You can buy yourself a private island that comes with a 10-bedroom mansion and beach strip - all for an eye-watering £74million.
One of America's last family-owned Gilded Age mansions is set on its own private island and it comes complete with its own beach, yacht dock and polo field.
The stunning home, located in Connecticut on the 60-acre Great Island, boasts 10 bedrooms and eight bathrooms in the main house and is based on over a mile of Long Island Sound waterfront.
The property, which was featured on TopTenRealEstateDeals.com, also boasts multiple additional residences, including a guest house, a 19th-century farmhouse, a caretaker’s cottage and a picturesque seaside cottage.
A sand beach, luxury pool and a deep-water dock so you can leave your 100-foot yacht nearby.
The sprawling estate is also home to impressive equestrian facilities designed by Rafael Gustavino – known for his work on Grand Central Station in New York – including an 18-stall granite stable, indoor and outdoor riding rings, a polo field, riding trails and many paddocks.
It was built in 1902 and then purchased in the early 1900s by baking powder entrepreneur William Ziegler, the compound has remained in the Ziegler family since William bought it.
Ziegler bought the estate as a summer home to escape the hot New York summers.
With its proximity to New York City’s financial centre, Connecticut was a hotspot for grand mansions in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Other high-profile names that have flocked to the area over the years include author Anne Morrow Lindbergh – who had her son Charles kidnapped and murdered in a highly-publicised case. Another well-known name is Buckminster Fuller, the designer of the geodesic dome and Dymaxion car.
The estate is currently for sale with Jennifer Leahy of Douglas Elliman, Greenwich, Connecticut, for £74million ($100million).
