Dame Judi Dench admits £8m mansion is infested with MICE who have ‘taken over’ crumbling property

Dame Judi Dench has admitted her Surrey mansion is infested with mice.

The actress, 87, revealed the rodents have been living with her in the  £8million Outwood farmhouse – which is ‘falling down – since lockdown two years ago.

According to The Mirror, she said: ‘The mice have moved in since lockdown and I’m battling the mice. They have moved in and taken over a bit.’

‘They’ve been here since lockdown!’ Dame Judi Dench has admitted her £8m mansion is infested with MICE who have ‘taken over’ the crumbling property (pictured in October 2022)

Judi added of the historic property, built in 1497: ‘My house is falling down a bit here and there.’

The 7,000 square-feet sprawling property is said to boast a separate cottage as well as a swimming pool, workshops, barns and a pond.

Earlier this year, Judi revealed she suffered a ‘frightful fall’ at her home and was stuck on the floor for 30 minutes.

The Oscar winner told how she tripped over her carpet and was unable to get herself up, telling how she was forced to turn to her parrot for help as no one else was around.

Eek! The actress, 87, revealed the rodents have been living with her in the £8million Outwood farmhouse – which is ‘falling down – since lockdown two years ago (stock image)

Detailing the incident to Saga magazine, Judi admitted that maintaining her independence as she gets older has become ‘very difficult.’

Recalling the accident, she explained: ‘I had a frightful fall not long ago. I tripped over the carpet, and there was nobody in the house and I was lying on the ground unable to get up for half an hour.’

With the actress stuck on her own, she’d been hopeful that her parrot may have been of assistance, but her pet bird turned out to be useless.

She added: ‘I have a wonderful parrot who kept saying, “What are you doing? What are you doing?” This is when you need a very convenient parrot who would phone somebody – but she didn’t.’

Luckily, the James Bond star recovered quickly and told how ‘I just got up’ after half an hour.

Judi lives four miles away from boyfriend David Mills, 77, while her daughter Finty Williams and grandson Sam are located nearby.

And despite her advancing years, the Belfast star told how she doesn’t have a panic alarm installed in her home should another incident occur, telling how she wan’t to hold on to her ‘independence’.

When asked about the alarm, she responded: ‘No, no, no. Nothing like that. It’s just something you have to live with. But you want to be independent – and it’s very, very difficult.’

Oh dear! She said: ‘The mice have moved in since lockdown and I’m battling the mice. They have moved in and taken over a bit’ (pictured in 2021)