A 13-bedroom country estate with a chequered past has gone on sale for £1.6 million.
Rolston Hall, located on the Yorkshire coast near Hull, comes with a separate historic cottage and 10 acres of beautifully landscaped gardens.
The estate has a long history stretching back nearly 700 years and even has part of its moat still in tact - one of the few remaining in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Local legend has it that the notorious American pirate Paul Jones fired a salvo of cannonfire at the Hall.
Then owner William Brough, Marshall of High Court of Admiralty, had been tasked with eliminating piracy.
This clearly did not go down well with many pirates and Jones let his displeasure be known. William issued an order to hang Jones as a pirate if he were captured.
It was said that one of the cannon balls fired on the hall was preserved and left in the hall in 1840.
The estate agent is inviting offers between £1.65 million and £1.85 million.
It shows the vast difference in price between what you can get in London and outside it, with £1.6m getting you just a two bed flat in Chelsea.
Other amenities at Rolston Hall include a croquet lawn, an orchard and a tennis court.
Of the the 13 bedrooms, features include full height bay windows and period fireplaces. Chandeliers illuminate the home which has "been the subject of considerable investment and restoration" according to agents Fine & Country.
“Rolston Hall has been the subject of considerable investment and restoration, sympathetically retaining many of its original architectural features whilst providing the comforts of modern living,” reads the listing.
“Set within nearly 10 acres of grounds, the history dating back nearly 700 years.”
It might be a historic building but the kitchen has all the modern fittings such as quartz granite worktops, all the appliances and an 'American style' refrigerator.
For kitchen storage there is a large walk-in butlers pantry.
In the oak panelled dining room, the mantel fireplace includes the carved family crests of the occupants of Rolston Hall dating back to the Doomsday Book.
The Doomsday Book is a survey of England and some of Wales, completed in 1086 by the order of William the Conqueror.
Written in Medieval Latin, the title, from the Latin phrase “Domus Dei”, translates to “House of God”.
