Game of Thrones couple Kit Harington and Rose Leslie have been given the green light to renovate their moated Grade II-listed £1.75m home in time for the arrival of their first child.
The thespian couple have been told they can create a new kitchen and install a trendy bath tub in a bedroom at the 16th century farmhouse in Suffolk.
The work will include a theatrical kitchen complete with wood-burning stove and showpiece central island, a part of the project which alone will cost about £100,000.
The pair, who fell in love on the set of the popular TV series, bought their thatched Tudor farmhouse in Suffolk three years ago.
They also plan to install a new boiler, radiators and pipes in the listed building, and rip up the floorboards to fit new piping for a Victorian-style freestanding bath in the master bedroom.
The total cost of the renovations is likely to exceed some £500,000.
Kit and Rose – who are expecting their first child early next year – wish to move their current kitchen from the northern end of the house to a 1960s extension and remove an Aga, replacing it with a wood burning stove.
Game of Thrones couple Kit Harington and Rose Leslie have been given the green light to renovate their moated Grade II-listed £1.75m home in time for the arrival of their first child
The thespian couple have been told they can create a new kitchen and install a trendy bath tub in a bedroom at the 16th century farmhouse in Suffolk
Planning documents submitted to Babergh District Council show the latest plans are ‘part of an ongoing programme of sensitive works to the house and grounds’
Kit and Rose – believed to be expecting their first child early next year – wish to move their current kitchen from the northern end of the house to a 1960s extension and remove an Aga, replacing it with a wood burning stove
Kit was said to have been paid £390,000 per episode to play Jon Snow in Thrones.
Last month the couple, who are both 33 and married in 2018, revealed they were expecting their first child when Rose showed off her baby bump in a magazine photoshoot.
Kit has said of their country home, which sits in eight acres and has a swimming pool, stables, tennis court, banqueting hall and croquet lawn: ‘I found my own little spot in the county of Suffolk and I’m now a Suffolk boy. I love it. It is really special to me.’
Planning documents submitted to Babergh District Council show the latest plans are ‘part of an ongoing programme of sensitive works to the house and grounds.’
On the first floor, Kit and Rose wish to remove modern cupboards ‘to better reveal the original proportions of the rooms.’
They also wish to run plumbing to one of their larger bedrooms to allow for a freestanding bath. New pipes will be fitted to take bath waste and a soakaway will also be added in the couple’s garden.
The couple were granted permission for a new heating system at their home in Brettenham, Suffolk, earlier this year.
However when work began it later transpired that there were some damp problems at the historic home.
Decay was found to window seals in the current dining room and standing water was also discovered between cavity walls due to blocked and insufficient drains.
In planning documents submitted to the council, a spokesman for DJA Planning says: ‘This space is much better suited to accommodate a kitchen to meet modern requirements with minimum impact on the fabric of the property’
A spokesman added: ‘The ‘old’ kitchen can then be used as an occasional dining room and extension to the existing functions of the rooms which lead into the space, ie. utility’
New pipes will be fitted to take bath waste and a soakaway will also be added in the Hollywood couple’s garden, pictured
Earlier this year, decay was found to window seals in the current dining room and standing water was also discovered between cavity walls due to blocked and insufficient drains
A design statement reads: ‘Due to the need to protect the heritage fabric of the building, it is proposed to create another soak away to drain water away from the property to prevent further decaying of the structure and thus ensure it’s stability and longevity’
Rose Leslie recently explained that she and Kit have been isolating at their East Anglian manor house, which she jokingly referred to as ‘the house that Jon Snow built.’
She added: ‘It’s incredibly old. We have a thatched roof, which currently has an enormous hornet’s nest in it.’
GoT hero John was famed for saying ‘Winter is Coming’ in the series which finished last May.
The slogan is in reference to the harsh winters in the North where House Stark are from and the risk of the White Walkers returning.
Rose played his on screen love Ygritte and the pair bought the farmhouse, which sits in eight acres of land, in 2017.
The latest plans were approved by the council at the end of October.