David and Victoria Beckham have reportedly won their planning battle over building a large lake with its own island at their £6m Cotswolds mansion. The couple received permission to create a 2,976 square metre kidney-shaped water feature back in August, despite objections from furious residents, and they again angered locals when they applied to increase the … Read more
Jamie Laing has been accused of flouting Tier 4 rules after he allegedly travelled to his mother’s home in the Cotswolds for Christmas. The Made In Chelsea star, 32, is said to have made his way to his mother Penny Baines’ Cirencester farm on Tuesday, December 22, despite saying just one day before that he … Read more
David and Victoria Beckham have reportedly made plans to build a ‘super cellar’ in their £6 million Cotswolds home. Amid ongoing renovations at their country abode, the superstar couple have allegedly made a request to West Oxfordshire District Council to see if they make changes to the original plan to build a wine cellar underneath … Read more
It was recently revealed that the couple want to make the lake at their Cotswolds estate even bigger than originally planned. And now, David and Victoria Beckham are said to be in a NEW war with their neighbours, who fear the couple want to ‘race speed boats’ amid plans to enlarge the lake at their … Read more
Back in 1976, we lived in a flat in Paddington. With two two-year-olds — my son, Daniel, and adopted daughter, Li-Da — having frequent tantrums and my late husband, the writer Rayne Kruger, needing quiet, a country house looked like the answer. In those days, the Cotswolds were a rural backwater and properties were cheap. … Read more
Victoria Beckham has kicked off her working-from-home week as lockdown 2.0 continues in England. Having escaped back to the family’s Cotswolds pile, the fashion queen got into the spirit of things by striking her signature pose on Monday. Reclining on the sofa, leg in the air, the Spice Girl, 46, showed off her flexibility once again … Read more
Country escapes don’t come more welcoming than Ringshall Grange, a manor house near Stowmarket in Suffolk. The old rectory is Grade II listed and has just undergone a restoration project that saw the moat dredged and refilled while 1,000 trees and hedgerows, bulbs and flowers were planted in the grounds. It’s no surprise that the … Read more
It’s the Great British Sell-Off – Prue Leith has put her Cotswolds manor house on the market for £10 million. The celebrity chef has lived at Chastleton Glebe, Gloucestershire, since 1972, and she previously wanted to keep the honey-coloured Georgian building in the family. But the property – complete with its own lake, panoramic views … Read more
North Yorkshire’s Ryedale, the Sevenoaks area in Kent and Herefordshire have seen house sales rise by as much as 63 per cent compared to a year ago, according to new research. These countryside locations have been boosted by lockdown demand for increased indoor and outdoor space amid the persistent pandemic. Property website Zoopla looked at … Read more
Everywhere I look, I interrupt a wedding planning meeting. I’ve lost my partner and three-year-old daughter in The Manor House hotel in Wiltshire shortly after arriving and in every room and corridor on the ground floor I search I discover a beaming couple having a nuptials pow-wow with hotel staff. I can’t blame them. For … Read more