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Councillors have raised considerations over Ellen DeGeneres’ extension on her £15million Cotswolds house – fearing it may have disturbed Roman stays.

The retired TV present host, 67, and spouse Portia de Rossi, 52, purchased the farmhouse in June final yr – for £2.5million over the asking value.

But it has emerged native parish councillors raised considerations {that a} ‘technical breach’ was dedicated once they constructed a single-storey extension.

Three parish councillors feared Roman stays may have been disturbed, and contacted native planning enforcement officers.

The parish council minutes say: “The onus is on the owner to report any historic remains uncovered.”

“Concern was expressed by residents that the hedge and wire fence could increase flood risk in the village” if garbage was swept down and “caught on the fence”, thereby “limiting flow across the field”.

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A spokesperson for West Oxfordshire District Council stated the Roman stays are greater than 200 yards from their property, and that the work was “completed to a high standard”.

District councillor Rosie Pearson stated: “I was at the meeting when it was discussed and yes, I contacted the officer because an extension had gone up without permission.

“It was discovered to not be a cloth breach, and that there had been no risk to any risk of Roman stays.

“I completely accepted this and have every confidence in the planning officers’ judgement.”

Last November Ellen was noticed grabbing a drink at her native pub, The Farmer’s Dog owned by Jeremy Clarkson.

The 66-year-old former discuss present host traded Hollywood for the English countryside final yr.

In an Instagram reel shared by Jeremy Clarkson’s pub and singer Natalie Imbruglia on November 13, DeGeneres was noticed having fun with an intimate reside music session alongside her spouse, Portia de Rossi, 51, and pals.

The clip exhibits Imbruglia singing with the group earlier than panning to DeGeneres, who waves to the digital camera. DeGeneres’s pub outing included rubbing elbows with Clarkson’s spouse Lisa Hogan, James Blunt and The Corrs, who carried out that night.

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On November 21, People confirmed DeGeneres had formally moved to England’s celeb-loved Cotswolds area, the place she and de Rossi have already embraced their new neighborhood.

“Ellen was in England house hunting in the beginning of October,” a supply stated. “She ended up finding a house that she loved and purchased it shortly after.”

The Ellen DeGeneres Show — which ran for 19 seasons — wrapped in May 2022, following allegations of a poisonous office setting that surfaced in 2020. The controversy started with a July 2020 BuzzFeed News report, the place present and former staff anonymously shared troubling accounts, together with claims of being penalized for taking medical go away, racial microaggressions, and fears of retaliation for elevating complaints.