Oakhill Mansion replaced Ballacomish, an island farmhouse which Mr. Brookman dismisses as 'hideously ugly.' The farm, plus 26 acres of land, cost him less than $4.8 million.

奥克希尔宅邸的原址建造的是马恩岛上特有的一种名为Ballacomish的农舍。布鲁克曼认为这种农舍极其丑陋。他说，买下农舍外加26英亩（约合158亩）土地总共花了他不到480万美元。

There's also lots of activity in the Wentworth Estate, an exclusive gated development in Surrey that's currently home to Eddie Jordan, the former Formula One team owner, golfer Ernie Els and Ron Dennis, chairman of the McLaren Group. Built around the famed Wentworth golf course, the development's grandest properties are those in the 'main island,' the nickname for the streets closest to the golf course.

萨里郡一个有警卫值守的高档社区温特沃斯庄园(Wentworth Estate)也开发了很多豪宅。目前包括前一级方程式车队老板艾迪·乔丹(Eddie Jordan)、高尔夫球手恩尼·埃尔斯(Ernie Els)和迈凯轮集团(McLaren Group)主席罗恩·丹尼斯(Ron Dennis)在内的名流都居住于此。这些豪宅环绕著名的温特沃斯高尔夫球场而建，庄园里最奢华的豪宅建在“主岛(main island)上。所谓“主岛是对那些最靠近高尔夫球场的街道的昵称。

James Cleland, a director of Knight Frank estate agents, estimates that half of the original homes on the main island have been torn down and replaced with much larger, swankier models over the last decade.

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