Century Oaks, Nigel Mansell's Clearwater estate, to be offered as three separate properties.CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 1994--"Century Oaks, the majestic Clearwater waterfront estate of world famous driver Nigel Mansell Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE (born August 8, 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire) is a British racing driver from England who won world championships in both Formula One (1992) and CART (1993). , is now being offered as three separate properties, however, the option to purchase the entire estate is still available," announced Richard W. Cope, The Prudential Florida Realty's chairman and chief executive officer. "Several prospective buyers have made inquiries about purchasing the individual properties. We feel that by dividing the properties, we are now able to give prospective buyers greater purchasing options." The Main house was purchased by the Mansell's in 1991. He later purchased the North and South houses, returning "Century Oaks" to its original composition. Mansell's extensive reconstruction of the property included the addition of a library and sun parlor and extension of the dining room, entrance hall, and master bedroom. Century Oaks, which The Prudential Florida Realty realty n. a short form of "real estate." (See: real estate) REALTY. An abstract of real, as distinguished from personalty. Realty relates to lands and tenements, rents or other hereditaments. Vide Real Property. originally listed in September for $15 million, was built in 1915 and is located in Clearwater's prestigious and historically registered Harbor Oaks area. Aptly named for the 250-400 year old live oak trees shading See Phong shading, Gouraud shading, flat shading and programmable shading. the expansive lawn, the 4.35 acre estate features 24,800 square feet, 66 rooms, 12 full baths, five half baths, three swimming pools, two tennis courts and a shuffleboard shuffleboard, sport in which players use cue sticks to push disks onto a scoring diagram at either end of a concrete or terrazzo court. The court is 52 ft (15.85 m) long and 6 ft (1.83 m) wide. The bases of the triangular scoring diagrams are parallel to and 8 ft (2. court. The Main House: $8.95 million Features 16,700-square-foot mansion MANSION. This term is synonymous with house. (q.v.) 1 Chit. Pr. 167; 2 T. R. 502; 1 Tho. Co. Litt. 215, n. 35; 9 B. & C. 681; S. C. 17 E. C. L. R. 472, and the cases there cited; Com. Dig. Justices, P 5; 3 Serg. & Rawle, 199. , a gourmet kitchen with cherry wood cabinetry cab·i·net·ry n. Cabinetwork: finely detailed cabinetry. Noun 1. cabinetry - the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) cabinetwork , music/ballroom with three massive crystal chandeliers, an air-conditioned garage containing a collectors room and a hydraulic lift, a guest wing, tennis court, pool, historic bell tower, and a large boat dock. North House: $2.75 million Features: 5,000-square-feet, music and sun rooms, three bedrooms, four bathrooms, a suite of offices, pool, game room, tennis court. South House: $2.2 million Features 3,140-square-feet, two bedrooms, two and one half baths, lounge, fireplace fireplace Opening made in the base of a chimney to hold an open fire. The opening is framed, usually ornamentally, by a mantel (or mantelpiece). A medieval development that replaced the open central hearth for heating and cooking, the fireplace was sometimes large enough to , dining room, kitchen, pool, boat dock. Century Oaks estate, in its entirety, is now being offered at $13.9 million. The Mansell's have announced they will be returning to the Isle of Man Noun 1. Isle of Man - one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea Man British Isles - Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic by the end of the year. The Prudential Florida Realty is the state's largest independently owned real estate brokerage and the seventh largest in the nation, with 65 offices throughout the state. More than 2,600 sales associates generated $3.6 billion in sales in 1993. The company, headquartered in Clearwater, has more than 400 employees. CONTACT: The Prudential Florida Realty, Clearwater Leah P. Swinson, 813/538-5370, Ext. 260 |
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