Article: The cost of stately perfection; The purchase price would buy a modest new apartment in central Birmingham - but that's not really the point. The buyer of the listed, Soane masterpiece Pell Wall Hall will have to be the right sort, an ardent restorer, backed by several million pounds. And if you really want to look, you'll have to walk. Marsya Lennox put on her boots.

Byline: Marsya Lennox

Pell Wall Hall near Market Drayton in Shropshire is not an easy instruction for the London office of Jackson-Stops & Staff.

When word was first out that it was for sale, the phone did not stop. More than 500 people had called for details after the first national advertisement and a second print run of brochures was ordered.

A stream of alerted, potential buyers turned up at the quiet, North Shropshire town, keen on an advance look. They upset the neighbours - and in turn the police, worried about the sudden congestion down the ...

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