With its riverbank setting in the upmarket Buckinghamshire village of Bourne End , this Victorian house could hardly have a more peaceful location . But its history tells a different story – of revolutionary social change and financial despair . Platts Dell , whose garden the meandering River Thames sleepily caresses , is where the formative years of frontline suffragette Kate Parry Frye were spent . It was here that her father , Frederick Frye , a businessman and Liberal politician , saw his firm collapse , resulting in his family having to auction the house that they had lived in for 22 years , as well as its contents . The four-bedroom Victorian house where suffragette Kate Parry Frye lived is on the market for £945,000 . The details of her family 's travails – and Kate 's conversion into a leading light of the suffragette movement – are documented in her diaries , which she kept from the age of eight until three months before her death at 81 in 1959 . The diaries were discovered in 2013 and edited into a book , Campaigning For The Vote by historian Elizabeth Crawford . They tell of how she joined the suffragettes in 1906 , how she criss-crossed southern England and set up camp in the East End of London on her mission to win for 'Votes for Women ' , and how she helped see through the suffragettes ' partial victory in 1918 – when women were allowed to vote from the age of 30 – and the full victory in 1928 , when the age limit was lowered to 21 , the same as for men . And last year , marking the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War , ITV told how women 's fortunes changed during the war through Kate 's eyes , in the series The Great War : The People 's Story – with Romola Garai playing the suffragette . Platts Dell in the upmarket Buckinghamshire village of Bourne End has a riverside garden , 39ft mooring and large bay windows . 'We were n't aware when we bought the property that a famous suffragette lived here until we read the history of the house in our local library , ' says John Fleming , who moved into Platts Dell with his wife Chris in 1992 . 'Since then we have enjoyed researching the history of Kate and the suffragettes . ' Price : £945,000 . Location : Bourne End , Buckinghamshire . Bedrooms : Four . Unique features : Private riverside garden with 39ft mooring , turret , former home of suffragette Kate Parry Frye . For most of Kate 's formative years , her parents were well-to-do . Her mother was a member of the Gilbey family , who had a wine and spirits empire , and her father was a successful businessman and , for three years , an MP . Although not needing to work , Kate wanted a career in the theatre . She trained as an actress and went on tour with a rep company . When the play was n't a success she returned to the family home . She joined the suffragettes and founded the Bourne End and District Suffrage Society , later taking a paid job as organiser of the New Constitutional Society for Women 's Suffrage . John and Chris live in one half of the house , which was divided into two in 1989 . The property has a private mooring on the Thames and is on a private no-through road . Frontline suffragette Kate Parry Frye ( left ) spent her formative years living at the house , and was played by Romola Garai ( right ) in The Great War . The village centre , with its train station , is only a few hundred yards away . 'We loved the house from the moment we saw it , ' says John , who works as a finance director for a financial services company . 'Chris and I love sitting out and watching the boats go by . ' Platts Dell , which has four bedrooms , is laid out over three floors and has a circular turret , and large bay windows in the living room and dining room with views over the front garden . From most of the upper floors in the house there are views of the river . The Flemings , who have three children and five grandchildren , are selling , for £945,000 , because the other half of the house has become free . 'It became available when our neighbour passed away – we 've always had our eye on it , ' says John .
Four-bedroom Victorian house Platts Dell is on the market for £945,000 . It is former home of frontline suffragette Kate Parry Frye who died in three years . She lived there with her father , who was an MP for 1959 , and mother . Home has a riverside garden , 39ft mooring , turret and large bay windows . www.savills.com , www.andrewmilsom.co.uk .