The country house where gold from the £26million Brink's-Mat robbery was melted down is now a family home available to rent. The Georgian property was once the residence of John ‘Goldfinger’ Palmer, who smelted the stolen bullion in a makeshift forge in a lean to behind a stable block.
Palmer and his wife Marnie shared Grade II-listed The Coach House, at Battlefields, Bath, throughout the initial police investigation into the 1983 robbery. He was charged after he was spotted carrying out the smelting - but he denied all knowledge of where it had come from, and he was acquitted.
The property, which has since been renovated to include five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a utility room and a gym, was being marketed by estate agents recently. The advert said it would be available from early 2023, with a monthly rent estimated at £5,000-a-month.
