Is marriage split to blame for Lily’s sale of £4m rural estate?
sHe has been plagued by rumours about the state of her marriage – and now it seems lily allen is keen to make a fresh start on the home front.
The 31-year- old pop star has put her six-bedroom Cotswolds home on the market for £4.2million amid reports she is set to divorce her husband sam Cooper, 37.
she bought the house for £3million in 2010 before marrying builder and decorator Mr Cooper in 2011. The couple had been living in the property with their two daughters ethel, four, and Marnie, three, but Mr Cooper is reported to have moved out last year.
Miss allen is now understood to be living in london with her children. The Gloucestershire home is set in an area of Outstanding Natu- ral Beauty and has been described by Vogue as ‘an english-cottage garden fantasy’ and ‘the sort of place Mrs Tiggy-Winkle might have lived’. The magazine added: ‘There are meadows strewn with wildflowers, dells dotted with daisies, rose gardens and endless picnic spots by streams or ponds.’
The Grade II-listed home, which dates back to 1660, also comes with a four-bedroom cottage, two barns, an outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts and 7.5 acres of land.
Miss allen’s decision to move to the Cotswolds was prompted by a desire to withdraw from the world of music and focus on a life of domesticity complete with an aga and wellies.
Mr Cooper has reportedly now filed for divorce from the star cit- ing infidelity and Miss allen was linked to london rapper skepta. But Miss allen hit back at the claims this week on Twitter.
On Thursday, she wrote: ‘The story is untrue. sam has not filed for divorce citing infidelity, neither have I. Wherever it came from, it’s a lie...’
Miss allen and Mr Cooper met at Glastonbury in 2009 and got engaged the following year after Miss allen suffered a stillbirth with their first child. ÷ a stalker who broke into Miss allen’s bedroom in her West london flat was sectioned by a judge yesterday. alex Gray’s campaign of abuse also involved accusing her of ‘stealing’ lyrics he had written.
The 31-year- old, of Perth, was handed an indeterminate hospital order and restraining order for burglary and stalking at Harrow Crown Court.
Miss allen had said she was ‘left terrified for my and my children’s safety’, having been in the room when Gray broke into her flat.