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Mandalay Estate, Mustique

Balinese-style villa

The Mandalay Estate is a acre (&#;ha), Balinese-style villa perched on the hills above Britannia Bay on the Caribbean island of Mustique[1] in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The island

The late Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner,[2] bought the island in and created the idyllic destination of Mustique.[3] In media attention rose when Lord Glenconner presented land to Princess Margaret as a wedding gift.[4]

David Bowie

The house was originally built as Britannia Bay House for the British singer and songwriter David Bowie in in collaboration with architect Arne Hasselqvist and the designer Robert Litwiller.[5][6][7][8] Bowie desired a property as "unlike the Caribbean as possible".[9]

At the centre of the villa is a koi pond with waterfalls and an infinity pool, surrounded by a series of Balinese pavilions.

Bowie was fond of the villa's layout saying that "The thing about Mandalay is that it is broken up into little areas that you can get lost in". Bowie attributed his lack of being able to work there to the outstanding views from the villa, explaining that "The house is such a tranquil place that I have absolutely no motivation to write things when I'm there".[7]

Felix Dennis

1n Bowie sold the estate for 5m U.S.

dollars to business tycoon and poet Felix Dennis who renamed the villa Mandalay.[9][5] Dennis was keen to preserve the villa as Bowie had intended[10] Dennis wrote Island Dreams – 99 poems from Mustique at the house.[11] Dennis spent five months of the year on the island and wrote some of his most popular poetry there.[12] Inspired by the scene as the sun goes down from Mandalay, Dennis wrote:[13]

"A ball of fire is spilling in the sea
The empty sky flamingo-pink and grey
Cicada songs creak out the end of day
A choir of tree-frogs whistle: 'Come to me!'"

Dennis worked with the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines to give each of the 12, secondary school children a laptop in [12]

Present day

After the death of Felix Dennis[14] in June , the Mandalay Estate was put up for sale and sold to entrepreneur Simon Dolan.

Dennis worked with the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines to give each of the 12, secondary school children a laptop in By Michelle Duncan. Mandalay Estate, Mustique. Even to this day, little is known about its precise location.

The villa has five bedrooms including one in what was once David Bowie's recording studio and another in the Writers Cottage where Felix Dennis wrote his poetry.[10]

References

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  2. ^Crowley, Andrew (29 August ). "Lord Glenconner obituary".

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  14. ^ abBuckley, Christopher (31 August ). "David Bowie's House on the Island of Mustique". Architectural Digest.
  15. ^Ramzi, Lilah (13 January ). "Fantasy Island: David Bowie and Iman's Former Mustique Retreat for Sale".

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  16. ^ abMiddleton, Christopher (11 January ).

    Pictures david bowies house in caribbean After selling the Blonay home, Bowie purchased the Chateau du Signal, a much grander room home that was built in for a Russian prince. All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors. By Rebecca Shinners. At left is a set of circa engravings of the pagodas of Pagan and Rangoon.

    "Inside David Bowie's holiday home". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 April

  17. ^ abBrown, Mick (9 September ). "Inside Mandalay, David Bowie's magical Mustique holiday home". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 April
  18. ^"Island of Dreams".

    Felix Dennis. Retrieved 15 April

  19. ^ abBurrell, Ian (7 April ).

    David bowies house in bermuda By Katie Schultz. By Michelle Duncan. Inside Famous Homes at Christmas. Present day [ edit ].

    "The millionaire and the island nation:Eccentric mogul Felix Dennis to buy one laptop for every child in St Vincent and the Grenadines". The Independent. Retrieved 15 April

  20. ^Dennis, Felix. "Sunset, Mustique". Retrieved 15 May
  21. ^Rowe, Marsha (23 June ).

    "Felix Dennis obituary". The Guardian.

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