Kirsite Allsopp’s<\/a> childhood manor home in Witlshire is currently at the centre of a major planning row.<\/p>\nVern Leaze is a Grade II* building of “national significance”, located off Silver Street in Calne, Wiltshire, that was last valued at \u00a33.5 million in 2021.<\/p>\n
The 11-bedroom manor was once owned by Kirstie Allsopp’s father, Charles Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip.<\/p>\n
The expensive property has now been drawn into a planning row as it neighbours a site earmarked for 170 homes and a medical centre at Wenhill.<\/p>\n
Mr Allsopp, who wielded the gavel in the record-breaking \u00a324.75 million auction of Van Gogh\u2019s Sunflowers in 1987, is reported to have sold the property in the early 80s.<\/p>\n
Developer CG Fry & Son has submitted detailed plans explaining how it will reduce the impact of a large housing estate on the setting of the historic house.<\/p>\n
This has included setting the new homes back from the property and creating a “substantial green buffer.”<\/p>\n
A design and access statement said: “Grade II* listed buildings are considered to be of national significance and we have taken care to design the proposed development in such a way that it protects the building and its setting.<\/p>\n
“A key part of this is the retention of a large area in the southern part of the development as a parkland style open space.<\/p>\n
“This was formerly an area of parkland around the historic house; however, it has lost many of the historic trees that were once part of it.”<\/p>\n
The plans have already caused a heated row in Calne with a petition against the development launched, before a formal planning application was even submitted.<\/p>\n
At the time, residents voiced concerns about the impact on traffic and the loss of green space.<\/p>\n
Becky Amor said: “The town is already gridlocked most of the time due to the volume of traffic and Silver Street is particularly bad, so to have another 170 cars is complete madness.”<\/p>\n
While Mellissa Freeman added: “This is far too many houses for this area\u2026 Calne is already bursting at the seams.”<\/p>\n
CG Fry & Son insists the site is “an ideal urban expansion to the west of Calne” that has been allocated in the Local Plan.<\/p>\n
The firm added: “Our aim is to provide an individually designed scheme with a sense of place, which will cherish local distinctiveness, and provide an attractive, comfortable, and safe place to live for its occupants.”<\/p>\n
Kirstie owns a number of properties with her partner Ben Anderson, including a luxurious house near Honiton<\/a>, Devon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The manor was valued at \u00a33.5m Jason Hughes and Catherine Shuttleworth 10:12, 05 Aug 2025Updated 15:13, 05 Aug…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,26237,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-46570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-kirstie-allsopp","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Kirstie Allsopp’s childhood manor is at the centre of a planning row(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n