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News · 6 August 2026
Ed Sheeran has applied to convert six 17th-century barns at his £1.1 million Suffolk farm into storage for his music archive. The application follows his recent approval to transform a 19th-century piggery and barn into music studios. The plans include repairing the derelict buildings and adding ecological features like bat and bird boxes.
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