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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Leaks are on the menu at Jamie Oliver's country pile
Jamie Oliver is rapidly discovering what landed gentry have always known - that historic country homes are money pits - including his Grade I listed Spains Hall, near Finchingfield in Essex.
The rain in Spains: Jamie Oliver 49, has been forced to seek permission to fix the problems at his country pile near Finchingfield in Essex, because it is a Grade I listed building A report sent to town hall bosses says some of the windows and doors have swollen shut because of rainwater and others leak and masonry has begun to drop off parts of the building's facade, which needs urgent attention. Dame Maureen Lipman's revelation that she has just become engaged to David Turner, a business consultant, brought back memories for her Coronation Street co-star Rula Lenska about her own former fiance.
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