The rooms: Mandalay accommodates up to 14. There are five double bedrooms in the main house, in a variety of Oriental and colonial styles. The Writer’s Cottage, where Dennis wrote his poetry, and The Studio, which Bowie used for recording, are both in the grounds, each accommodating two. The estate would be the perfect location for a large family gathering or a group of friends with sophisticated tastes and a sense of pop-culture history.

A hospitable man, Dennis liked to describe Mandalay as a free hotel, where guests could do as they pleased. A Ralph Steadman cartoon depicting a group of headhunters armed with spears and axes converging on the house, hangs on one wall, signed “For Felix Dennis – the ultimate host. The guests have arrived!”

Getting there: Fly to Barbados or St Lucia with Virgin Atlantic, then a short charter flight to Mustique. From £30,000 a week; mandalayestate.com.