EuroMillions winner Adrian Bayford FINALLY finds buyer for £6.5m mansion, complete with pool, gym and 189-acre grounds
EUROMILLIONS winner Adrian Bayford has finally found a buyer for his £6.5million mansion – complete with a pool and 189 acre-grounds.
The 49-year-old, who scooped a £148 million EuroMillions win in 2012, has finally got an offer for his Grade II listed Georgian manor house.
Horseheath Lodge, which is set in rolling countryside near Linton on the border with Suffolk and Essex, is being sold by estate agents Strutt & Parker and now listed as “under offer” on website Prime Location.
Bayford bought the mansion, which has seven bedrooms and three reception rooms, eight years ago.
He moved out of the house in November last year and bought a house in Scotland, so he could be nearer to his ex-wife and children.
The house has stood empty since then and in August he was forced to step up security after squatters started using his swimming pool and gym.
The 189-acre estate includes outbuildings with a cinema, billiard room, bar, workshop and store rooms.
There is also an outside swimming pool, with five further cottages, equestrian facilities and a barn with office space.
The house was originally built for racehorse trainer Stanlake Batson in 1815 and Bayford paid about £6.5 million for the house in 2012, when he moved in with his then-wife Gillian.
Pals said Adrian was desperate to be rid of the mansion where Gillian divorced him and two girlfriends dumped him because it is a constant reminder of his awful luck.
A friend previously said: “Adrian and Gillian had such bright hopes when they bought that house, but it has just never worked out.
“They split quickly after moving in and she went to Scotland with the children.
‘IMMACULATE’
“Then Adrian thought he had found love with Sam – but she ran out with the horses he bought her.”
It was later given a complete renovation by builders, with extensive electrical work and a new heating system.
Some of the internal stud walls were removed to make some of the rooms bigger and marble en-suite bathrooms were added to existing bedrooms.
The mansion was also completely re-roofed and new courtyards were created in the grounds.
The former farmyard was converted into a stud farm and the barns changed to stable blocks.
The sales particulars call it an “immaculate residential estate” which “has been tastefully updated by the current owner.”
Before he sold the property, he was forced to step up security at his empty mansion after squatters started using his gym and swimming pool.
Cheeky intruders sneaked into the country pile including breaking into his personal leisure centre.
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Guards and warning signs have been drafted in to stop the freeloaders playing lord of the manor while the ex-postie tries to sell on the mansion where he was continually dumped.
Security lights are now being left on throughout the day and patrols are taking place in the grounds of the Grade II listed mansion bought by Adrian after he scooped £148million.