A MANSION once owned by the infamous Kray Twins has gone on the market with a price tag of £2.25m – but the house holds a dark secret.
Notorious East End gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray bought The Brooks in Bildeston near Hadleigh, Suffolk , for just £11,000 in 1967. The brothers fell in love with Suffolk after they had been evacuated to Hadleigh during World War Two and they vowed to return one day and buy a house in the area.
The sizeable property is now on the market for the first time in 30 years.
Estate agents describe the 6.4-acre grounds as “tranquil” although the cops once dug up the garden as they searched for bodies.
The crime bosses stayed regularly at the house, which is just off the High Street in Bildeston and they were there on the weekend before they and 15 members of their gang were arrested in May 1968. Read More on Property
Villagers recall how the police searched the house and dug up part of the garden as they looked for bodies in the following days.
The original house dates back to the 16th century with 18th-century extensions and Victorian alterations, estate agents Bedfords said.
It is described as an “exceptional unlisted period house of elegant proportions and versatile accommodation”.
Along with the main house there is a separate cottage and “an enormous range of high-quality outbuildings” providing a studio, gym, office complex and an open plan games/party room.
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