A 19-bedroom Grade II-listed country house in Lacock, Wiltshire, has gone up for sale for offers over £1.5million. 

The village of Lacock has been a key filming location for multiple Harry Potter films over the years. 

In Lacock Abbey, several scenes set at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry were filmed for the first two instalments in the series. 

Buyers keen to soak up some Harry Potter nostalgia can now purchase their own slice of the magic in the form of Bowden Hill House. 

Bowden Hill House dates back to around 1850 to 1860 and has 13,258 sq. ft. of space inside. 

The property boasts seven bathrooms and sits in 34 acres of grounds. 

It needs to be fully renovated throughout, so any buyer would need to factor in sizeable additional costs.  

A spokesman for Carter Jonas told This is Money: 'Renovating a typical country house could range anywhere from £1,000 per sq. ft. to £3,000 per sq. ft. depending on the size of the house and the level of work and finish required. 

'This would help provide a total project cost, but you would also need to factor in labour and materials costs, so you could be looking at anything from £150,000 for a base level renovation to upwards of £1million for a high-end transformation.' 

Bowden Hill House has panoramic views of the surrounding countryside of West Wiltshire as it sits at the top of Bowden Hill. 

The main house was constructed using squared ironstone with ashlar dressings, Bridgwater tile roofs and shaped ashlar stacks.

The property has a galleried reception hall, six living rooms, various offices, 19 bedrooms, seven bathrooms and a separate flat. 

Bowden Hill House comes with a number of outbuildings, also requiring renovation. 

Originally, the outbuildings were used as stables, a place to live for the horse's groom, a dairy with living quarters and storerooms. There also used to be a squash court on site. 

Bowden Hill House also comes with a disused swimming pool, an historic Ice House and a steel frame for an agricultural storage building in the woods to the north of the main house. 

Twenty acres of the surrounding land are pasture fields, while the rest is woodland, an orchard and former terraced gardens. 

The driveway leading up to Bowden Hill House weaves through a gravel pathway via woods, ending at wrought iron gates.  

The property is being sold freehold and is in council tax band H. A home mover selling their one and only home would need to fork out £93,750 for stamp duty to buy Bowden Hill House. 

Chippenham is about five miles away from the property, while Bath is around 14 miles away.  

David Mackenzie, a partner at Carter Jonas in Bath, said: 'This expansive country manor presents a unique opportunity rarely seen on the market. 

'Offering 13,258 sq ft of accommodation in 34 acres of grounds, the residence needs attention. 

'However, the right owner will revel in its glory and potential to be transformed into a stately home which pays homage to its history and will bring it up to modern day standards. 

'The manor would have fit perfectly as a location in the Harry Potter movies, which is apt given that the village of Lacock and Lacock Abbey were filming locations for the movies.'

In November 2025 Savills said property values across the prime country market, what it defines as the most expensive five to 10 per cent of rural homes, had fallen in value by 8.1 per cent on average over the past 12 months.  

Higher rates of stamp duty alongside council tax reform, a mansion tax and concerns over potential further changes to capital gains tax have hit the prime country home market.  

For all the beauty, space and privacy that large country homes have to offer, they come with obvious downsides.

With their size comes great responsibility and repairs and maintenance often become a money pit for their owners.

The cost of insuring such large properties keeps going up, and unlike with most properties, large country houses often will cost much more to rebuild than they would fetch on the sales market meaning they command massive premiums.

To make matters worse, building costs and labour have skyrocketed in recent years.

The mansion tax was announced in former Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Budget in November 2025. 

It will see owners of homes worth £2million or more subject to a High Value Council Tax Surcharge from 2028.

This will range from £2,500 per year to £7,500 per year, depending on the value of their home.