’s 2020 fundraising, when he raised about £39 million for NHS charities by walking in the garden, and by later scrutiny of related organisations.
- A Charity Commission inquiry into the Captain Tom Foundation led to the charity’s closure and to Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband being banned from trustee roles, which has continued to affect public interest in the house.
- Planning disputes have also dented appeal: a later-retrospective application for a spa pool block on the grounds was refused and the unauthorised structure was demolished, adding local controversy to the sale.