“So, who’s your favourite duke?” she asked jokingly. These lakes are now the site of Lakedown Fishery, a trout farm run by his son, Jamie.A friend recently sat next to Bryan Ferry at a smart dinner party, where the Roxy Music legend was surrounded by aristocrats. Roger's estate has now grown to 420 acres, and is home to 230 cows and four lakes which he built with a friend. It features a tile roof, clustered chimneys, stone fireplaces, stained glass windows, oak panelling and a gallery seventy feet in length.
Located near Witherenden Hill, the house is built of brick with stone dressing and has twenty rooms and seven bedrooms. I stood open-mouthed and knew I had to live there." "You can see for miles and miles and miles and miles. The house is on a hill looking across the valleys and villages of the High Weald of East Sussex. "Then we walked up to the front room and I saw the view. READ MORE: Pink Floyd star David Gilmour’s quiet life in one of Sussex’s most expensive villages "The hallway was black as pitch, there was damp, the kitchen was terrible," he said. He later told Sussex Life that after setting eyes on the country pile he knew it would be their home for the rest of their lives. After his affection grew for the county during family visits to Brighton as a teenager, Roger purchased Holmhurst Manor with his wife Heather in 1971.
One Sussex resident who definitely fits his title as a rock icon is The Who frontman Roger Daltrey, who lives on his estate near Burwash village. From Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour living in one of Sussex's most expensive villages, to The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards owning a Grade II listed cottage in West Wittering - many are now enjoying much quieter lives on the south coast. Sussex is certainly home to its fair share of rock icons.
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