Coronation Street star Julie Goodyear finally sells VERY eccentric mansion for £1.3m after knocking £200,000 off price
CORRIE star Julie Goodyear has finally sold her eccentric mansion for £1.3million after knocking £200k off the price.
The 83-year-old Coronation Street legend put her quirky rural pile in the outskirts of the city on the market for £1.5million in October last year.
She then reduced the fee by £100,000 before the Bet Lynch actress re-listed the four-bedroom farmhouse for £1.3million at a further discount.
Julie, 83, and her husband have lived in the home, complete with a stable block, for 25 years but have sold up amid her dementia diagnosis.
The unique pad boasts stables and wrought iron gates framed by two golden eagles and the proceeds of the sale will help Julie’s health battle.
And for Coronation Street fans it even has its own cobbles on the driveway.
Interior shots on property website Zoopla show Julie’s love of leopard print evident among the furnishings.
The open plan kitchen looks the perfect place for hosting with an open plan design and a wooden island.
A huge table positioned in the centre offers the chance for big family gatherings.
A fireplace and chandeliers adorn the living room in one of the four reception rooms while an imposing oak staircase offers a dramatic lead-in to the upstairs.
Four bathrooms mean there’s plenty of space, while an airy conservatory offers views over the 15 acres of land.
As well as the equestrian facilities, there’s beautiful gardens, a large barn and a gated entrance for extra security.
Julie, who famously played Rovers Return landlady Bet Lynch for 25 years, announced she was living with dementia in June 2023.
The ITV star went public with her health battle and made a rare public appearance last summer.
She is being cared for by fourth husband Scott, 55, at their Lancashire home and appeared to be in high spirits on her birthday.
Scott, whom Julie married in 2007, shared a picture of smiling Julie wearing a tracksuit and sitting in a chair inside her bedroom earlier this month.
He wrote: “Just got home with my lovely wife and we’ve had a fantastic day together.
“Thank you so much for all your birthday wishes from both of us.”
Dementia is a condition that refers to a group of disorders affecting brain function.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form, affecting between 50 and 75 per cent of those diagnosed.
Is it ageing or dementia?
Dementia – the most common form of which is Alzheimer’s – comes on slowly over time.
As the disease progresses, symptoms can become more severe.
But at the beginning, the symptoms can be subtle or mistaken for normal memory issues related to ageing.
The US National Institute on Aging gives some examples of what is considered normal forgetfulness in old age, and dementia disease.
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For example, it is normal for an ageing person to forget which word to use from time-to-time, but difficulting having conversation would be more indicative of dementia.
Katie Puckering, Head of Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Information Services team, previously told The Sun: “We quite commonly as humans put our car keys somewhere out of the ordinary and it takes longer for us to find them.
“As you get older, it takes longer for you to recall, or you really have to think; What was I doing? Where was I? What distracted me? Was it that I had to let the dog out? And then you find the keys by the back door.
“That process of retrieving the information is just a bit slower in people as they age.
“In dementia, someone may not be able to recall that information and what they did when they came into the house.
“What may also happen is they might put it somewhere it really doesn’t belong. For example, rather than putting the milk back in the fridge, they put the kettle in the fridge.”
Julie has been seen infrequently since going public with her diagnosis but last year her friend, Mark Llewellin, said she was living a “good life”.
Speaking on the Conversation Street podcast, he said: “She still loves leopard print, I’m pleased to say.
“I see her at least once a week, sometimes twice a week, and spend a few hours with her and have afternoon tea at her house, which I call leopard print boulevard.
“She’s quite happy, she goes out regularly.
“I take her chocolate cake on a Sunday and we tuck into that – well . . . she doesn’t let me have any to be honest.
“She’s good, obviously she has dementia as everybody knows, but it’s wrong to say you suffer from dementia, you live with dementia.
“It changes what you can do and how you look at life.
“I think Julie has been very brave and strong about that.”