How the Cotswolds set was trumped by Middle Eastern royals and the property deal of the century For once it’s not the Beckhams, Camerons or Jeremy Clarkson hogging the Cotswolds headlines - a £120m Norman church has taken centre stage Seven-bed Tormarton Court, a Georgian former rectory set in 10 acres near Badminton, Glos - £5.95m through Savills For once it’s not the Beckhams, Camerons or Jeremy Clarkson hogging the Cotswolds property headlines, as the Chipping Norton set have all been trumped by the deal of the century between two Middle Eastern royals. The King of Bahrain has bought Glympton Park – a 2,000-acre estate with an 18th century mansion, 39 cottages and a Norman church – for £120m. Its vendor was the Saudi prince Bandar bin Sultan, who has pocketed a tidy profit, having spent around £8m on buying Glympton in the 1990s and a further £42m on upgrading it to include bullet-proofing along the driveway and a replica English pub inside the mansion. And Jeremy Clarkson still makes an appearance in this story, as he and the prince once had plans to build a race track at the estate.