![The large garden of the property.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/I5DBF6QDUBGPNHAID2UW7ZDDRQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=32a891157369c916a3205a2816e2ae024718c4ff202052a59f049165834666c8&width=400&height=225)
![Hampton Hall - the world's first metaverse mansion. All photos: Fine & Country](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/F3XM4QWJSVAONOMWMXHWT4II54.jpg?smart=true&auth=d6336b8ba32b4f58d5b9d6e66e3d7a84c4e3bf3166187ce0099d614452798544&width=400&height=225)
![Developer Stately Homes aims to build the 11-bedroom property on a 0.5-hectare plot in the gated Crown Estate in Surrey.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/UDELIXZW7NBH5L62HJBRZUH43M.jpg?smart=true&auth=1c549d695b2904b5f8dbaf715a2e0e598a64e45f1a0b3228650c3041c966c98b&width=400&height=225)
![Whoever buys the house in real life will be offered first refusal on its digital blueprint in the form of a non-fungible token.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/LRF3QKKYAFEOLFM2Q6XOJRSIQI.jpg?smart=true&auth=cd823e19a3fa2e4acfad13da5934fe6789f76b4625f4ce245aebb5455442505e&width=400&height=225)
![The owner of the Hampton Hall NFT would be able to download the data into the metaverse.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/SGMQ3SVSFVHQTFSPX5IK2GOC7I.jpg?smart=true&auth=588b79347fd2967e82c4efc0e4be5e31071befad9ffc9dd38f2a3b6deb72cb1f&width=400&height=225)
![The dual listing raises the intriguing possibility that the £29 million ($40m) Hampton Hall in the UK could have two separate legal owners.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/N3JDK3RPZJF7JD5VX4PECJ43YI.jpg?smart=true&auth=5684d78012f79f2197f0da1e8edf7a296ebde0ec66d52f9dd012bb0358190087&width=400&height=225)
![The swimming pool of Hampton Hall.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/7Q4S57VYBZGGZNM65VWTMVNU4I.jpg?smart=true&auth=4b34afea27339cce49b208485dd25a0dce77e08b6050eddf810e6465c636b6ba&width=400&height=225)
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![The large garden of the property.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/I5DBF6QDUBGPNHAID2UW7ZDDRQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=32a891157369c916a3205a2816e2ae024718c4ff202052a59f049165834666c8&width=400&height=225)
![Hampton Hall - the world's first metaverse mansion. All photos: Fine & Country](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/F3XM4QWJSVAONOMWMXHWT4II54.jpg?smart=true&auth=d6336b8ba32b4f58d5b9d6e66e3d7a84c4e3bf3166187ce0099d614452798544&width=400&height=225)
![Developer Stately Homes aims to build the 11-bedroom property on a 0.5-hectare plot in the gated Crown Estate in Surrey.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/UDELIXZW7NBH5L62HJBRZUH43M.jpg?smart=true&auth=1c549d695b2904b5f8dbaf715a2e0e598a64e45f1a0b3228650c3041c966c98b&width=400&height=225)
![Whoever buys the house in real life will be offered first refusal on its digital blueprint in the form of a non-fungible token.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/LRF3QKKYAFEOLFM2Q6XOJRSIQI.jpg?smart=true&auth=cd823e19a3fa2e4acfad13da5934fe6789f76b4625f4ce245aebb5455442505e&width=400&height=225)
![The owner of the Hampton Hall NFT would be able to download the data into the metaverse.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/SGMQ3SVSFVHQTFSPX5IK2GOC7I.jpg?smart=true&auth=588b79347fd2967e82c4efc0e4be5e31071befad9ffc9dd38f2a3b6deb72cb1f&width=400&height=225)
![The dual listing raises the intriguing possibility that the £29 million ($40m) Hampton Hall in the UK could have two separate legal owners.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/N3JDK3RPZJF7JD5VX4PECJ43YI.jpg?smart=true&auth=5684d78012f79f2197f0da1e8edf7a296ebde0ec66d52f9dd012bb0358190087&width=400&height=225)
![The swimming pool of Hampton Hall.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/7Q4S57VYBZGGZNM65VWTMVNU4I.jpg?smart=true&auth=4b34afea27339cce49b208485dd25a0dce77e08b6050eddf810e6465c636b6ba&width=400&height=225)
![A games room.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/7BDX3VEGLRGSZLJMKER33EYUUM.jpg?smart=true&auth=92da319c05200c97d69b10a860c32f025a5984f224203f64bf678350622f875f&width=400&height=225)
![The large garden of the property.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/I5DBF6QDUBGPNHAID2UW7ZDDRQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=32a891157369c916a3205a2816e2ae024718c4ff202052a59f049165834666c8&width=400&height=225)
A beginner's guide to investing in the metaverse
Investors willing to embrace the new reality could have an early mover advantage, with the sector forecast to hit $800bn by 2024, analysts say
Harvey Jones
April 05, 2022
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