Guy Ritchie is best known for his work directing Sherlock Holmes, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, and Wrath of Man, but away from set, he is afforded a quiet life by his rural Wiltshire home. The English movie director, 57, purchased the Ashcombe Estate for £9 million in 2001 alongside his then-wife, Madonna.
The estate, which Guy retained after his divorce from the ‘Like a Prayer’ singer in 2008, is so grand it has its own website, which has revealed that Guy’s home is a working farm and is set in 1,100 acres of rolling chalk downland. It was once the home of photographer Cecil Beaton, but it is now the director’s private residence – and somewhere that offers public bookings.
Public bookings at Guy Ritchie’s home
Bespoke packages are on offer at the estate, which include “staff, bedrooms and entertainment” and the interiors were designed by Edward Hurst. Each of the six en-suite double bedrooms is named after a famous writer, from Maya Angelou to Emily Dickinson, and features artwork and antiques from the Ritchie family’s personal collection.
Speaking to House & Garden in 2025, Edward Hurst revealed the inspiration behind the interiors at the Snatch director’s farmhouse, intended for shooting parties and other gatherings. “It needed to be ‘American inn meets English pub’, but comfortable. There’s a slightly filmic quality to it,” the designer explained, revealing the 18th-century inspiration behind the décor.
The boldest feature
One of the most eye-catching design features is an enormous portrait of a wealthy man from the 17th century and his dog at the top of the stairs of the corridor connecting the bedrooms.
© Justin Goff Photos/Getty Images“The corridor was really missing something. It needed a big character, and luckily, I bought that about six months before. I did wonder how we were going to get it up the stairs and whether we’d have to take it off its stretcher and roll it up, but it just got up the stairs and it only just fitted,” Edward recalled.
“A lot of people would think, ‘There’s no way we want this abominable big thing at the top of the stairs,’ but Guy wasn’t scared of doing that sort of thing. I always find that when you have a cottage or a farmhouse, it works when you put a really grand thing or any big thing in that sort of space.”
A statement living room
Likewise, the dining room is full of statement furniture, including a round table surrounded by six wood and leather chairs from 1860. “Everything in there had to be slightly indestructible, really, as the whole idea of that dining room comes from a Hogarth print of people carousing in a fairly louche way,” the designer explained.
Trouble at Guy Ritchie’s London pad
Guy’s Wiltshire home isn’t his only property to attract public attention. In 2012, 12 squatters moved into the star’s Grade I-listed Fitzrovia home and claimed that they intended to turn it into a free school.
© WireImageThe collective known as the Really Free School was ordered to leave by the police but refused to do so and instead placed large banners in the front windows saying “strike”, “resist”, and “occupy”.
The incident came amid construction on the A-lister’s adjoining properties. The director, who later married model Jacqui Ainsley in 2015, was in the process of converting a former language school into a single, massive private home.
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