Beyoncé and Jay-Z are reportedly in the final stages of securing a 58-acre plot in the Cotswolds, where they plan to build a sprawling countryside retreat.
The superstar couple, who already own multimillion-pound homes in Los Angeles and the Hamptons, are said to have obtained planning permission for the site near Wigginton, according to The Times.
If the deal goes through, the purchase will place them among the growing list of celebrity homeowners in Oxfordshire’s most exclusive enclaves, where neighbours already include David and Victoria Beckham and Ellen DeGeneres.
The area has become a magnet for global stars, with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce staying in a £3.3 million Great Tew property during the European leg of her Eras Tour last summer.
While, Trump’s Vice President JD Vance chose the Cotswolds as a holiday destination for him, his wife, Usha, and their three young children.
The US Vice President stayed in an 18th-century manor house owned by Johnny and Pippa Hornby, which costs a reported £8,000 a week. The house is nearby to Diddly Squat, the farm and pub owned by Jeremy Clarkson.
However not everyone is impressed by the Grammy-winning couple potential arrival into town.
Long-time Wigginton resident Gerry Barrago, 77, told The Times: “I don’t give a flying toss,” before adding that his wife had seen the pair drop into Burford Garden Centre in their Range Rovers.
Property insiders have labelled the Cotswolds the “UK’s answer to the Hamptons,” with its combination of discreet country living and proximity to private members’ clubs like Soho Farmhouse and Estelle Manor.
Daylesford Farm’s organic produce has also become a staple for the so-called “Chipping Norton Set” of high-profile residents.
The land was originally listed with a £7.5 million guide price, but property consultant Owain Jones told the outlet it is likely to be worth upwards of £18 million once a planned seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom mansion overlooking a lake is complete.
Reports claim the couple even flew in by helicopter during the London stop of her Cowboy Carter world tour earlier this summer to view the site.
The Standard has contacted Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s rep for comment.
