Revealed: the Newest Celebrity Hotspot CREDIT

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Revealed: the newest celebrity hotspot CREDIT

Forget the Cotswolds and Primrose Hill, celebrities are snapping up homes in the West Country. Graham Norwood tours the starriest towns

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hink of A-list celebri- sprinkled on the West Country in re- ties and you will cent years. probably imagine One key reason (and a draw for mere fashionable villas on mortals as much as for celebrities) is T Primrose Hill or arty improved connectivity. Road links and canalside pads in hip- rail services are increasingly good but ster-central Hackney still prone to long delays. However, Wick. But seriously, since last month there are four flights places like that are so last yyear. dailyy between Newquay airport and Instead thehe new must-have fforor manmanyy Heathrow, makinmakingg iinternationaln travel famous faceses is a West CountCountryryy muchmuch easier even fromf the far South home – andd I don’tdon’t mean tthehe West. Exeter airairportp also has flights farmer’s mmarketsarkets of ChippinChippingg into London CityCity each day, while Norton in thehe CotswoCotswolds,lds, just 90 Bristol airport offerso transatlantic minutes fromrom LondonLondon,, but a flightsflights as as well well aas European desti- property in a ggenuineenuine ffarar west lo- nations.nations. cation. Manyny have alreadalreadyy “Each of these airports made the move.ove. has seenseen a significant in- In Dorsetset you’ll find crease inin private aircraft Martin Clunes,nes, Harry ReRedd- usageusage inin the past few years knapp, Julianan FeFellowesllowes anandd as thethe regionr has become Jonathan RRoss;oss; Somerset more popularp with high has Sean BBean,ean, Deborah netnet worthw purchasers,” Meaden of DraDragons’gons’ Den, sayssays AndrewA Adams, a television presentersresenters Mari- buyingbuying agent specialising ella Frostrup p and Kevin McMc-- in Somerset,Some Bristol and Cloud, and Peter AnAndredre hashas a Bath.Bath. base at Taunton.nton. ThereThere area also growing Not enough?ugh? Head furtherfurther numbers of designated west and inn Devon you’ll fifindnd landinglanding areas for heli- Jennifer Saundersaunders and Ade copters, makingm it possible Edmondson,n, Damien Hirst, to havehave homesh in tradit- Kirstie Allsopp,opp, veteran Stones ionallyionally harder-to-reachha ru- rocker Charlierlie Watts and WetWethh- ral ral parts ofo the region. The erspoon bossss Tim Martin. Cross landing padsp are usually the Tamar ttoo CCornwallornwall andand llookook foundfound at high-end hotels, out for Richardhard and JudJudy,y, GorGor-- including the Horn of don Ramsay,y, Dawn French and PlentPlenty y anda Lympstone Andrew Ridgeleydgeley ffromrom Wham! Manor inin Devon and the And talkingg of names from the Tregenna Castle and Nare past, there’s’s DaviDavidd Cameron’s hotelshotels in Cornwall.C second homeme in RockRock,, tootoo.. With suchsu improved ac- You get ththee picture: more cessibilitycessibility come London- than a little sstardusttardust has been style facilitiesfac which, for

