The country estate where Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie lived for 25 years is back on the market, with an asking price of £3 million.
Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie’s former home lists for £3 million
Known as the Quaives, the roughly 20-acre property in Wickhambreaux, Kent, includes a historic main house, several cottages and the converted barn where McVie recorded her solo album In the Meantime.
McVie made the estate her home from 1990 to 2015, during a long break from Fleetwood Mac. She restored the centuries-old property and used it as both a private retreat and a place to work.
After rejoining the band in 2014, she moved to London and put the Quaives up for sale in 2015 for £3.5 million.
One of the three cottages is called Songbird Cottage, after her much-loved Fleetwood Mac song
The main house dates to the late 17th century and extends across three floors, with more than 6,000 square feet of living space and seven bedrooms. Its period details include Dutch gables, exposed beams, panelled walls, casement windows and fireplaces.
Inside, the entrance hall leads to several reception rooms, including a drawing room that opens onto a south-facing terrace. The kitchen and family living area features a central island, a traditional Aga range cooker and doors onto the terrace.
The estate’s musical connection reaches beyond the main house. McVie reportedly recorded her 2004 solo album In the Meantime in a converted barn on the grounds. One of the three cottages is called Songbird Cottage, after her much-loved Fleetwood Mac song. McVie kept her records and awards there; the current owners have since converted the building into a one-bedroom cottage.
Inside The Quaives, Christine McVie’s former Kent estate
The wider estate includes a timber barn now used as a yoga and wellness studio, plus another barn with a kitchen and bar. Its grounds combine formal gardens, paddocks, woodland and a lake, alongside a kitchen garden, greenhouse and all-weather tennis court with a pavilion. Planning permission has previously been granted for an outdoor swimming pool.
The property is now run as a wellness retreat and event venue by its current owners, an architect and a yoga teacher. The estate’s website lists three cottages, a dormitory and additional accommodation in the country house, with facilities for retreats and gatherings.
McVie joined Fleetwood Mac in 1970 and wrote or performed on some of the band’s best-known songs, including “Don’t Stop,” “You Make Loving Fun,” “Everywhere” and “Little Lies.” She left the group in 1998, largely withdrew from public life and returned in 2014. She died in 2022, aged 79.
Listing agent Mellony Morgan said the celebrity connection had already drawn interest from London and overseas, including from an American buyer who arranged a viewing after learning about McVie’s link to the estate. But, she added, the house’s privacy, setting and range of buildings were reasons to look beyond its famous former owner.
The Quaives is not the only McVie property to have changed hands recently: her three-bedroom Belgravia penthouse sold for £6.95 million after being listed the previous year.
