FANCY sleeping under the same roof as the king who trounced the French at Agincourt?

Well now is your once in a lifetime opportunity. Courtfield, an 18 bedroom manor house near Lydbrook was the childhood home of Henry V from about 1387 and it's up for rent.

Price is "on application" but you'll need deep pockets. The reward being an historic property overlooking the River Wye. As well as 18 bedrooms, which should be enough for most people, there's an imposing chapel to dwell on humility and a modern accommodation block with 42 rooms which was, until recently, a Catholic retreat and training college for the global Mill Hill Missionary Society.

Originally called 'Greenfield' the house itself was the childhood home of Henry V who lived there from 1387 to 1394.

Jerome Vaughan of the Vaughan family who own the estate, says: "The Kings Room is actually the oldest section of the house in which the future monarch grew up and played 19 years before his assent to the throne of England."

Future King Harry, the subject of some of Shakespeare's most memorable lines and the victor at the Battle of Agincourt, isn't the only brush Courtfield has with history. Long associated with Catholicism – including rebel priests who were hunted in the grounds during the 16th Century switch to the Church of England – the Vaughan's estate was also home to a brace of archbishops, including Cardinal Vaughan, founder of Westminster Cathedral and his brother, Roger, Archbishop of Sydney.

Plenty of history on offer. To see if it suits you sir, or sire, talk to Tom Parry at Parrys Commercial on 01633 508508 or email [email protected]">[email protected]