Dilapidated 500-year-old cottage which once appeared in iconic 90s music video hits market – do you recognise it?
A DILAPIDATED 500-year-old cottage which once appeared in an iconic 90s music video has gone on sale.
The 1.5-acre Silk Mill could be yours for £75,000 - and it once featured in a smash hit by a famous singer.
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The 1.5-acre Silk Mill was built 500 years ago
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The property is on sale for £75,000
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The cottage appeared in the music video for Bryan Adams' (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
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Bryan Adams' (Everything I Do) I Do It For You topped the charts for a record 16 weeks in 1991 and was the theme for the blockbuster film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
Adams was featured performing next to Silk Mill in the track's music video, which was directed by Julien Temple.
Now the mill, built 500 years ago near the village of Holford, Somerset, is on the market for £75,000.
The 1.5-acre site includes areas of mature woodland, the fast-flowing Holford River, and the atmospheric remains of the former Holford Silk Mills, as reported by Luxury Property News.
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The spot is so special that Sir Paul McCartney even bought the surrounding woodland and later donated it to the League Against Cruel Sports as a wildlife sanctuary.
Estate agent Ross Walls said: "Not many properties have such a back story.
He added: "It's a great lifestyle or conservation opportunity.
"I had an inquiry from a woman who loves Bryan Adams and was interested in leaving a property that means something to her to her children.
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"I've tried to contact Bryan Adams too, but so far without success."
In the late 1790s, the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy spent time living at nearby Alfoxton Park and frequently walked in Holford Glen.
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The waterfall along the river, just a short distance from the property, was one of their favourite places and is immortalised in Wordsworth's poem Lines Written in Early Spring.
Mr Walls added: "It's an incredible place, truly magical."
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In the music video, you can see the ruin directly behind where Bryan Adams was singing.
Founded by Huguenot refugees - protestants who fled France and southern Belgium from the 16th to the 18th century - the Holford Silk Mills once buzzed with industry, powered by the Holford River.
But the mill fell into disrepair in 1860 after two fires destroyed it.
Mr Walls said the property would not be suitable for someone trying to turn it into a home, but would be ideal for someone who wants to park up, go for a wander and escape.
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Adams, 62, is a Canadian guitarist, singer, composer, record producer, photographer, and philanthropist.
Throughout the course of his career, he has sold over 100 million records worldwide and is responsible for the hit songs Summer of '69, Run to You, and Heaven.
He is also known as one of the world's best-selling musicians and is reportedly the best-selling Canadian rock artist of all time.
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A river flows through the property
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Adams and his band are seen performing outside the property
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