Phil Neville’s three-storey Manchester penthouse beaten by Andy Carroll’s £5m Essex mansion as most viewed on Rightmove

ANDY CARROLL’S swanky Essex mansion has topped Rightmove’s most viewed property list for 2019 – narrowly beating Phil Neville’s plush Manchester penthouse which came in third.

Carroll’s lavish palace in Essex carries a whopping £5million price tag, but despite the Geordie striker moving from West Ham to Newcastle in the summer, it is still up for sale.

Andy Carroll is struggling to offload his £5m Essex mansion despite the fact it was the most viewed property on Rightmove in 2019Credit: Rightmove

Phil Neville owns a swanky triple storey penthouse in Manchester and it came third in Rightmove’s listCredit: Rightmove

CARROLL’S MANSION

The 30-year-old shared the sprawling nine-bedroom gaff with his Towie star wife Billi Mucklow, 31.

And with 8,000 square feet of zebra print walls, a sweeping marble staircase, mirrored ceiling in the master bedroom and its very own cinema room, it is every bit the star couple abode.

The property is located on ‘millionaire row’ in Chigwell and has a full size football pitch, a swimming pool and a tennis court out the back.

But despite the 150,000 Rightmove views it accumulated throughout the year, Carroll is still lumbered with the house after 11 months on the market.

Carroll’s pad boasts a cinema room decked out in velourCredit: Rightmove

The Chigwell pad has an enormous conservatory in which to entertainCredit: Rightmove

Children’s toys can be seen in the corner of the sprawling lounge Carroll shares with his Towie star partner Billi MucklowCredit: Rightmove

A glitzy chandelier hovers above the spiral staircaseCredit: Rightmove

There are two islands in the middle of the plush kitchenCredit: Rightmove

The mansion has kids bedrooms for the couple’s three childrenCredit: Rightmove

There is a full-size football pitch in the gardenCredit: Rightmove

The impressive exterior also shows the properties’ triple garageCredit: Rightmove

Carroll left Essex to return home to his native Newcastle in the summer after his contract expired at West HamCredit: Rex Features

NEV’S PENTHOUSE

Meanwhile  fellow football star Neville, 42, has also struggled to shift his mega money pad with it having been on the market since June 2017.

The triple storey penthouse has four bedrooms, a spiral staircase and a glitzy chandelier and was originally listed for £4m before £500k was knocked off to try and shift it.

With floor to ceiling windows, the property boasts amazing views of Manchester and the surrounding area.

Before moving out, Neville shared the pad with his nutrition specialist wife Julie and their two children, Harvey and Isabella.

But in the meantime, the £15k-a-month rental income softens the blow somewhat for the penthouse located on the upper floors of Manchester’s Beetham Tower.

Neville’s three storey penthouse overlooks ManchesterCredit: Rightmove

It boasts four luxurious bedroomsCredit: Rightmove

And a dressing room that overlooks the Manchester skylineCredit: Rightmove

The view from Neville’s Beetham Tower padCredit: Rightmove

The property provides plush living high up in the skyCredit: Rightmove

Phil Neville is currently the England Women’s football team managerCredit: Reuters

The remaining properties in the top-five most viewed on Rightmove are not owned by footballers.

Glenborrodale Castle in Scotland – a five-storey, 16-bedroom palace that comes with 132 acres of land and three islands – came second in the most viewed list.

But the building that would not look out of place in a Disney film will set you back a cool £3.75m.

Fourth in the rankings behind Neville’s triplex is ‘Overdale’ – a seven bedroom mansion in the heart of footballer territory in Prestbury in Cheshire’s ‘Golden Triangle’.

Wayne Rooney and Peter Crouch would be your neighbours if you were to snap up the £3.95m pad but having been on the market since November 2018, you might be able to hold on for a discount.

And finally, propping up the table is Canonteign Manor in Christow, Devon where King Charles I and his troops would stay during the English civil war.

Its ten bedrooms would once again set you back £3.95m if you happen to have that sort of cash lying around.

Glenborrodale Castle in Scotland is a 16-bedroom palatial beautyCredit: Rightmove

The ‘Olde’ world interior includes four-poster-beds in some of the bedroomsCredit: Rightmove

It has a stag’s head mounted on the wall in its impressive dining roomCredit: Rightmove

Its cosy interior is in stark contrast to the 132 acres that come with the propertyCredit: Rightmove

Grandfather clocks and open fireplaces are dotted about in the Disney style castleCredit: Rightmove

It even has its own snooker roomCredit: Rightmove

Overdale in Prestbury, Cheshire has an indoor swimming pool and a gymCredit: Rightmove

The indoor pool is just one feature of the house near Wayne Rooney and Peter CrouchCredit: Rightmove

Canonteign Manor in Christow, Devon came in fifth in Rightmove’s listCredit: Rightmove

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