Real Estate

Chris de Burgh selling Georgian Irish estate with 600-bottle cellar



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    19th-century estate

    Chris de Burgh and his wife Diane are selling their sprawling 19th-century mansion now that their three children have grown up and left home.

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    On sale for £11.2 million

    The Lady in Red singer, who is playing the Royal Albert Hall in October, has listed the late-Georgian property in County Wicklow, Ireland, with Sotheby’s International Realty for £11.2 million.

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    Plenty of room

    It covers 23,158sq ft and has eight bedrooms, a library, billiards room and a 600-bottle wine cellar.

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    Stylish design

    London interior designer Simon Kingi was commissioned to oversee the interiors when the house was restored in 1996.

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    A space to jam

    An artist studio with grand piano could be the ideal recording space for potential owners.

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    Indoor pool complex

    The leisure complex includes a large pool, a home cinema, music studio and games room.

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    Extra room for guests

    There is also a guesthouse and a lodge in the grounds.

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    More celebrity homes: Chelsea art pad for sale

    Glebe Place in Chelsea has traditionally been home to creatives, including wildlife photographer David Yarrow.

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    Glass walkway

    The two-bedroom home centres on a glass staircase and walkway, while a roof terrace accessed from the master bedroom offers views across King’s Road rooftops and beyond. It’s on sale for £5,150,000 with Russell Simpson.


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    Sir Bobby Charlton’s beachside home

    Football legend Sir Bobby Charlton, a member of the 1966 World-Cup-winning England team, has sold his five-bedroom beachside home in Anglesey, off the coast of north-west Wales.

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    Seaside escape

    The cottage was a holiday retreat for Sir Bobby and wife Norma for more than 40 years. The rustic home was snapped up within a week of being listed for £585,000.


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    Kirsten’s speedy sale

    Kirsten Dunst has found a buyer for her Los Angeles home just one day after listing it.

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    £3.6 million

    The Spider-Man actress put the house on the market for £3.6 million. The 4,333sq ft waterfront residence has five bedrooms and four bathrooms, while the master suite comes with a cosy fireplace and a private balcony.


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    An apartment fit for James Bond

    Fancy living the 007 lifestyle? A two-bedroom flat is for sale at 100 Westminster Bridge Road, the converted former MI6 HQ that’s now called The Perspective Building.

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    Sleek design details

    The sleek apartment comes with concierge and a private terrace and is on the market at a relatively affordable £815,000 with Fyfe Mcdade.


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    More celebrity homes: End of an era

    The Windsor Castle in Maida Vale, where the Rolling Stones and U2 played their earliest gigs, is for sale. A hub for major music acts since the Sixties, The Jam and Joe Strummer of The Clash also honed their craft at the W9 venue in the Seventies.

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    New lease of life?

    Now set for a new life, it’s on the market at £6.5 million with Lambert Smith Hampton. Spread over four floors including a basement, it is still laid out as a pub on the ground floor and could be revived as one. However, it also has permission for conversion to student accommodation.


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    Favourite hue

    When Donald Trump bought a house in Beverly Hills in 2007 for £5.5 million, he promptly painted it his favourite colour — orange. Now he is US President, The Trump Organisation has sold the Tudor-style home in North Canon Drive for £10.7 million after returning it to its original beige.

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    Star-studded location

    While he’s in the White House, “The Donald’s” business affairs are being run by his sons, Eric and Donald Trump Jr. Built in 1927, the two-storey ranch is opposite the star-studded Beverly Hills Hotel. With five bedrooms and six bathrooms, the 5,395sq ft home sits at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard, Rodeo Drive and Canon Drive, at the heart of A-list LA.


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    A starry street

    Roger Daltrey, lead singer of rock legends The Who, was born and raised at number 15 Percy Street. Now, a grand five-bedroom family house is on the market in the Shepherd’s Bush street.

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    Rock’n’roll roots

    Listed at £2.1 million with Finlay Brewer, Westwick House is a stand-out home in the starry street. The fabulous reception room with original fireplace is bathed in natural light from a large bay window to the front and full-length French doors that open to a generous roof terrace at the rear.


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    Modernist round house with star appeal

    St Ann’s Court in Chertsey, 30 minutes west of central London, formed the backdrop to pop videos and fashion lookbooks for the likes of Cheryl and Alexa Chung.

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    Hoping for a quick sale?

    For sale at £9 million three years ago, it’s now on with Strutt & Parker, price on application. It’s rumoured that tech entrepreneur owner Osman Kent could consider £6.5 million.


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    Solange Knowles’s Ikea range

    Solange Knowles, singer and sister to Beyonce, is branching into furniture design.

