Alan Titchmarsh has finally sold his £3.5million countryside retreat – just in time to escape from plans to build almost 160 homes directly behind it.
Manor Farm House in Holybourne, near Alton in Hampshire, naturally comes with four acres of delicately landscaped gardens courtesy of its most recent occupier.
But the 17th century bolthole may soon also have hundreds of new neighbours – to the outrage of those already living nearby.
About 850 objections have been made to a masterplan that could see up to 156 new homes built on land directly behind the former Titchmarsh base – in a village that is
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