Overview
- Corden bought the distinctive 1960s modernist property near Henley-on-Thames in 2020 for about £8 million, intending to demolish and rebuild it.
- He secured planning consent in 2023 subject to a section 106 agreement, with detailed construction approvals signed off in March 2024.
- Approvals required dropping planned leisure facilities and included measures to protect bats, badgers and glow-worms, plus preservation of 45 granite megalithic stones and archaeological checks.
- The house stood empty and deteriorated, with urban explorer footage showing graffiti, broken fixtures and a neglected indoor pool.
- He and his family are now based in a renovated £11.5 million home in northwest London after his 17-week Broadway run, while permission for a six-bedroom replacement at Templecombe remains unused.