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    Edgy taste

    Known for her edgy taste, Solange is collaborating with Ikea under her Saint Heron brand, creating “architectural objects with multifunctional use”.


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    A-list appeal

    A design team that collaborates with celebrities including singers Katy Perry, Beyoncé, Florence Welch, Kylie Minogue and supermodel Cindy Crawford, is behind the interior design of a luxurious riverside flat in Limehouse.

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    Colour accents

    The two-bedroom flat in The Highway blends the glam tastes of the team’s star clients in a gold-and-bronze kitchen, blush pink velvet sofas and a marble bathroom.
    Rent it from £625 a week through Dexters in partnership with Waterview.


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    Majorcan estate

    Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas are selling their 250-acre estate between the picturesque villages of Valldemossa and Deià on the northern Majorcan coast.

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    Promo video

    Oscar-winning Douglas has come close to halving the price at £25.5 million and voiced a promo video of S’Estaca.


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    Osea Island, Essex

    Rihanna is understood to have rented an entire private island off the coast of Essex.

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    Osea Island, Essex

    The island is owned by music producer Nigel Frieda and has its own state-of-the-art studio where musicians including George Ezra and Jessie J have recorded music. It costs around £20,000 to rent in its entirety per day.


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    Cindy Crawford’s Malibu home

    Supermodel Cindy Crawford and her nightlife entrepreneur husband Rande Gerber are selling their Malibu beachfront home.

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    Fit for a supermodel

    The couple have owned the Californian “super-shack” for over 20 years but have now put it on the market for £5.9 million.


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    For rent for £1,350 a week

    Rent the Mayfair home where art critic John Ruskin and his wife, Effie, entertained Victorian literati.

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    Newly refurbished

    The first-floor flat in a white stucco building in Charles Street, newly refurbished by London-Monaco developer REDD, has a ballroom-sized reception, with three French windows to the balcony.


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    Perfectly hidden retreat

    David Tennant is installing a swimming pool in the garden of his £2.6 million Chiswick home. After waiting a year, the former Doctor Who actor has been granted planning permission for a 16-metre pool, which is thought to be costing about £150,000.


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    Peter Cook’s former Gothic folly

    Satirical comedy legend Peter Cook’s former house in the heart of Hampstead Village is for sale at £5 million.

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    Queen Anne style

    Behind its Queen Anne façade, the Grade II-listed property has undergone a glamorous revamp and is at the very heart of the Hampstead Village lifestyle.


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    Close to the action

    Keep a close eye on the political shenanigans at Westminster from your terrace at a three-bedroom flat in Palace View, well-placed for Tory leadership rivals Boris Johnson and Michael Gove.

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    Centre-stage

    The new apartments look across to the Palace of Westminster, where the Tory leadership contest is in full swing.


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    Fast sale

    Comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has snapped up Adam Levine’s home in Beverly Hills after it was on the market just five weeks.

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    Pricey property

    DeGeneres forked out £35 million for the Maroon 5 frontman’s place.


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    Back to his roots

    Jamie Oliver is renovating his Essex country mansion. The celebrity chef bought the £6 million property last year but has continued to live at their Hampstead Heath house.

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    On the move?

    Meanwhile, a furniture van has been spotted at the six-bedroom former farmhouse with converted stables. Could Jamie’s brood be on the move?


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    Rihanna’s London life

    Rihanna recently revealed that she has been living a secret life in London for more than a year.

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    Global star

    The global pop superstar, whose hits include Diamonds, appears to be a fan of Sainsbury’s, as evidenced by the supermarket’s branded carrier bag in her Instagram picture.


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    A-list living

    America’s youngest dollar billionaire, 21-year-old Kylie Jenner is renting a sprawling mansion in Malibu that used to belong to former model and reality TV personality Yolanda Hadid.

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    Summer pad

    Beauty mogul Kylie, a key member of reality TV’s Kardashian clan, has decided to move in just in time for summer. The ocean is on her doorstep, and there is an infinity pool and a fire pit in the garden.


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    Madame X

    Madonna appears on the cover of British Vogue this month, together with an accompanying video, showing her frolicking in what appears to be a fab retro flat, all helping to promote her 14th album, Madame X, out next month.

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    On location

    The shoot location was actually this humble former Victorian school hall in Stepney Green, east London.


    It has a bank of south-facing windows, four large skylights and a host of period features including parquet flooring, a vaulted roof and original blue-and-cream tiles.


