Charlotte Church on the reality of a dream property renovation 

'As soon as I saw it, I fell madly in love — literally every second I spent away from the place, I was thinking about it'

Charlotte Church in Charlotte Church’s Dream Build (Really/Rekha Garton/PA)

She may have found stardom as a singer, but Charlotte Church is embarking on an altogether more daunting project.

The Welsh singer-songwriter, 36, who rose to fame as an opera singer in 1997 at the age of 11 before later finding success as a pop star, is taking a derelict Welsh country house, Rhydoldog — once owned by Laura Ashley — and turning it into a business venture.