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A 'shipping container' newbuild and mansion with a 'waterslide' roof: Inside the Cornwall village turned into a 'ghost town' by Hollywood A-listers and tycoons building wacky houses where 'not one' lo

Celebrities and business tycoons have been criticised for taking over a small village in Cornwall with bizarre luxury homes, one which resembles a shipping container and another where the roof looks like a giant waterslide. A-list actress Cate Blanchett's clifftop house is nearing completion at Wamgan Porth The bizarre home, which looks like a shipping container is reportedly costing £5million …

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“Mawgan Porth”, claims its local website, “is a little-known but never forgotten village on the rugged coastline of North Cornwall. The one-percenters clearly feel safe in numbers, gathering around Cotswold villages or Cornish beaches like bees around a honey pot – exclusive, mango-scented Pitcairn honey Owing more to American hotels than English domestic design, several have replaced older houses and …

Cate Blanchett sparks fresh row with locals in Cornwall's 'Hollywood-On-Sea' over plans to turn a field into car park and driveway for her sprawling £5million eco home

Cate Blanchett has sparked a fresh row with locals over plans to turn a field into a driveway and parking for her new £5million holiday home in Cornwall. Now Blanchett wants to turn part of an adjoining field currently being used as a construction compound, into a new access and parking area for the luxury pad at Mawgan Porth near …

The Duchy of Cate: How actress Cate Blanchett and her husband have spent nearly £3million on TWO prime plots in Cornwall's 'Hollywood-On-Sea' - but furious locals accuse star of 'damaging coastal wild

Hollywood star Cate Blanchett and her husband have spent almost £3million on two prime building plots in an exclusive Cornwall seaside village, MailOnline can exclusively reveal today. A spokesman for the couple told MailOnline they were building a 'sustainable replacement home', 'designed sensitively, sustainably and in consultation with the local planning authority to minimise the impact of development on the …

Gwyneth Paltrow is said to be the latest celebrity with her eye on buying a home in Cornwall. According to The Sun, she is looking for a home in the quaint village of Polzeath - a tiny picturesque village known for its large sandy beach. Gwyneth Paltrow is said to be the latest celebrity with her eye on buying a …

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'Hollywood-on-Sea' locals' fury as 'Cornwall's best kept secret' is being overrun by second homeowners