A Tudor style mansion that was painstakingly moved brick by brick from Essex to Kingston over 100 years ago has gone up for sale.

Cedar Court, in Coombe Hill Road, was built in 1483 on the bank of the river Colne near Chelmsford, but in 1910 wealthy antiquarian Walter Thornton-Smith moved the entire property to a piece of land he bought beside Coombe Hill golf course.

The 12 bedroom, nine bathroom house has been through many incarnations over the years, serving as a residence for a wealthy merchant, a tavern and a furniture store before its move.

Mr Thornton-Smith bought the original house for £350 and then spent £30,000 and two years dismantling and re-building it.

Every part of the building was sectioned out and numbered so that it could be re-built exactly as it was after its 42 mile trip.

The property is advertised as ‘price on application’ but it is certain to go for far more than the than the £350 spent 104 years ago.

Diana Wormal, from estate agent Knight Frank, said: "It is definitely the most interesting property I have ever handled in Coombe Hill and it’s destined to sell to someone with a deep passion for history."