Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are putting their UK farm on the market for $45 million

The celebrity couple, who relocated to England from the US, have moved to a larger property after extensively renovating the Cotswolds estate.

Photo: UK Sotheby’s International Realty

Less than a year after relocating from the U.S. to England, serial flippers Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have already moved on to a new house.

The Hollywood couple is listing Kitesbridge Farm, a 43-acre estate in the Cotswolds, for GBP22.5 million, or about $30 million (AU$45m), according to listing agent Andrew Barnes of U.K. Sotheby’s International Realty. They paid about $20 million for Kitesbridge in the spring of 2024 and did an extensive renovation, Barnes said. DeGeneres and de Rossi have already moved on to a larger, more contemporary estate nearby, he said.

The couple chose the new property in part because it had space for de Rossi’s horses, DeGeneres said in a statement provided via Sotheby’s.

“When we decided to live here full time, we knew that Portia couldn’t live without her horses,” said the longtime talk-show host. “We needed a home that had a horse facility and pastures for them.”

Photo: UK Sotheby’s International Realty

Photo: UK Sotheby’s International Realty

Located in Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, Kitesbridge has about 16,600 square feet of living space across several structures, some of which are connected through enclosed glass walkways. The six-bedroom main house, which dates to the 1700s, wraps around a central landscaped courtyard and connects to a two-bedroom guesthouse. There is also a separate party barn with a pub, Barnes said. Another building contains a heated swimming pool and gym.

When DeGeneres and de Rossi bought the farm, it had great bones but was “quite tired, with a quite basic finish,” Barnes said. Contractors originally told them renovating the property could take a year to 18 months. They brought in about 70 workers and did it in about 4 1/2 months, he said.

DeGeneres and de Rossi opened up the attic space to expose wood beams. Photo: UK Sotheby’s International Realty

The property has a rustic farmhouse feel. Photo: UK Sotheby’s International Realty

But they only lived at Kitesbridge for about a month before moving out. In addition to having more land, their new house looks like it belongs “in Malibu,” Barnes said.

Now completed, Kitesbridge blends the period character of the house with the modern design choices the couple is known for, Barnes said. The rustic home has exposed-beam ceilings, stone walls and farmhouse-style furnishings.

One of the buildings on the estate contains a heated swimming pool, a gym, shower facilities and a changing room. Photo: UK Sotheby’s International Realty

The party barn includes a pub as well as a heated five-car garage and kitchenette. Photo: UK Sotheby’s International Realty

The gym also has exposed-beam ceilings. Photo: UK Sotheby’s International Realty

The estate is one of the most expensive on the market in the Cotswolds, and Barnes said it is one of only a few in the area finished to the level one might expect in London, Los Angeles or Montecito, Calif., where DeGeneres and de Rossi previously lived. Barnes said he expects the home to draw significant interest given the quality of the renovation.

Barnes said the main house is unusual because of the amount of light inside. ‘In period houses in the U.K., there’s often a criticism that they’re very dark inside, but because the house wraps around that central courtyard, it’s incredibly bright,’ he said. Photo: UK Sotheby’s International Realty

The main house dates to the 1700s. Photo: UK Sotheby’s International Realty

Photo: UK Sotheby’s International Realty

DeGeneres and de Rossi moved from California to the U.K. in 2024 following the re-election of President Trump. DeGeneres, who hosted “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” until 2022, recently told a crowd at a Cheltenham theater that they initially purchased a property in England as a vacation spot, but decided to make it a permanent home after the election.

“We got here the day before the election and woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis,’” she said. “And we’re like, ‘We’re staying here’.” In August 2024, they sold a home near Santa Barbara, Calif., for $96 million, less than two years after they purchased it for about $70 million, property records show.

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi. Picture: Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for RH

In late 2024 there were news reports that Kitesbridge Farm had flooded along with other properties in the area. DeGeneres quickly denied the reports on social media, and Barnes said there were never any flooding issues at the property, which sits on high ground.

De Rossi and DeGeneres are famous for quickly renovating and flipping numerous houses in L.A. and Montecito. “I tend to keep painting the painting until it’s so done, there’s nothing left to do,” DeGeneres said in her 2015 book, “Home.” “That’s when I sell the canvas and buy a new one.”

The main house wraps around a central landscaped courtyard and connects to the guesthouse. A former helicopter hangar could be converted into a pickleball or padel court, Barnes said. Photo: UK Sotheby’s International Realty

The Cotswolds have long been popular with celebrities, but the region has been in the spotlight recently thanks to big-name buyers such as DeGeneres and television personality Jeremy Clarkson. The Covid-19 pandemic also brought more buyers to the region and remote work kept them there, Barnes said, noting that his client list includes more U.S. buyers than ever.

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