EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Clarkson was so intent on taking over a local pub that he offered the owner almost £1 million for it within minutes of meeting her, MailOnline can reveal.
Jeremy Clarkson was so intent on taking over a local pub that he offered the owner almost £1 million for it within minutes of meeting her, MailOnline can reveal.
Clarkson bought the freehold to the pub and it isn't tied to a brewery, so he can realise his dream of selling his own beer and produce from his farm at the venue.Clarkson purchased The Windmill pub for £1 million from Jackie Walker who had owned the pub since 1983 - and revealed that it wasn't even on the market when he approached her
A Clarkson's Farm spinoff TV show could go ahead now that the star has bought the pub featuring the trials and tribulations of restoring it to its former glory ‘I had not been planning to sell the place, but I wasn’t that happy with how it was being run and I am not getting any younger.’ And she revealed the intriguing history behind the building which had a previous existence as a farm barn - and its links to a famous society family.
It became popular with locals, tourists visiting the Cotswolds and airmen from the nearby RAF Brize Norton base in Burford who would often visit the carvery at the restaurant.
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