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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
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.
In short
- 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"
Explained simply
Ed Sheeran bought a 17th-century farmhouse and its surrounding farm buildings in Suffolk two years ago for £1.1 million. Since then, the singer has been gradually converting the old agricultural buildings, such as barns and a former piggery, into music and leisure facilities, including a recording studio, rehearsal space and a "man cave" with a bar, gym and games areas. The growing site has drawn comparisons to a rural version of Abbey Road, the famous London recording studio.
The buildings involved, a cattle shed, pig pens and a milking parlour, were originally used for farming before Sheeran acquired the property. Converting them for other uses requires formal planning permission from the local council, which sets out what can be built or altered on a site.
This matters because it shows how the musician is expanding a private rural property into a much larger entertainment and recording complex, a project that has been unfolding in stages since the initial purchase.
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