Wednesday, January 29, 2025

A Former Monastery in Sussex


It would make a great hotel. But is it haunted? From House and Garden:

In 2012 Adele, the grammy-award winning singer/songwriter, rented a large Edwardian house called Lock House in West Sussex for six months. During her tenure, Adele found the house unsettling, telling Anderson Cooper during an interview with American broadcaster CBS that it gave her ‘the creeps’. A flyaway comment it might have been, but the consequences for the house's owner, Nicholas Sutton, have been catastrophic: in an interview with The Times, he accused Adele's remarks of ‘negatively impacted future marketing’, rendering the house 'unsellable'. It is currently on the market with House Partnership for £5,995, 000.

 The house has been on the market since 2010 - notably before Adele's tenancy - though it appears that Nicholas is giving up hope of renting it in its current state, and has applied for planning permission to convert the 10 bedroom mansion into three houses and a cottage. The hope, presumably, is that in splitting up the property any evil spirits will be forced to relocate.

It is easy to see what attracted Adele to the Grade II-listed house. Set within the rolling hills of the South Downs National Park, there is a sense of peace to be found here, though with a charming village, Partridge Green, just down the road and larger towns and cities, namely Horsham, Brighton and Guildford, within driving distance, you are never too far from popping to the shops, pub or beach. The house itself is set on 32 acres of land, and includes the main building, two garages and a guest cottage. (Read more.)



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