Men Behaving Badly star Caroline Quentin reveals she’s sold six bedroom home and art collection in attempt to ‘downsize’
CAROLINE Quentin has revealed she may never buy another home after selling her sprawling six-bedroom farmhouse, art collection and jewellery.
The Men Behaving Badly actress, 66, has deliberately stripped back her lifestyle after admitting her huge Devon property and its grounds had become “a bit too much”.
She and husband Sam Farmer now rent a smaller home in Somerset, with Caroline saying they are perfectly happy to remain tenants.
Speaking to Saga, she said: “We’ve been in Somerset for just over a year, with a more manageable garden. We’re really happy. I don’t think we’ll buy again.”
Opening up about her former property, she added: “It had a two-acre vegetable garden, a two-acre orchard and a pool. The veg alone was exhausting.”
Caroline also revealed she auctioned off her art collection and jewellery after deciding possessions were no longer important to her.
She said: “Possessions aren’t important to me any more. I got rid of a lot of things two years ago. I took them to auction and sold them.
“I had quite a big art collection and a lot of jewellery, and I sold it all.
“Now we live in a rented house and I don’t have much stuff. That was very deliberate.”
It marks a change of heart for the actress, who previously said she and Sam hoped to buy a smaller cottage and create a new garden.
Speaking to Gardens Illustrated in February 2024, she said: “My big beautiful garden in Devon came with a big house and it was all getting a bit too much for me.
“My husband Sam and I are renting a lovely cottage in Somerset and are looking for a cottage nearby where I can start a new garden and a new gardening adventure.”
Caroline is best known for playing Dorothy in Nineties sitcom Men Behaving Badly, as well as starring in Jonathan Creek and Blue Murder.
She married Sam in 2006 and the couple share two grown-up children, Emily Rose and William.