John Lennon's son Julian to sell his £22 million 18th-century home in the south of France
Described inevitably, but correctly, as ‘a classic’, it’s pretty close to perfection.
That’s not so much because of the discreet studio, where a white grand piano currently takes pride of place, but because of the captivating, white-shuttered 18th century house which looks out, across a terrace arrayed with statues, to the Mediterranean – and which is even blessed with its own chapel, carved into the hillside above.
But, dream South of France property though it may be, I can reveal that Julian Lennon has decided to walk away from it – albeit for £22million.
That’s the price tag which musician, photographer and philanthropist Julian – only child of John Lennon’s marriage to his first wife, Cynthia – has put on the house which he’s owned for the past 25 years or so.
Described as a ‘passion project’, the four-storey house, which has five bedrooms, four bathrooms, and numerous balconies, is the sort of architectural gem which could have appeared in a play by Noel Coward or a novel by Somerset Maugham, who memorably called the Riviera, his home for many years, ‘a sunny place for shady people’.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
