It’s currently listed for sale at £5,995,000 (approximately 74.6 million MAD).
Marrakech – Adele has been accused of sabotaging the sale of a luxurious West Sussex mansion by claiming it gave her “the creeps.”
The award-winning singer rented the Grade II-listed Lock House in Partridge Green back in 2012 and has been blamed for “blighting” the property with her comments during a CBS interview.
The 10-bedroom property, spanning a sprawling 32-acre estate, boasts indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a tennis court, a helicopter pad, and a cinema room.
The house is listed but the sale hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing.
According to the owner’s recent planning application to divide the estate into three residential units and convert the garage and flat into a cottage, Adele’s remarks have been a major roadblock.
“The first tenant, Adele, stayed for six months and blighted the property by saying it is haunted. This comment negatively impacted future marketing efforts and continues to affect the property’s reputation to this day,” the submission states.
When Adele rented the house, she told CBS’s Anderson Cooper that “This bit’s all quite scary, really. I’m not rattling around here on my own. It gives me the creeps.”
While she never explicitly called the property “haunted,” her comments seem to have left a lingering impression.
Despite the owner’s efforts to sell the mansion over the past 14 years, only one offer was ever made, back in August 2020.
That buyer, however, withdrew after learning about the supposed haunted reputation.
Lock House has an intriguing history. Constructed in 1909 and reconstructed in 1940, it was divided and sold in 26 separate lots in 1971 before being purchased by the church and turned into the Convent of the Visitation.
The current owner acquired it in 2003, but since Adele’s six-month stay, it’s been rented out sporadically, including to a tenant who used it for unapproved business ventures like fitness boot camps.
Whether haunted or not, the property remains on the market, waiting for a buyer brave enough — or skeptical enough — to look past its eerie reputation.
Would you take the risk for a house with a cinema room, tennis court, and a slice of celebrity history?
