Willamoor Barn, the former Cotswolds home of TV presenter Anne Robinson, is for sale after she decides to relocate to London. The property sits near Cirencester and has been in Robinson’s ownership for about 20 years.
Willamoor Barn, near Hatherop and Cirencester in the South Cotswolds, is listed at £4.25 million with Butler Sherborn.
Anne Robinson bought the property about 20 years ago, carried out significant work, and is selling as she moves to a residence overlooking Hyde Park to be near her daughter.
The first was that as soon as we were given our dog-eared copies, we all set about 'improving' the cover to make the author's name become J.R. The second is the novel's opening line: 'The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.' I never actually got beyond that line (one of the most famous openings in literature), but neither have I forgotten it. Well, Robinson's mother was spot on, because it was the start of a glittering career.
Now in her 80s, she is moving away, to a place overlooking Hyde Park that's close to her daughter. Butler Sherborn) The presenter bought Willamoor Barn 20 years ago after owning a couple of other properties in the area, and has done a huge amount to it. 'The inside, recently converted, was hideous,' she wrote of the place in a recent article in the Daily Telegraph.
While the budding reporter might have been gifted the car and the coat, everything else she earned for herself as she blazed a trail through a string of senior roles at newspapers including The Sunday Times and the Daily Mail before moving into television and becoming a household name. 'But its land and the views were.' (Image credit: Butler Sherborn) The pictures speak for themselves: the ceilings are lofty and there are four reception rooms, seven bedrooms and six bathrooms.
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