Never mind heavy metal hysteria, just look at my reclaimed radiators

Black leather, gleaming silver, fast cars, girls in their scanties . . . these are the very least you would expect to find in the home of one of the towering figures in British heavy metal.

You're ready for Spinal Tap territory, where pool tables are the size of tennis courts, platinum discs line the walls and sofas are swathed in animal skins.

Except that's not the case - bar a disc or two - at Holmwood House in Sheffield, home of Rick Savage, the 43-year-old bass player of rock band Def Leppard. Instead, his Victorian mansion, built in 1864 out of honey-coloured Derbyshire gritstone, rolls with restrained good taste, high-quality antique furniture and domestic contentment.

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