Dave’s Eton pal sold Becks £6m Chipping Norton pile

DAVID Beckham and his wife Victoria have joined the Chipping norton set — and how.

I can reveal that the couple bought their estate in the Cotswolds from none other than nicholas Johnston, Old etonian pal of david Cameron.

Land registry documents also disclose Posh and Becks paid £6.15 million for the swanky barn conversion.

the nine-bedroom pile — joining up three separate buildings with two new glass extensions — sits in acres of rolling countryside near Chipping norton.

It is close to Soho Farmhouse, the exclusive members’ country club where Prince Harry took Meghan Markle for a romantic break.

Johnston owns the Great Tew estate in Oxfordshire, where he hosts the Chipping Norton set’s annual Cornbury ‘Poshstock’ music festival.

He is so wealthy he bought the south Devon village of Bantham for £11.5 million ‘on a whim’ because he holidayed there as a child.

West Country locals have been enraged by his proposals to transform the seaside area.

Johnston already had permission to renovate the Cotswolds property and it seems the Beckhams are happy to go along with his plans.

These include the construction of two mezzanine galleries, which could be used to house their collection of Banksy and Damien Hirst creations. They have also applied to build a swimming pool, a pergola, a 20-metre croquet lawn, a fruit orchard comprising apple, pear and plum trees and two vegetable patches.

Soho House, owned by Nick Jones, is said to be overseeing the renovations for the couple.

The bill for the construction is estimated at £1.8 million but is set to be double that with a state- of-the art security system being fitted.

Beckham, 42, and Victoria, 43, who already own a £ 31 million West London home, have been very strict with the builders, banning mobiles on site.