The joint winner of a £148,000,000 EuroMillions draw is set to move out of his seven-bedroom country manor to live with his mum, it has been claimed.
Adrian Bayford, 54, was working as a postman when he hit the jackpot in 2012 with his then-wife Gillian.
The couple, from Lancashire, bought the Grade II-listed Horseheath Lodge estate near Cambridge but their relationship fell apart around a year later.
Bayford was later linked to several women, including one whom he was engaged to, more before meeting his current fiancee, ambulance worker Tracey Biles.
The pair have now decided to move in with Bayford’s 80-year-old mother at a nearby four-bed cottage he bought for her, according to The Sun.
A friend, who has not been named, told the newspaper: ‘He thinks he can just downsize and have a simple life and go back to how things used to be before he was mega rich.
‘The house he is leaving is one he bought with his ex Gillian and where he split from his other fiancées so it’s full of bad memories for him.
‘He loves Tracey. He loves his mum so it makes sense for them to all move in together.’
Bayford reportedly had plans to build a children’s theme park featuring an education centre on the estate until last month.
It included a train ride, renewable energy-themed play barn, maze and car park.
The project was said to have met opposition from locals and the parish council, who feared it wouldn’t fit with the area’s ‘rural character’, would attract excessive traffic and cause flood risks.
Cambridgeshire Council’s archaeological officer said: ‘The development
area has potential to contain prehistoric remains with a cropmarks indicating the presence of ring ditch to the adjacent north.’
Just two weeks after these responses were submitted, Bayford withdrew his application.
He hasn’t refiled since, suggesting an end to his dreams of having his very own themepark.
Bayford moved into the the £6.5million Grade II listed Georgian house, with 189 acres of land, 13 years ago.
Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.
For more stories like this, check our news page.
