Author's London home on the market for £32m

The Du Maurier family certainly weren't short of talent: George du Maurier was a successful artist and cartoonist; his son, Sir Gerald became a well-known actor and manager in the early twentieth century. And his daughter, Daphne, became a household name in her own right, after penning best-selling novels including 'Rebecca'.

With such creative success it's hardly surprising that the family lived in one of London's most spectacular homes. Cannon Hall, a Georgian mansion steeped in Du Maurier-history is now on the market for offers in excess of £32 million.

That cool sum would get you 6 bedrooms in NW13, along with a coachman’s house with a stable block, a billiards room, study, library, conservatory and an indoor swimming pool. INot forgetting a self-contained staff cottage,and parking for up to ten cars.

The home, which dates back as far as 1730, was also a key location for Otto Preminger’s 1965 movie thriller 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' starring Laurence Olivier.