# Ed’s Sheeran-ville Mark II takes shape: Star’s converted former piggery into ‘countryside Abbey Road’ recording studios with man cave, bar, gym, pool table and bowling alley… now he wants to transform the outbuildings

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/eds-sheeran-ville-mark-ii-takes-shape-stars-converted-former-piggery-into-countryside-abbey-road-recording-studios-with-man-cave-bar-gym-pool-table-and-bowling-alley-now-he-wants-to-transfo/
- Published: 2026-08-02T12:05:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-02T12:14:14+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16002591/Ed-Sheeran-ville-Mark-II-converted-former-piggery-countryside-Abbey-Road-recording-studios.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Music, World

## Key points

- Ed Sheeran wins permission to convert farm outbuildings at his Suffolk estate
- He already turned a piggery into a £150,000 man cave with bowling alleys
- Complex includes a recording studio dubbed a "countryside Abbey Road"

## Summary

Ed Sheeran is pressing ahead with the transformation of his £1.1million Suffolk farm complex, having secured planning permission to redevelop a cattle shed, pig pens and a milking parlour into new state-of-the-art facilities. The singer bought the 17th-century farmhouse two years ago and has already converted the main barns into a recording studio and rehearsal space, with the site being likened to a "countryside Abbey Road" for its growing collection of music and leisure facilities.

The 35-year-old previously spent £150,000 turning a former piggery into a man cave complete with a bar, gym, pool table and bowling alleys. His latest planning application covers the site's remaining outbuildings, marking the next phase of his efforts to expand the rural property into a comprehensive music and entertainment complex.

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