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    Prime position

    A penthouse in a prime position for the Cricket World Cup is for sale. It would be ideal for those who want to be in with a chance of watching England captain Joe Root, billed the finest batsman of his generation, at this year’s tournament – from the comfort of their own home.

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    Skyline views

    The three-bedroom penthouse for sale for £4.5 million also takes in the London skyline. In a luxurious portered block, it has two terraces and a state-of-the-art cinema space. The interiors are very plush and there is even a gold bar in the living room.


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    House hunt

    Amir Khan is house hunting in Berkshire in an attempt to work on his marriage. The boxing champ is keen to move away from Bolton, where he has struggled to sell his £1.2 million mansion, to start a fresh chapter with wife Faryal Makhdoom.

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    Knockout home?

    He may want to check out this five-bedroom home with indoor pool and spa, plus modern interiors, it is a real stunner. Khan will need to splash out though — it’s £4.95 million.


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    West London location

    Jonathan Kydd, the voiceover artist behind marmalade sandwich-loving Paddington Bear, Toy Story That Time Forgot and Noddy, is selling his West Kensington home.

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    Good size

    In the peaceful residential roads between Brook Green and Shepherd’s Bush, the four-bedroom Victorian house spans 2,777sq ft. It’s for sale through Finlay Brewer, priced £2,575,000.


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    Malibu beach house

    Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, who formed the chart-topping rock band while studying at University College London, has bought a fabulous beach home in California for £4.25 million.

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    A-list location

    The renovated Sixties ranch house is in the A-lister Point Dume area of Malibu. The three-bedroom property is 1,800sq ft.


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    On the market

    The Buckinghamshire home used as a country retreat by actress Hayley Mills while married to the late film director Roy Boulting is for sale.

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    £1.25 million

    Called Kaduna, the thatched four-bedroom house is near Great Missenden, with 40-minute Marylebone trains.


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    Notorious party pad

    Sadie Frost is selling the north London home she shared with her film star ex-husband Jude Law. Once the scene of notorious Primrose Hill Set parties, the six-bedroom Victorian pile in Belsize Park is on the market for £6 million.

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    Price tag

    She and Law paid £2 million in 2002 and the house is now on the market for £6 million.


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    Country home for sale

    Sixties supermodel Twiggy, still going strong, is selling her five-bedroom country home.

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    West Sussex location

    The fashion icon has listed the West Sussex house for £750,000 — which is £40,000 less than she paid for it only two years ago.


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    West London boy

    Eddie Redmayne has been spotted eyeing up houses in Kensington. It looks like the Eton-educated actor, who left his childhood borough of Kensington & Chelsea behind to move to Southwark, is craving a return to his old ’hood.


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    Superstar neighbours

    A Holland Park home close to JK Rowling and Madonna is for sale. Residents of Earls Terrace also have access to the three-acre private gardens of Edwardes Square and a Grecian-style spa complex.

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    Multi-million price tag

    Just across the road from the Design Museum in W8, the pièce de résistance of the Grade II-listed six-storey townhouse is the palatial “wellness zone” lined with columns. It includes a 10-metre swimming pool, a steam room and gym. The five-bedroom townhouse is on Russell Simpson’s books priced at £10.25 million.


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    Sold!

    Jessica Alba has sold her Beverly Hills home for the full asking price of £4.75 million.

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    Quick sale

    The actress, who has also built up a skincare empire with her brand Honest Beauty, listed the Spanish-style villa just three weeks ago with her father Mark Alba’s agency and it was snapped up.


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    Spring revamp

    TV presenter Amanda Holden’s schedule is about to get even busier with the announcement this week that she’s got a radio slot, replacing Spice Girl Emma Bunton on the Heart FM Breakfast show.


    Little wonder that Holden, who has two daughters, is outsourcing her home maintenance.

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    Design duo to the rescue

    The Britain’s Got Talent judge posted pictures on Instagram of the revamp of her Surrey house, with a little help from Style Sisters, aka design duo Gemma and Charlotte.


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    Now you can reign on Barbra’s parade

    A showstopping penthouse once owned by Barbra Streisand is for sale for £8.7 million.

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    Long-term home

    The New York penthouse was Barbra Streisand’s home for 30 years, but she sold to the current owners for £3.2 million in 2002.


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    Art deco factory conversion

    Architect Sir Terry Farrell is selling the St John’s Wood penthouse he designed through Arlington Residential for £2.5 million. Farrell’s projects include the MI6 HQ and redeveloped Charing Cross station.

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    Industrial look

    It sits at the top of the Old Aeroworks, an Art Deco former aircraft factory where wheels, tyres, brakes and gun turrets were produced for wartime aircraft including Spitfires and Lancaster bombers.


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