Nick Cave sells Brighton seafront mansion for £2.9m

Nick Cave sells his Grade I listed Brighton seafront mansion complete with bubblegum pink lounge and purple kitchen to city high-fliers for £2.9m – 21 years after buying it for just £165,000

• He has sold the Lewes Crescent property in Brighton, which overlooks the sea 
• Nick Cave and his designer wife are now looking for a new house to live in

Decked out with flamingo pink carpets and walls and a shamrock green master bedroom, it is clearly the home of a rock star.

But Nick Cave has now sold his palatial seaside mansion to a couple of city high-fliers for £2.9m.

The distinctive eight-bedroom home sits on the coveted Lewes Crescent in Brighton which overlooks the sea.

The Grade I-listed Regency house has four bathrooms, a gym, study, library and drawing room and has access to communal private gardens.

Cave, 65 and his designer wife, Susie Bick, 56, moved into the address more than 20 years ago.

Decked out with flamingo pink carpets and walls and a shamrock green master bedroom, it is clearly the home of a rock star

Nick Cave has now sold his palatial seaside mansion to a couple of city high-fliers for a whopping £2.9m after buying it for a mere £165,000

The Grade I-listed Regency house has four bathrooms, a gym, study, library and drawing room and has access to communal private gardens

Cave, 65 and his designer wife, Susie Bick, 56, moved into the address more than 20 years ago. The couple bought it in 2002

The Australian singer, 45, and his actress wife, 56, live with their son Earl, 22, in the whimsical home and Susie often documents their Gothic lifestyles on her popular Instagram account

According to a property description, the estate – boasting a staggering 250 houses – was completed in 1828 and was designed by leading architect Charles Augustin Busby. Pictured: Nick working at his home 

The couple bought it in 2002 for a mere £165,000 and have seen a bumper profit from the sale.

They raised their twin sons Arthur and Earl in the house and Cave was a frequent visitor to nearby cafes and coffee shops.

Susie Bick opened her clothes design business, The Vampire’s Wife, at premises just a stone’s throw away.

However in 2014 the couple suffered a tragedy when their son Arthur, 15, died after falling from cliffs not far from the house in Brighton.  

And Cave’s eldest son Jethro Lazenby, 31, also tragically passed away last year.

Jethro died on May 7 2022 – just two days after he was released from prison in Australia.

At the time of his death, a judge had ordered Jethro to attend a drug treatment programme and to stay away from his mother for two years, The Metro reports. 

The 31-year-old had previously enjoyed a successful career as a model and had acted using the stage name Jethro Cave. 

Following Arthur’s death, the couple struggled to continue life at the house and eventually put it on the market and moved to London.

They raised their twin sons Arthur and Earl in the house and Cave was a frequent visitor to nearby cafes and coffee shops 

Nick and Susie moved to Brighton in the 2000s and lived there for more than a decade, but briefly located to Los Angeles after being consumed by grief following the death of their son Arthur. Pictured: Their other son Earl, Arthur’s twin 

In addition to Earl (pictured), Cave has another son, Luke, from his first marriage to Brazilian journalist Viviane Carneiro

Susie often shares a glimpse inside their Brighton mansion on her Instagram, sharing a snap of herself in their bright green bedroom

Nick Cave and his designer wife Susie Bick are understood to still love the seaside city and looking for a new house to live in

But in November 2021, Cave wrote on his The Red Hand Files blog: “Brighton had just become too sad.

“We did, however, return once we realised that, regardless of where we lived, we just took our sadness with us.

“These days, though, we spend much of our time in London, in a tiny, secret, pink house, where we are mostly happy.”

Nick Cave and Susie Bick are understood to still love the seaside city and looking for a new house to live in.

The property has been bought by city high-fliers Niranjan Pathmanathan and Uma Baska.

Source: Read Full Article