Fancy living in a Pride & Prejudice manor house? Edgcote House – where Colin Firth filmed the BBC’s 1995 adaptation of Austen’s novel – is up for sale

At the heart of the estate is Edgcote House, the Grade I-listed Georgian country house that was the real-life filming location for Netherfield Park, Mr Bingley’s rented abode, in the BBC’s 1995 miniseries adaptation of Pride & Prejudice – better known as the one with Colin Firth in a wet shirt. (In the 2005 version, Basildon Park stood in for Netherfield Park.)

Built between 1748 and 1754, the house is noted for the high quality of its stonework, which is said to have weathered very…