Everything about Charlie Watts, of Rolling Stones fame, was unlikely. He was the drummer of The Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021 at age 80! Active for over six decades, the band is one of the most influential music groups of the rock era, and The Rolling Stones defined hard rock.
But Watts was originally trained as a graphic designer. And it was jazz, not rock, which was his first entry into music. And while The Rolling Stones became synonymous with their volatile behaviour, excess, and ego, Watts was the anomaly within the group who stayed mostly sane.
The Devon County house in southwest England is on sale for £2.75 million. (Picture: Savills)
His personality is reflected in Halsdon House, his country home in the UK, which is on sale for £2.75 million ($4.7 million). The sale of the property is marketed by Savills.
Like Watts himself, the Grade II listed manor in Devon has avoided the trappings of rock star excess....