Deal struck on mighty Monarch of the Glen estate

One of the biggest resi deals of 2014 has just gone down in Mayfair. We hear this £45m stonker on the corner of Balfour Place and Mount Street has been snapped up for an undisclosed sum.

Knight Frank has sold the 1,324 acre Shakenhurst Estate on the Worcestershire/Shropshire border for £16m, claiming it as England's "first major estate sale of 2014."

An early contender for Bargain of the Year, this 34,250 square foot Grade II-listed mansion in Devon has just been sold for £600k, after being deemed 'simply too big for most people'.