Johnny Depp: Recalling the day he visited an East Sussex pub

Here we remember when the American actor was spotted in Sussex in early 2019, visiting a pub in the county with rumours that he was planning to buy a home in the area.

Depp was seen at The Middle House, in Mayfield, East Sussex, which confirmed he paid two visits there.At the time Pirates of the Caribbean actor Depp, 58, was rumoured to be considering buying television presenter Davina McCall’s £3.2 mansion in nearby Wadhurst.He was reported to have enjoyed a Sunday lunch at The Middle House, along with his manager and two other people, dressed in a cowboy hat and scarf on his second visit to Mayfield.The picturesque timbered pub, which dates back to 1575, is no stranger to celebrities, with former Big Brother presenter McCall, actress Cate Blanchett and rock guitarist Jeff Beck all there on a single day recently, according to a regular.Depp, who rose to international stardom in the film Edward Scissorhands, divorced wife Amber Heard in 2018 in a highly public and acrimonious split.The six-bedroom house he was reportedly showing an interest in came complete with 38 acres of private parkland, its own swimming pool and tennis court.

Depp’s court trial in the US has lasted seven weeks and the jury in the defamation case between the actor and his ex-wife was sent out on Friday (May 27) to consider its verdicts.

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