MailOnline reports that Pink Floyd star David Gilmour is attempting to sell a £10 million property that he does not legally own.

Gilmour, 78, just realized that due to a legal oversight, the six-bedroom home he and his wife Polly Samson had lived in for years is actually owned by the Crown.

He is now suing the government to have the mistake corrected so that he can sell it.

Gilmour first purchased Medina House, a renovated women’s public baths overlooking the sea, in 2011 through his former firm, Hoveco Ltd, of which he was the sole director.

The firm was liquidated in 2014, but owing to a mistake, ownership did not transfer to him.

Under UK law, unless a company’s assets are transferred before it is dissolved, its assets are automatically declared ‘bono vacantia’ (vacant goods) and belong to the Crown.

Gilmour, who has lived in the property with Samson, 62, for years, claims the house was not put into his name due to an administrative error. He is now suing the Attorney General in London’s High Court.

He is requesting a court order transferring the house into his name so that he can finally sell it.

David Gilmour has lived in the house in Hove for years, but it was not put into his name because of an inadvertent admin error

Gilmour is now suing the Attorney General and asking for a court order transferring the house into his name so he can finally sell it.

Medina House in Hove was erected in 2020 to replace a nineteenth-century bathhouse.

Legal experts believe such a scenario is highly uncommon.

Nick Brett, Partner at Brett Wilson LLP, told MailOnline: ‘Imagine thinking you’ve owned a house for over a decade, especially one worth £10-15 million, but then discovering you can’t sell it because technically legal title has moved to the state. He must have been taken aback when he learned the truth. It’s an unusual occurrence that is also extremely rare.

Medina House is 6,284 square feet and features a courtyard, a covered garden, four baths, and four reception rooms spread across three stories. There is also a wine store, a snug, a gym, and a library, as well as one of the reception rooms, which features a 49-foot-long dining area.

His court action is the latest twist in a property drama that has been riddled with issues since the beginning.

The original property was a Turkish baths called Medina Baths, which were established in Victorian times. However, once the bath and its men-only neighbor became underused, they were taken by squatters, and the building was razed after two fires.

Gilmour and Samson, 61, faced screams of protest from neighbours when they applied to turn the bathhouses into a giant mansion family home.

This was due to several neighbours complaining that the new structure would reduce light to their residences because it was higher than its predecessor, which the architects desired for flood protection and privacy.

Gilmour, who is worth an estimated £140 million, and Samson were criticized, with opponents calling their ideas ‘appalling and disrespectful’ and referring to the proposal as ‘Polly’s Folly’.

Nicknamed ‘Polly’s Folly’, the couple only bought the property in 2015 and launched a lavish rebuild of the former Victorian Turkish bathhouse

Inside the property, which has had £5m slashed from the asking price, the five bedrooms have remarkable sea views

Other amenities include hardwood flooring and underfloor heating throughout, polished plaster ceilings and walls, log-burning and gas-operated open fires

The home now includes a cottage, dog’s shower room, a recording studio – which was formerly an artist’s studio, ample parking, sun room, a Victorian terrace and stunning sea views

Pink Floyd icon and his wife destroyed and rebuilt the original Victorian structure.

However, Brighton & Hove Planning officer Liz Arnold stated that while some residents would receive less light, this was exceeded by the benefits to the conservation area in repurposing a derelict site, and the plans were accepted in 2017 – by one vote.

The bathhouse was dismantled the next year, and architect Keb Garavito Bruhn was commissioned to construct the replacement home.

His design was inspired by the older building, with its gable and half-moon-shaped window at the top. Ceramic tiles from one of the pools were kept.

Many residents changed their minds about the house once it was built, admitting that an eyesore had been transformed.

Gilmour’s hideaway is located near Hove’s ‘Millionaire’s Row’ at the end of Western Esplanade, which has hosted a number of A-listers over the years, including Adele, David Walliams, and Fatboy Slim.

The Gilmours listed Medina for £15 million in 2022, but then lowered the price to £10 million.

Then the legal oddity was discovered, which meant it couldn’t be sold for any price until the issue was resolved.

The pair has previously expressed their satisfaction in the completed property.

‘It is a beauty, and it is unfortunate for us that it took so long and was completed during the epidemic,’ Samson said of the Hove house last year.

‘When we originally bought, our children were still little and living at home, and we hoped to save the building.

‘Now that they’ve flown away, Medina House will never be our family’s home. We have a one-bedroom flat [in Hove], which is sufficient.

‘Now it’s just the two of us.’

She continued, ‘We’ve had so many wonderful parties here. It’s incredible to run across the beach for a swim, then return to the house for a sauna.

‘Sometimes we’d hop across the beach with our fishing rods, bring back the catch, and cook it over the fire in the winter garden.

The Gilmours put Medina on the market for £15 million in 2022 but later reduced the price to £10 million.

The former Victorian Turkish Bath was demolished and rebuilt by the couple on the seafront in Hove, despite the opposition of locals

Gilmour and his wife brought down the baths in 2018 and transformed it into a magnificent 15-bedroom residence, complete with a courtyard

Gilmour and Samson’s primary residence is a farmhouse in Wisborough Green, West Sussex, 25 miles distant.

Gilmour’s most recent album, Luck and Strange, earned wonderful reviews when it was released in September, and he followed it up with sold-out shows in Brighton, Rome, the Royal Albert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and Madison Square Garden.

Gilmour is unlikely to be bothered by the legal costs associated with his court case to regularise possession of the property; according to his company’s most recent filings, it has total current assets of more than £16 million.

Last night, Gilmour’s manager, Paul Loasby, declined to comment on the ownership dispute.