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See that circled building? That's a wardrobe. In particular, it's Claudia Schiffer's wardrobe.

For most fashion-conscious women, a walk-in wardrobe would be the height of luxury.
But supermodel Claudia Schiffer has rather grander requirements: she keeps her clothes in a helicopter hangar.

She has converted a huge warehouse beside her ?5million home to store the outfits that made her famous over 20 years.

It is climate-controlled to preserve the fabrics and has separate closets for clothes by different designers.
German-born Ms Schiffer, 38, was inspired to create the enormous wardrobe when her husband, film director Matthew Vaughn, urged her to have a clear-out.
But she baulked at the idea because she wants to pass on the collection to her four-year-old daughter Clementine. She said: Ive kept all my clothes. I have a hangar that is normally made for helicopters and Ive got all my clothes in there.
The heli-hangar was Matthews idea. I have so many closets of Chanel in there, its like a Chanel boutique.
The collection, insured for millions, includes the first Chanel suit Ms Schiffer ever wore, a black minidress and white collared jacket.
There are also several rails of bandage dresses by Azzedine Alaia and a large collection of Valentino couture in the hangar close to her Elizabethan mansion in Suffolk.
A special space is reserved for the Italian-lace wedding dress given to her by Valentino when she married Vaughn, the producer of Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.
A source said: Its just like an Aladdins cave. Its an extraordinary collection of clothes and there are some fantastic items in there. There are things shes bought and things shes been given.
Its not all colour-coded or arranged like a big archive. Some people expect it to be like a high-class boutique inside and its not really like that at all.

Wow.