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Jonathan Bailey buys David Walliams’s Hove beachfront home for £3.7m
Jonathan Bailey bought David Walliams’s Hove beachfront home for £3.7 million in August 2025, shortly before HarperCollins said it would stop publishing new books by Walliams. The sale drew attention because it took place amid a publisher investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by female staff; the article reports the timing but does not establish a connection between the sale and the allegations.
Land Registry documents cited in the article show Bailey paid £200,000 above the £3.5 million asking price. Walliams had bought the four-bedroom property in 2010 and sold its neighbouring annexe to Bailey for £1.5 million in 2023. The home has two bathrooms, a roof terrace and private beach access; the article also reports that Walliams is selling his Primrose Hill home for £10.5 million.
In short
- Jonathan Bailey paid £3.7 million for Walliams’s Hove home.
- The sale was £200,000 above its asking price.
- Walliams had sold Bailey the neighbouring annexe in 2023.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “David Walliams quietly sold his £4m beachfront home to Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey just weeks before being dumped by Harper Collins”.