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A 300-YEAR-old property owned by the former chairman and president of Morgan Stanley is now on the market in the US for $17.5 million.
Listed by Plantation Services, the South Carolina property was once a home for the late S Parker Gilbert and his wife, Gail Gilbert, according to The Wall Street Journal. S Parker Gilbert died in May at 81.
The couple purchased the home for $2.55 million along with 800 acres, according to the report. The property is now 1,705 acres. The historic property is the third-oldest plantation in South Carolina, and was built by Thomas Broughton, who went on to become the royal governor of South Carolina in 1735.
Scroll down to see the house and two guest houses, situated 45 minutes outside Charleston.
… and its own quaint and mysterious garden in the back.
- Lucinda Shen.
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Whoever buys it has to call every man he ever meets again Boy
And has to wear a white Colonel Saunders type suit…..
Shouldn’t be a problem If he’s from Cork.
What is up with you journal. You have an extreme fascination with property, smart phones and Pat Kenny!!! And before anyone points it out I know the journal and daft are one of the same.
There is nothing “fairytale” like about an 18th century plantation.
Ah yes, “guesthouses”!!
And the “hunting lodge”!!
“mysterious garden in the back”….. You mean the remains of the former slave quarters??? Speaking of slavery, that place is so old it probably comes with its own slave mass grave….
Being a former plantation I doubt life was a fairytale for most of the people who lived there
I wonder how many KKK rally’s were held on its land.
So many I’d say to this day there’s hardly a pillow case left in the place without eye holes cut in them.
The person who won the €160. million on Friday could buy that from the change in their back pocket!
Yeah and better value then the “high end of Ireland”
A fairytale except for the slaves! The many many slaves!
I’d prefer a pool table in my game room.
Me likey
Oooh, do any slaves come with the plantation?
Are those genuine Audubon prints (the turkey is clearly visible) in the main house? Elephant folio, very rare, sought after collectors items.
Jump down turn around pick a bail of cotton, Jump down turn around pick a bail of hay …..
Jesus, 2 posh house for sale abroad articles in one day in the Journal. I know it’s a Sunday and the ‘journalists’ need to fill space but come on, who gives a sh*te? It would be a lot more interesting if the article was ’1 room tin shack for sale in Manila slum for $1000′
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