Gordon Ramsay is continuing to expand his Cornish property empire after spending almost £2 million on a former bank.
The TV chef now owns three properties in the county, with two on the north coast and one on the south.
His latest purchase is a former LLoyds bank in ultra-desirable Fowey, which takes his spending to more than £10 million.
Gordon Ramsay and his wife Tana walk by the the former Lloyds bank building in Fowey, Cornwall
Lloyds closed the branch in 2015 and sold the Grade II listed property last year for £785,000
Lloyds closed the branch in 2015 and sold the Grade II listed property last year for £785,000.
Planning permission has been granted to convert it into a commercial property with two-storey maisonette.
Land Registry records show Ramsay has just paid £1.96 million for the building, which is located on a narrow street in the middle of Fowey.
The property backs onto the Cornish town’s stunning estuary, a picturesque expanse littered with fishing and sailing boats.
Cornwall Council’s planning portal also shows that enquiries have been made about having it transformed into a single residential dwelling.
The deal confirms speculation that the wealthy chef, 50, had been planning on buying a property in Fowey.
He has been spotted in the tourist hotspot on a number of occasions over the past two months and one local, in August, photographed Ramsay and wife Tana walking past the former bank.
Ramsay paid £4.4 million for this home in the village of Rock, dubbed Kensington-on-Sea due to its staggering house prices
He then splashed out £4 million on this stunning stopgap house in a nearby village
Land Registry records show Ramsay has just paid £1.96 million for the building
Plans were last year approved to turn the former bank into a four bedrooms (all en-suite) home with living room, study, kitchen/diner and with two terraces.
The ground floor currently has planning permission to be used for retail.
A pre-application on behalf of Andy Wenlock, managing director of Gordon Ramsay Holdings, has been submitted to Cornwall Council enquiring about the possibility of turning the retail section into residential.
Ramsay also paid £4.4 million for a home in the village of Rock, dubbed Kensington-on-Sea due to its staggering house prices.
The chef has been spotted in the tourist hotspot on a number of occasions in recent months
He angered residents in Rock with his plans to replace the 1930s home but was given the go-ahead.
The property has since been flattened and, while the new home is yet to be built, he splashed out £4 million on a stopgap house in a nearby village.
On top of his three Cornwall properties, Ramsay owns a grand townhouse in south-west London and a beachfront home in Malibu.
Ramsay’s representatives have been approached for comment.