Inside Graham Norton’s property empire as Eurovision icon makes huge move out of £5m London mansion
His New York home is also up for sale…
Eurovision commentator and all-round TV superstar Graham Norton is back with a bang this weekend, spinning witticisms during the “biggest show in the galaxy”.
His Graham Norton Show has been welcoming the biggest names in showbiz since it launched in 2007.
It recently had its best ever lineup, according to some viewers.
He hosts it with vim and aplomb despite having a bad back for which he admits there are “no quick fixes”. And it has put him in a good position, financially…
Norton recently listed two properties with a combined asking price of more than £10 million (Credit: The Graham Norton Show/YouTube)
Graham Norton selling two properties worth £10m in ‘huge life change’
“We’ve been thinking about it for a couple of years and I finally feel brave enough to make a huge change to my life,” The Times quoted him as saying, in late April.
He had just put his Grade II listed Georgian townhouse up for sale. It sits on the banks of the River Thames at Wapping, in east London. He has lived there for two decades, during which time he has created some wonderful memories.
“My favourite times have definitely been enjoying a drink sitting by the river on a summer’s evening. My least favourite memory in the house was that time one of the dogs got stuck in a neighbour’s shrub.”
The house, which you could also describe as a sprawling mansion, has its own private garden square.
It is four storeys tall, has two reception rooms, vaulted ceilings, a principal suite that occupies the entire fourth floor, and building to its rear with double-height ceilings. It looks out directly over the river, and could house multiple families.
And it’s yours for just £4.95 million.
By our reckoning, that leaves him with two homes remaining (Credit: The Graham Norton Show/YouTube)
His Manhattan home is also up for sale
Just metres from the Empire State Building, on a private gated mews, Graham Norton’s Manhattan digs are also up for sale.
Built as a horse stables in the 1860s, it was converted into a residential building in the early 20th century. Graham bought it in 2002 from Claudia Schiffer, according to the Standard. Lenny Kravitz has a home on the same street.
Graham didn’t live there for long.
“My relationship with New York is like that of one with a mistress: exciting, sexy and dangerous, but I’m always aware that I’m playing away,” he wrote in his memoir The Life and Loves of a He Devil. “London is my life and Manhattan is my bit on the side.”
The asking price is £4.24 million, or $5.6 million. Taxes on it alone amount to $3,346 per month. Check the online listing to have a snoop around.
He remains the host with the most, with The Graham Norton Show attracting the biggest names in show business (Credit: The Graham Norton Show/YouTube)
From West Cork to Blackfriars, Graham Norton sees property as a ‘huge indulgence’
“I find that I respond to [houses] in a very emotional way,” Graham wrote in his autobiography, So Me. “Because they are real estate and therefore ‘an investment’ I somehow get away with buying them, but in reality to me they are a huge indulgence, way beyond clothes or hotels, and yet like a combination of both.”
In 2003, he bought a house near his hometown of Bandon, near Cork, for €1.6 million (£1.35 million). He married his husband, the Scottish filmmaker Jonathan McLeod, at nearby Bantry House.
Finally, after selling his house in East Sussex in 2018, rumour has it that Graham bought a flat in the ONE Blackfriars building, per the Standard. The high-rise boasts panoramic views over London’s skyline, a golf simulator, and a wine cellar.
He has previously owned homes in Bexhill-on-Sea (sold in 2018 for £1.85 million) and Cape Town (listed in 2009 for £510,000).
What “huge change” does Graham Norton have planned for his future? Time will tell. For now, it’s time to get to work on next year’s Eurovision entry.
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