Inside Beverley Callard’s converted barn on a farm: 'I feed my chickens in my Jimmy Choos!'
ok.co.ukAs Corrie legend Beverley Callard opens her front door to welcome OK! into her breathtaking Norfolk barn conversion, we're instantly greeted by her gorgeous fury friends Arthur and Elsie. "They take priority over everything," she laughs and she leans on her husband of 11 years Jon McEwan's shoulder. "Oh, by the way, this is Jon." "That's the pecking order sorted," record studio owner Jon - who first met wife Beverley whilst the Corrie star was temporarily working as a fitness instructor in Spain over 16 years ago - rolls his eyes. "Welcome into our home!" "If you would have said to me 10 years ago that I'd be living somewhere like this, I would have said, 'Absolutely not', but we love it." And whilst catching up with OK!
this week, the cheeky duo led us into their rustic kitchen, complete with plush black gas cooker, a herb rack hanging from the ceiling and a colossal slab of wood - which Beverley describes as having been a "mega-bargain from eBay" - taking the form of a kitchen counter. "I love it - it's a country kitchen," Beverley smiles. "We've not been here long," Jon adds. "So, we've not really done anything yet.
It's a good start." "I have to tell you," she laughs. "If we both finish work at the same time, whoever's home first does the cooking - I drive really slowly!" "I pass her in the layby!" Jon grins.
Giving OK! a glimpse into her fridge - which the husband-and-wife duo allegedly share half-and-half - we're immediately met with the likes of a pineapple, packets of bacon rashes, a loaf of bread and a "sneaky" bottle of rose. "When they said 'We're going to look in your fridge', I thought, oh no!
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