LORRAINE Kelly has sparked rumours she could quit her ITV show and move back to Scotland after selling her £2.2million mansion.
The veteran presenter, 62, has sold her historic Thames-side pad, a former boathouse which boasts a mooring, landing stage and 100ft-wide garden.
The Arts & Crafts-style property, which dates back to 1898, also features a stunning kitchen, vaulted drawing room, 24ft conservatory, summerhouse and garden pod.
Glasgow-born Lorraine moved to Buckinghamshire in 2017 after selling her £825,000 six-bedroom home in Dundee to be closer to London for work at ITV.
In an interview last year, she confirmed retirement plans to move back to Scotland but the move could now be hastened due to cuts which have seen her Lorraine show halved in air time since January.
A representative for Lorraine confirmed Lorraine has no plans to quit ITV.
It also comes after she and husband Steve Smith sparked a row with neighbours over “selfish” plans to chop down a troublesome tree.
The couple wanted to fell a huge Corsican Pine after getting fed up with bird droppings on their cars and pine needles blocking the gutters.
But almost half a dozen residents objected to the culling of the tree, which was protected by a preservation order, in a designated conservation area.
One wrote: “Mr and Mrs Smith have not lived down the lane as long as some residents, and to remove trees and change the environment for their own ends does not bode well and seems both whimsical and selfish in mine and others’ opinions.
“Mr and Mrs Smith may decide to move on once all their work is done on their property, leaving behind an empty space where once an inoffensive specimen with all its wonderful habitat once thrived.”
One of Lorraine’s tartan dresses and a Scottish flag on a garden fingerpost are among the photos in the sales brochure.
The 3,792 sq ft property boasts a large sitting room with a vaulted ceiling and cast-iron log burner, study, guest cottage and covered bar.
It was the boathouse for a separate and larger house once owned by Liberal Party politician, writer and poet Rudolph Chambers “R.C.” Lehmann who rowed for Cambridge University.
His daughter Rosamund Lehmann, a novelist, wrote about the boathouse in an autobiography called The Swan in the Evening.
It was built in the late Victorian period, the so-called “golden age of the Thames”, with popular activities such as boat outings, steam launch trips, Venetian fairs, houseboat holidays, regattas, picnics and carnivals.
In a sales listing, estate agents said: “This charming period riverside home offers a perfect blend of timeless elegance and modern comfort.”
“For entertaining, there is an internal courtyard which is paved and ideal for al fresco dining, while to the rear an elevated terrace leads down to a lawn and covered bar.”
The new owner has now applied to knock down the existing conservatory and build a new one but has also been refused planning permission to cut down the tree.
