The House Jayne Bought for Her Mum and Dad ; ... But What, She Asks, Will It Score for Artistic Merit Today?
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It is obvious Jayne Torvill lived in this house. Not only is it immaculately tidy, with the wardrobes full of ice skates and sequined costumes, but in every room hang pictures of her and Christopher Dean gliding across the ice in a career that brought them five European titles, four world championships and nine perfect sixes to take Olympic gold.
Jayne bought the five-bedroom home, which sits at the end of an exclusive gated road in the Nottingham suburb of Bramcote, in 1984, the year of her Olympic triumph, for Pounds 120,000. She brought her parents here to live to thank them for all the sacrifices they had made during her career. Now it is for sale again as George and Betty Torvill plan to move closer to their daughter, son-in-law Phil and two-year-old grandson Kieran in Tunbridge Wells.See the full content of this document
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The House Jayne Bought for Her Mum and Dad ; ... But What, She Asks, Will It Score for Artistic Merit Today?
'It will be a huge wrench to move,' says Betty. 'It is such a beautiful house. When Jayne told us she was buying it we were so very pleased.' But it has been stuck on the market for the past year. 'It came on to the market just as things were on the downturn,' says Robert Billson, of estate agent Savills. 'Then the price was almost Pounds 1 million, but we've brought it down to Poun...
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