Donald lived at Roundwood between 1959 and 1965, a property described by his daughter Georgina, as "a house that Dad had always wanted". It's easy to understand the strong attraction, Roundwood is a large, expansive house set in seven acres of totally private grounds, surrounded by beautiful countryside and yet with good road and air links.

The house is thought to have been built in the late 1920s, and from the outside it looks like a large Tudor style house with white rendering and black beams. The house is approached through tall wooden, electronic security gates and via a short rhododendron-lined drive that opens to a large turning circle. A few steps lead up to the front door, behind which is a lobby and then a wonderful, huge hall (17'4 by 15') that is a room in its own right with ample space for a sofa by a large window overlooking the front garden. The generous hall immediately establishes the character of a house, a home where space is not treated as a luxury but as one of life's necessities. After such a big hall (the size of many people's living rooms) the fear is that the drawing room may be an anti-climax, but on the contrary, this is another room with the wow factor! It's large (29' by 19'), triple aspect and best of all it has a double-height, vaulted ceiling boasting exposed beams, reputed to have come from an old church. At one end is a floor to ceiling inglenook style fireplace and at the opposite end a big double height feature window. There are two separate doors that open out to the rear terrace and garden. A second sitting room, or library, exudes a cosy, welcoming atmosphere, although cosy is probably the wrong word as the room is 21'2 by 17'. It has a brick fireplace with wood-burning stove (the property's grounds supply the logs) built-in bookshelves, a large window overlooking the garden and doors to both the dining room and rear terrace.

The dining room is again huge ( 25'6 by 15'7) - bigger than some restaurants - and has a floor to ceiling brick fireplace at one end and a wide window at the other, the latter fitted with very unusual concertina windows that open to provide uninterrupted views across the garden. From the dining room a door leads to a big family room (19'3 by 15'4). This is part of a flat roofed ground floor extension to the house that Donald apparently used as a home cinema, where he played recordings of his speed exploits.

The kitchen/breakfast room is accessed from the hall and is appropriately large (24'1 by 15'4). It is attractively fitted with green cupboard units beneath wood bench tops and the floor has terracotta tiles. There are two separate white sink units, a range style cooker( bottled gas as there is no gas supply in the area) plus a deep walk-in pantry. From the kitchen there is a door to a small rear lobby that leads outside and also down some steps to a room that would originally have been the servants' sitting room but is now used as a study (15'8 by 10'11). Also on the ground floor, near the front door, is a big, walk-in coat room and a very spacious downstairs toilet with a bidet. With its large reception rooms and central big hall ( which in itself is large enough for a party) Roundwood must be a wonderful place for entertaining, whether its family, friends or business.

There's nothing ordinary about the staircase either, for it has feature arches, dark wood banisters and a very tall window overlooking the front, even the steps are gently rising in keeping with the sense of luxurious living that pervades the house. In a property of this calibre, the main bedroom expands to be a suite of four rooms, plus balcony. The bedroom itself (18'2 by 15') has one wall that is almost all window and overlooks the rear garden. A door opens into a huge dressing room, lined with four long hanging rails and shelving, including eight wide shelves specifically designed for holding shoes. The en-suite is large, with white Victorian style bath, basin, bidet and shower, the bathroom even has its own separate door out to the main bedroom's large, square balcony.

The second bedroom (16'1 by 12'2) is spacious and has its own en-suite of bath, sink, bidet and toilet (all white). This en-suite is tucked under the eves and so the ceiling is rather low. Bedroom three is smaller (11'7 by 11'6) but also has a spacious en-suite with basin, toilet, bidet and shower unit (all white). Also on this floor is a laundry room with large sink, and ample room for washing machine, dryer, ironing board and press. A door on the first floor landing hides the staircase to the second floor where three further bedrooms are arranged around a big landing that is more like a rambling hallway, making this top floor seem like a separate flat. The bedrooms are all a reasonable size (13'5 by 13'2, 13'5 by 12' and 13'5 by 8'5) plus this floor has its own bathroom with basin, toilet, bidet and an extra large shower (all white).

Outside, Roundwood has two detached double garages, several outbuildings and tennis court. The grounds extend to seven acres and include extensive woodland that is carpeted with bluebells in the early summer. Near the house is a wonderful formal rose garden set around an octagonal raised pond and surrounded by clipped yew hedging that is probably as old as the house.

Roundwood is situated amid open countryside near the Sussex border. It was sold in January 2002 for £1,350,000