The Extravagant Cost Of Running A Medieval Manor | Country House Rescue: Cothay Manor | Real Royalty
Cothay Manor is a grade I listed medieval country house and gardens, located in Stawley, Somerset. In 1993 Mary-Anne and Alastair Robb bought the house as an empty shell and have spent all their time and funds restoring Cothay. However, as a business, the manor is losing a serious amount of money, and a question mark remains over who will take over the estate in the future. With the situation at a breaking point, can Ruth Watson turn the estate's fortunes round, and help secure Cothay's long-term future?
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I'm only 55! After 2 bouts of covid, my energy levels are low! The lady with the garden has energy I wish I had!
Mary Anne is a very hard working woman, she's created a paradise in 15 years! Amazing
Hardworking and talented.
I thought Mary Ann was going to have a coronary while she was running around trying to do everything. The garden really is very intimate and charming. I can only wish them the best.
I think if your children are going to fight over your beautiful home and gardens after your deaths. You should sign them over to the National Trust so everyone can enjoy what you have created in the future. Your beautiful life work should live on.
I do love these people: "I do love fur - an if it is dead, it is dead!" ❤
Seeing their love for this place I'm desperate to visit this place with my family someday in the future I hope I can I want to Just love the love they have for this place ❤
What a wonderful home and a great couple living their dream. I wish they could have kept it without worrying about profit and just enjoyed their vision and dream coming to life.
they have to profit to pay for the costs of keeping up the whole house and land.
Omg how beautifull I am very impressed
RIP Alistair in 2016 🙏
This house was listed in 2020 for 5million pounds.
I hope they are able to have the AMAZING MEDIEVAL WALL PAINTINGS RESTORED!!🌹🌹🌹
That beautiful house and garden is going to die with the owners...
yep. and because of them too
It’s always hard to see the forest thru the trees, when one is in the forest. It’s obvious the couple is beyond tired. I agree about the family meeting & have everything above board. Where there’s a Will, there’s a family. Hope it all worked out for them.
Pre prepared picknick box 5 qid per person x 150 people = 750 quid,entrance fee 5 quid = 1500 quid in one day. Sculptures rent space 50 quid per day etc. Get organised!
Fabulous episode with marvellous people and what an oeuvre, they have created!!! Bravo to all of you!
Alistair sadly died in in 2018, in early June 2020, the property was listed for sale at £5 million, and sold in October 2020 to its new owners for £5.25M.
Sounds like it worked out so far. She got money out of it, and can retire from all that work. The company that bought it seems to be running tours of the house and gardens, so the house's history and their hard work can be shared with the public.
Awww so sad to hear about Alistair would love an update on Mary-Anne.
I would love an update. How are things going on in 2023?
Alistair died i 2016 Mary-Ann sold the house and gave some of the money to the children Yes all of the kids
@@hsimpson6581Thanks for the update
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Background Bozo the Clown music 40:37 sets it up for a real hoot of a disaster.
They should consider hosting parties and weddings and such also. Just watching this exhausted me. I cannot believe how they have worked. I would consider anything for money to hire staff, if I were them!❤
Lots of my friends who ever traveled to the British, to their surprise, found it really got seriously underestimated, due to the traditional tour putting too much focus on big cities like London and castles. The country cottage and garden created a natural, peaceful, romantic wonderland that people want to nest into, with no mention of the classic British novel's influence all over the world, Jane Austen...
So Alistair died and the property was sold ...how poignantly sad?
oh this house is so beautiful
If I were them, I'd leave the house to some organization that was willing to run it strictly for profit. It is obvious the daughter has little interest in it.
The British government has taken over hundreds of properties, The National this and that organizations oversee the tourists, tours, cafes, rentals, events side of things, but most are not 'name' places or in the popular, busiest tourist areas. A shame, yes. No easy answers. I SO HOPE this lady has ideas and that they work.
This seems to have taken place in 2008, sooo…
@@nothajzl exactly I just posted for a update.
You can make money with selling not by just looking. 😅🤗
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I so Love this home and garden. How lucky for the owners to wake up to such a beautiful home with so much history. Their children/grandchildren should be so lucky to inherit such a lovely place and to share it with others, especially those that are welling to pay for a visit, I know I would.
A beautiful dream sometimes makes a beautiful world....
In the US, tours in such a place would be at least $30+ a person.
In America we have so many zoning laws you need a permit to come out your front door
"magic trick up her sleeve" = money
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Upon her death, Maryanne Robbs had arranged for "the Butcher" to cut out her heart" and plant it in a beautiful box underneath the backyard stone fountain??? GRUESOME!! Sentimental, I guess (??)..... BUT VERY CREEPY ( and possibly illegal..)
Rich people problems
Has Maryann been drinking?
I hope the new owners realize that the former owner was the poison chalice and now the national treasure can be appreciated by all
Stop reading the cue cards and look into the camera Ms. Presenter
Oh please do not worry about the men are being old and crumbly because most humans on the inside are just the same only difference is the mess you can see in the matter
Weddings definitely
These people seem like they don't want to give an inch. Stubbornness is going to cause them to lose this place. They should just donate it to the national trust or leave it to ALL their children whether they want it or not. Let them sell it or give it away.
The comment made by Mary Anne about asking the butcher to cut out her heart, ummm ok... didn't expect that less than 2 minutes in, lol... Other than that, I have to agree with Ruth; unless Alister & Mary Ann are able to create a real functioning business with revenue to be able to afford the house - especially since they insist on wanting to die there - then they need to become more entrepreneurial minded. There are sooo many ways that they could generate revenue & NO, turning it into a hotel does NOT need to be one of them! The just need a solid system in place, when it comes to events, tours, food offerings, plant sales, etc... otherwise, if everyone just wants to be stubborn, lazy or careless, then the kids WILL end up having to sell the place, in order to pay off any taxes & by then, both Alister & Mary Anne would have no choice...& if Charlie gets it, unless she stops thinking about it as "just" a family home, she's also going to be in a really stuck situation herself & then the place would be a "poison chalice". Which is unfortunate, because the place has so much potential! Even if they put a system or program in place that was doing HALF a year, what that bigger garden was doing, theyd have more then enough in profit & savings, to be able to afford its upkeep & taxes.
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Marianne seems a rather difficult person, maybe it's the stress of such a huge responsibility, or maybe that's just her nature.
It’s now 2023: The husband had died (2016) and the wife had finally sold the property (2020)
Thanks for this sad update. I hope the wife has somehow been able to reconcile with all their children.
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@@eleanorscarlett6092 After I got up to $300k trading with Mrs Mary Lynn Crawford i bought a new House and I'm now able to send my kids to a better school in the states thanks to her. When someone is straight forward with what he or she is doing people will always speak up for them.
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Reach her directly
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A hobby gardener living way beyond her means. No pity I,m afraid.
These are hard to watch when you are bothered by the attitudes displayed by the owners.
Most people who buy art...are supposed to buy...it... and the garden party gets a commission! It's between you and the gallery how much and who pays for cakes and things, how much you make is determined by the fame and demand on the artist.
Alistair has since passed and the property was sold.
How do you know that?
@@waynejohnson1304 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cothay_Manor
@@NilakshiPL yup that's a better link than the one i had put (noticed mine was removed)
@@archeewaters why was it removed? Some dark web stuff? :D
@@NilakshiPL hahaha no doubt