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| Black Hole Hollow Farm, a New York country estate where former British intelligence officer-turned-author Ian Fleming wrote parts of his James Bond thrillers |
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| Ian Fleming |
BLACK HOLE HOLLOW FARM, CAMBRIDGE, NY -- A New York country estate, Black Hole Hollow
Farm, where former British intelligence officer-turned-author, Ian Fleming,
wrote parts of his James Bond thrillers, Diamonds
Are Forever (1956) and Goldfinger (1959)
is for sale at $2.95 million/
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| Fleming's View of James Bond as Played by Actor Hoagy Carmichael. Posted by Wikipedia. |
Black Hole Hollow Farm is located near Cambridge, NY and 30 miles to Saratoga, NY.
It was then the home of his dear friend John
Felix Charles Ivar Bryce, also a former British intelligence officer, whose
wife was an Atlantic & Pacific heiress, Josephine Huntington Hartford.
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| John Felix Charles Ivar Bryce (Real name, Ivar Bryce). As posted by Wikipedia |
Ian was joined by other illustrious guests such
as Princess Margaret and Jackie Kennedy, but Fleming was a
long-term houseguest on numerous occasions. The farm has recently been listed
for sale, priced at $2.95 million.
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| Josephine Huntington Hartford (as posted by Wikipedia) |
Nestled within 440
lush acres of woods, pasture and flower gardens, the 1770’s-era main house of
8,143 square feet includes eight bedrooms, seven baths, multiple fireplaces,
formal and family rooms, an office, large kitchen and dining room for large
dinner parties.
Well cared for, the
home is spacious enough to get lost in, but the farm’s crowning glory - and
likely where Fleming spent much of his time - is the spectacular greenhouse
opening to a large, roofed garden room.
Like being in a cultivated jungle, it has the sound of water in a koi pond and paths winding through the greenery.
Fleming often stayed
in guest quarters known as the Yellow Room where he would take long treks into
the woods surrounding the estate.
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| Princess Margaret |
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| Jackie Kennedy Onassis |
Like being in a cultivated jungle, it has the sound of water in a koi pond and paths winding through the greenery.
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| Daniel Craig |
In an old guest
register, Fleming once wrote, “Lived here like a king — an uninvited one — in
fragrant and luxurious solitude.”
There are also four
dwellings: the lodge and cottage, each with three bedrooms; the two-bedroom
Federal House; and the former milk house - now a one-bedroom home. Other
amenities include a maple syrup-production facility, an outdoor swimming pool
and three stocked ponds.
Few
fictional characters have been as popular to both men and women as Bond, James
Bond. Men want to be him and women?
With 12 novels, 24 movies (soon to be 25) and
two Academy-award-winning songs (Skyfall by
Adele and Writing’s on the Wall by
Sam Smith), the James Bond brand has been one of the world’s most profitable
with over $17 billion in sales.
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| Story Jenks |
Bond was invented by Fleming in 1953 and
legend has it that it may have been while he was staying at Black Hole Hollow
Farm.
Though Fleming died in 1964, Bond films
continued to be big hits. Now, for the first time in five years, a new James
Bond film, No Time To Die, will
hit the theaters in April. It will be the current Bond actor, Daniel Craig’s,
final time playing the role.
The listing agent is Story Jenks of LandVest, an affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate, Woodstock, Vermont.
CONTACT:
Genelle
C. Brown
Content Manager, Media Division
TopTenRealEstateDeals.com
Phone: 434-480-4504
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Content Manager, Media Division
TopTenRealEstateDeals.com
Phone: 434-480-4504
Twitter: @toptenrealestat
facebook.com/toptenrealestat
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