Dahl, Cullum anger neighbours with fence

Sophie Dahl and Jamie Cullum have angered their neighbours in the Buckinghamshire village in which they live with plans to erect a giant fence around their home.

The celebrity couple, who married in a secret ceremony in January, had plans to protect their £3m house in Great Missenden shot down by local residents, who limited any security fences on the property to a maximum height of just over 4ft.

A source told The Mail on Sunday: "Sophie wanted a significantly taller fence and gate as she doesn’t want people snooping. The problem was, the residents didn’t want it."

Meanwhile, a local resident warned that Dahl and Cullum could not expect to isolate themselves from the close community on the basis of their celebrity status.

"The houses are all very close to one another and it’s a very small community," they said. "Building work finished almost a year ago but they kept up huge fences that had been used to shield the house during the work for months afterwards.

"Frankly, if Sophie wants privacy she has chosen the wrong house."

The paper also reports that Dahl has been attempting to smooth over the conflict with her 'difficult' neighbours by donating money to the local museum, which is dedicated to her uncle children's author Roald Dahl, who also lived in the village during his lifetime.