EXCLUSIVE Ellen DeGeneres's £15m Cotswolds farmhouse where she fled after Trump won US election goes on the market - as TV star confirms she's 'staying in the UK for good'

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Ellen DeGeneres has put her £15million Cotswolds farmhouse on the market less than a year after moving there from the US.
The US talk show queen told an 700-strong audience of British fans at a one-off show at Cheltenham's Everyman Theatre the farmhouse she moved into last year was now for sale.
Yet she has also insisted she is staying in Britain 'for good' - with the decision to stay confirmed following Donald Trump 's re-election as US president last November.
She has been living in the UK with her actress wife Portia de Rossi, 52, currently based in a new second home - having left the initial one that is now up for grabs.
DeGeneres, 67, said at the Cheltenham event where she was in discussion with broadcaster Richard Bacon: 'We decided we needed a different house, and now we are selling that house.
'So if anyone wants a house, it's a beautiful house - it's a beautiful stone farmhouse.
'To clarify, I'm not selling the new one we now live in. I'm selling the old stone farmhouse..
Sources have confirmed that Ellen has quietly let it be known through her property agent that the farm is now available to the right buyer.
The stunning farm, which is set in 40 acres among the rolling Cotswolds hills, was bought by DeGeneres and de Rossi in June of last year for £15million.
Ellen was so enamoured by the property that she paid £2.5million above the asking price.
However, the couple's new life in the quaint English countryside quickly went dramatically wrong after the seemingly-idyllic six-bedroom bolthole was swamped by flooding just days after they moved in.
They were left virtually marooned after a tributary of the River Thames running beside the property broke its banks.
Speaking at Cheltenham last week, Ellen told how she had decided to move permanently to the Cotswolds as a reaction to Donald Trump's second American presidential win last year.
She said her and Portia had visited the English rural region often and always planned to spend some of the year there while reverting to the US as their main home, but that changed with Trump's victory over his Democrats rival Kamala Harris.
Asked if she was staying here because of Mr Trump, she said: 'Yes. We were hopeful for Kamala. We were very hopeful and we thought at least let's get a place here.
'The idea was that we would be here for three or four months of the year - but always when we came here we loved it and we thought it was beautiful.
Pictures were shared online of DeGeneres and de Rossi at last weekend's Cheltenham event
'We thought when I stopped the show [Ellen's eponymous US talk show] one day, that it was so beautiful here that we would get a farm here and then go back there.
'And we got here the day before the election. We woke up to lots of texts from our friends and crying emojis. And we were like, "He [Trump] got in. So we are staying here. We are not going back. We are not leaving."
'So we bought a house that we thought was going to be a part-time house.
'Then we decided we needed a different house, and now we are selling that house. So if anyone wants a house, it's a beautiful house.
'It's a beautiful stone farmhouse. To clarify, I'm not selling the new one. I'm selling the old stone farmhouse.'
Speaking further about her first year in Britain, DeGeneres pondered on 'the best thing about life in the UK', telling her audience: 'I really like the people. Fish and chips are delicious too.
'The UK is beautiful. It is absolutely beautiful. We [Americans] are just not used to seeing this kind of beauty.
'Even in the villages and the towns, I love the architecture and houses. Everything you see here is charming. It is a simpler way of life.
The couple have since moved to the safety of higher ground in a spectacular new property which is perched on a hilltop on the edge of a village in Oxfordshire
'It's clean. Everything here is just better. The way animals are treated, the way people are polite. I just love it here.'
However, she did admit the weather was an early issue, adding, 'We moved here in November, which was not the ideal time' - prompting laughter from the audience.
She went on: 'The winter is tough. I would definitely say the winter is tough. But I still enjoyed it because we are not used to seasons.
'In California it is pretty much always the same and that gets a little boring - and I like the seasons.
'There is no worse thing than that [the winter]. I enjoy going to British pubs. Of course we go to pubs. We love pubs.'
She and de Rossi were pictured and filmed last November enjoying a visit to fellow Cotswold resident Jeremy Clarkson's pub The Farmer's Dog.
Putting a positive spin on the winter, DeGeneres has now said: 'I saw snow for the first time in my life.
'I had honestly never seen snow before - it was just like a fairytale, it was beautiful.
'We love it here. Portia flew her horses here. I have chickens and I had sheep for about two weeks - don't get sheep
'They are now with a 12-year-old shepherd in training. I spent so much money on those sheep. I cannot tell you how much those sheep cost me.
'It was Portia's idea - she said, let's get sheep. We were riding lawn mowers all day trying to keep the grass down in the pastures for the horses and we were like, "We just can't keep up with this".'
DeGeneres told how they bought four sheep which escaped, meaning they had to build fences and electric fences later taken down for being 'ugly' - while the sheep are now with a local shepherd boy, she added.
A local property source who has heard from Ellen's buying agent confirmed that their original farm was now back on the market.
The source said: 'Ellen's buying agent has let it be known to us that the farmhouse is indeed available again.
'It is not advertised on the open market and you won't see it on any estate agent's website but it is definitely now available if the right buyer makes an approach.'
MailOnline revealed in April that the couple had moved out of that farmhouse following a series of setbacks including flooding.
Ellen DeGeneres and de Rossi had already purchased their first Cotswolds home before the 2024 presidential election, but reportedly decided to 'get the hell out' of the US afterwards
They have now moved to the safety of higher ground in a spectacular new property perched on a hilltop on the edge of a village in Oxfordshire.
It is about a 30-minute drive from their original home and planning documents show it has a 'sustainable drainage system' and is not 'at risk of flooding'.
The comedian posted an image on Instagram of Portia surveying the spectacular view from their new property with the image also featuring a rainbow.
Describing the 'three things which make me happy' to her 136 million followers, Ellen wrote: 'My wife, a rainbow and my wife taking a photograph of a rainbow.'
She also recently shared videos of the couple's growing family of chickens that they keep at the grounds.
Their stylish new mansion does have a dark backstory, being built near the site of an old farmhouse where a man was murdered.
Our source told MailOnline: 'The murder was a few years ago now and it was quite a grim one so for people around here who have long memories the place will always be notorious.
'And just because they demolished the old place, anyone who has grown up around here will always say, "Oh, that's where the murder was".'
After the murder, the farmhouse stood empty for many years before it was finally sold as a derelict building only fit for redevelopment to a local architect for almost £2million.
Planning permission was granted to demolish the farmhouse and erect a 'replacement dwelling' with associated buildings and for the surrounding site to be landscaped.
The minimalist single-storey house features floor-to-ceiling windows offering breathtaking panoramic views of the Cotswolds, plus a giant outdoor infinity pool.
The modern home with 10,000sqft living space has its own cinema, gym and steam room as well as a huge open plan kitchen and lounge area with a hanging fireplace.
The massive master bedroom has a huge walk-in wardrobe and two en suite bathrooms, while four further bedrooms are also en suite.
More than 1,000 trees have been planted on the surrounding estate to help reduce the noise.
According to US magazine People, DeGeneres is a well-known collector of 'multi-million dollar homes' including a £24million property in the Montecito area of California the Duke and Duchess of Sussex also live.
In 2023, she told one US outlet of having bought and sold 'over 50 houses' including a house in Malibu that once belonged to Brad Pitt.
Earlier this year it was reported that she had put two homes in Montecito on the market - thought to be among her last remaining properties in California.