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good or bad, many high fliers want boost to this part of the world.” celebrity buyers, typically with deep when in the West Country. This may partly account for why pockets, tend to want only the best. The highest-profile examples are Somerset’s house prices have risen “Everyone wants privacy, but celebs Babington House and Hauser & Wirth, more than anywhere else in the West coming here are obsessed with it,” says located close to each other in Somer- Country, up 26 per cent in the past five Clare Coode, a buying agent with set. The former is a private members’ years according to Zoopla, compared Stacks Property Search in Cornwall, club with a spa, while the latter is a with 24 per cent in Dorset, 23 per cent who has helped many of the county’s stunning art gallery with sister prem- in Devon and 20 per cent in Cornwall. best-known residents and second- ises in the distinctly more glitzy loca- Then there’s the West Country’s homeowners find houses. tions of Los Angeles, Zurich, London long-standing foodie reputation. This “One famous buyer insisted that the and New York. is a virtuous circle, as top-quality nosh agents walk up every hill for miles “Babington has turned what wasn’t a attracts celebrity chefs, who in turn around to ensure the house he wanted very fashionable area into a real desti- pull in celebrity residents keen to visit couldn’t be snapped by the paparazzi. nation,” says George Wade of buying the famous eateries. The area has more He rejected the house in the end for agency Property Vision. “There’s also a restaurants owned and run by TV chefs that reason, even though it was perfect new boutique hotel to open at Hadspen than you can shake a gently sautéed in every other way,” she says. House near Castle Cary. If what’s scallop at – Rick Stein, Nathan Outlaw Privacy defines celebrity buyers’ happened since Hauser & Wirth is and Jamie Oliver, among many others. other demands too. “Direct access to replicated by Hadspen, it’ll be a big It is with property as it is with food: the water is the most asked-for feature

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in this region. They don’t want to be queuing with others at a slipway or for a car park at the beach,” adds Coode. Buying agents say the spots desired by the rich and famous are areas like St Mawes in the Roseland Peninsula in south Cornwall and villages close to Padstow and Rock on the north coast. Also favoured are the less-populated parts of rural North Devon, country ar- eaeass in centralin Somerset and sections of tthe Dorsethe D coast – quiet spots such as West Lulworth, as well as the more blblingyingy Sandbanks. FeFeww celebrities buy in towns, with print” on Rightmove or other websites one exception: Bruton in Somerset. revealing the layout or decor of a home “L“Lotso of celebrities live around they have bought. there,th particularly from the arty Meanwhile, the West Country’s wworld. There’s a place called At The burgeoning celebrity reputation CChapel, a restaurant with rooms continues this summer with an on- anand its own bakery set in a listed slaught of more famous names, this 17th-century17t former chapel, and it’s time visiting the region for work. A popularpo with media types,” says new season of ITV’s Doc Martin is be- RobinRo Gould of Prime Purchase, ing shot in the Cornish village of Port Savills’Sav buying agent arm. Isaac, which is also the setting for this Wherever you look in the West year’s filmFisherman’s Friends; on CCountryou these days there is no short- Dorset’s Jurassic coast, the hills of ageage of celeb-friendly homes on sale. Lyme Regis are being used for the mak- ThereTh are currently around 1,000 ing of Ammonite, a new movie with propertiespr priced from £1 million to Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan; and at £10 million£1 on the open market, but Somerset’s Clevedon Pier crews have it’sit’s often those not in the public do- been filming Sanditon, an eight-part mainm that appeal the most. ITV adaptation of the Jane Austen “We have four incredible ‘prime’ novel left incomplete at her death. houseshouse privately available, but which More than one estate agency has we aren’tar able to market publicly,” ex- offered to show the stars of these shows plainsplains Josephine Ashby of John Bray the local area during their downtime, and Partners,P which sells homes in ex- in the hope that some might snap up a clusiveclusiv areas of Cornwall’s north coast. second home or relocate altogether. The factf that the press or public can’t Such a thought used to be fanciful, but see floorflo plans or prices online is help- such is the appeal of the South West ful inin attracting famous buyers. They that now there’s a good chance any ce- oftenoften make it clear to selling agents lebrity buyer might find their co-star is thatthat theyt don’t want any “digital foot- also their next-door neighbour.

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GO WEST Gordon Ramsay, left, Kirstie Allsopp, right and Richard and Judy, above right, all have homes in the West Country

STAR STUDDED Panorama in Mawgan Porth, Cornwall, right, is £2.5m with Savills; Talisker in north Devon, below left, is £1.8m with Strutt & Parker

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WATER BUY The River House in Dartmouth, Devon, cover and top left, is £5m, and Whitechapel near Exmoor, Devon, main, is £2.65m, both with Savills