It is the idyllic English country house where Richard Coles, a celebrity vicar will begin a new journey.
This week, the former Strictly star and BBC broadcaster announced that he would be retiring from Church in order to begin a new life on the South Coast.
And MailOnline can reveal that it is to this stunning flint cottage worth £950,000 in a fashionable village in Sussex to be close to his friend and former manager.
The 60-year old explained in a lengthy and thought-provoking explanation why he decided to retire. He said that he hadn’t considered leaving Northamptonshire Congregation, but that he served there for ten years until realizing he wanted to leave after the passing of his husband David.
Coles, his civil partner and fellow clergyman David died in December 2019. Following a prolonged battle with alcohol, Coles passed away at 42. He is thought to have grown even closer to Lorna Gradeden in the years since.
Gradden suggested Gradden that he take the pension she had advised him to open years before to be closer to his home in Sussex, in a village just outside Beachy Head.
Lorna graduated suggested that he make use of the pension pot that she advised him to open years before to be closer to his home in Sussex.
Richard Coles (pictured) lost his civil partner and fellow clergyman David in December 2019
According to her, he had spent time with Lorna in Sussex over the years. Lorna drove him back to Finedon from David’s funeral, when he described how his grief boiled up from deep within. They will soon be sharing a village.
The Sunday Times quoted him as saying: “The ex-manager [Lorna Gradden]Then she came to my rescue again, proposing that I relocate to the village where she resides to purchase a house on her lane.
« And so on Low Sunday [24th April]I am the first to retire after Easter’s holy and high celebration.
“In May I will start a new lifestyle in what appears to be Tilling from Mapp and Lucia novels.
“I will be living in an 18th-century cottage that offers a wonderful view of the streets and my neighbors’ goings and comings. The scent of lavender drifts through the village green.”
He is now based in an English village, in a valley in South Downs National Park.
The South Downs Way running right past the new house, as well as many other village fetes and art competitions to attend, will keep the Reverend Coles busy.
His new home, nestled in the South Downs National Park’s valley, is an English village.
This popular pub is prominently located on the village green where pets and children play on it.
To provide grocery items for well-fed people, a high-class delicatessen is competing with Waitrose.
Grayson Perry, a celebrity artist, lives near Gina McKee (Bafta Award winner actress).
Today, Reverend arrived in the Village as builders completed the renovations to his home.
MailOnline received a report from one of his friends that Richard Coles was moving in. He has been around. He is a very nice man. You will most certainly be grateful.
Gradden suggested Coles make use of the pension pot that she encouraged him years before to live close to his home in Sussex, near Beachy Head.
A second added “Yes, Richard Coles is moving to this area,” But village gossip is not something I care about. It would be more beneficial to speak to my spouse.
Former Communard and number-one hit in the eighties with Don’t Leave Me This Way says that despite all of the advantages of his new place, he will still miss his life.
He stated that he would no longer serve as vicar after Easter. I will be leaving the vicarage/parish and moving south. There is a charming English village located between the Downs & the Sea, with an antique church and farmers, as well as an old bakery and village green. Locals can enjoy a pint and talk about their Baftas over beer.
“That’s all wonderful, lucky me. But the move isn’t without anxiety.
‘Not so much about where I’m going – there is a bus every ten minutes with free WIFI that stops outside Waitrose – but about what I leave behind.’
With the South Downs Way running right past his front door, there will be many events, music competitions, village fetes, etc. for the old Reverend Coles.