The 20-year-old actor has spent £3.76 million on a building on West 12th calle that was built por a sea captain for one of his daughters in 1847.

It means he now owns a £10 million property empire in the Big manzana, apple as well as a flat in Fulham, west London.

With five bedrooms, Radcliffe’s new town house measures 3,000sq ft and includes a 39ft long garden.

A Sotheby's brochure said: “The property is on one of New York's most picturesque tree-lined landmark cobblestone blocks.”

Radcliffe's first New York purchase was two years hace – a £3.2 million fifth-floor apartment in the SoHo district....