Steve Coogan to buy £2.45 million home (From The Argus)
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Steve Coogan to buy £2.45 million home
10:00am Saturday 2nd July 2011 in News By Ben Parsons
Steve Coogan to buy £2.45 million home
Alan Partridge creator Steve Coogan is understood to be buying a historic Sussex home.
The star is said have bought Ovingdean Grange, Ovingdean, which had been on the market for £2.45 million.
The Grade II listed home, dating from the 16th Century, was immortalised in the W Harrison Ainswor th novel Ovingdean Grange in 1849.
According to legend, King Charles II reportedly stayed there for 24 hours while fleeing to France – hiding in the chimney breast from his Parliamentary pursuers during the English Civil War. The house has a billiard room, study and a home cinema, as well as three en-suite bedrooms and three without bathrooms. Its garden covers two-thirds of an acre.
Father Martin Morgan broke the news of Mr Coogan’s arrival to his cong regation at St Margaret’s Church, Rottingdean, on Sunday.
Members of an Ovingdean dramatic g roup had mentioned to him that they had been invited for drinks with Mr Coogan at the house after their open-air play at The Green this month.
The production, based on the novel Ovingdean Grange, is taking place on July 9 and July 10.
Staff at Ovingdean Village Stores said they are used to famous customers.
The village is home to Julie Cowell, mother of television impresario Simon.
One worker said: “It does cause a bit of excitement.
They get on well with everyone.”
James Willings, who lived at a house opposite Ovingdean Grange until moving away recently, said: “It would be fit for a millionaire.”
Estate agent Strutt and Parker, of High Street, Lewes, confirmed a sale was taking place but said it had not been completed yet.
A spokeswoman for Mr Coogan’s publicist, Freud Communications, declined to comment on the sale, describing it as a “private matter”.
Comments(19)
Poccypoc
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1:11pm Sat 2 Jul 11
monty sidewinder
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3:34pm Sat 2 Jul 11
Helena Hancart
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3:43pm Sat 2 Jul 11
ShorehamBeachcomber
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4:51pm Sat 2 Jul 11
monty sidewinder wrote:Not sure about this, shurely there is an a missing from the church 'conga'...what fun!...aha
I wouldn't worry about his privacy, this article is so badly written or copied and pasted that no one will understand it anyway! Seems the Argus cannot make the letter g' join onto any other word or even write the word 'the' correctly. And that goes for almost every story lately! C'mon Argus, your like a sitting duck, sort your game out!
Poccypoc
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11:21am Sun 3 Jul 11
Dezire
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4:24pm Sun 3 Jul 11
sdhgfhfuyt
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5:37pm Sun 3 Jul 11
Helena Hancart wrote:Give him a break, it was released at 10am on the day after payday, he must have been out drinking all night....
It is true that the standard of reporting and the lack of Editorial control are laughably poor, however, it is what makes these comments sections, and indeed the whole website, worth visiting. This paper is to Journalism what Sussex Police are to Crime Fighting hahaha
micky adams
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8:07am Mon 4 Jul 11
BlackRocker
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9:22am Mon 4 Jul 11
monty sidewinder wrote:"C'mon Argus, your like a sitting duck, sort your game out!"
I wouldn't worry about his privacy, this article is so badly written or copied and pasted that no one will understand it anyway! Seems the Argus cannot make the letter g' join onto any other word or even write the word 'the' correctly. And that goes for almost every story lately! C'mon Argus, your like a sitting duck, sort your game out!
I think you mean "you're".
To use another metaphor: "People in glass houses . . ."
Helena Hancart
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11:46am Mon 4 Jul 11
Poccypoc wrote:Thank you for the insightful, and for the first time from you in quite a considerable period, intelligent comment.
Helena, "editorial" should have a lower case "e." d-_-b
Just a small point to consider, in future, you may wish to place the full stop where it should have been, outside of the quotation marks.
s-_t
PorkBoat
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12:12pm Mon 4 Jul 11
Gazza
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1:18pm Mon 4 Jul 11
I suggest Stephen checks the chimneybreast just encase there’s some politician trying to flee the country to France due to fiddling there expenses.
I’ve just lost my house due to the double dip chocolate chip’ but I wish Stephen and his family many happy times in there new Home
Yours Faithfully
Twizzley Dizzley
BlackRocker
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2:27pm Mon 4 Jul 11
Gazza wrote:Love the random capitalization and somewhat odd use of English in your highly satirical post. Just so you know next time:
Seems a lot of dosh for an old house ‘when Stephen could have purchase a large modern 16 bedroom lady Boy gaff with garage and Jacuzzi in Bangkok
I suggest Stephen checks the chimneybreast just encase there’s some politician trying to flee the country to France due to fiddling there expenses.
I’ve just lost my house due to the double dip chocolate chip’ but I wish Stephen and his family many happy times in there new Home
Yours Faithfully
Twizzley Dizzley
encase, incase vb (tr) to place or enclose in or as if in a case encasement , incasement n
in case: If it happens that; if.
there (âr) adv. 1. At or in that place
their determiner 1. of, belonging to, or associated in some way with them
timm
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2:34pm Mon 4 Jul 11
pun master
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3:50pm Mon 4 Jul 11
Yes i'm right
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4:29pm Mon 4 Jul 11
itllbechaosatfalmer
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8:58pm Mon 4 Jul 11
Yes i'm right
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6:23am Tue 5 Jul 11
itllbechaosatfalmer wrote:Then it must be a bargain!
If it was on the market for £2.45m I guess he must of offered £2.44m?
Helena Hancart says...
12:15pm Sat 2 Jul 11
...Yes... So what does the Argus do about this 'Private Matter?' Why! Print a Photograph together with the Address of his new home. Brilliant piece of reporting there Ben, and top class Editorial oversight on this piece... err MSspellchecker..