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Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones puts home up for sale

Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones has put her stunning house up for sale after her 25-year marriage came to an end.

The home she shared with TV executive David Peet, 72, has gone on the market for a tidy £1,150,000.

Jones, 58, famous for playing Nessa Jenkins in the much-loved BBC sitcom, split from Peet some time ago and they announced the separation earlier this year.

She once described the Edwardian property as ‘my favourite place to be’ and said the spacious kitchen was ‘the best bit’.

But the couple have not been seen together at the imposing mock Tudor property in Penylan, Cardiff, for almost two years.

The furniture has been cleared out and what was once a cosy home is now an empty shell.

The pair bought the five-bedroomed semi in 2001 for £325,000 so stand to make a profit of £825,000.

They also shared a holiday home on the west coast of Scotland and owned a popular restaurant called Peet’s in the village of Lochinver where Jones occasionally helped out.

Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones has put her stunning house up for sale after her 25-year marriage came to an end

Ruth Jones announced her 26-year marriage to David Peet is over, claiming they split and are now 'legally separated' (Ruth and David pictured)

She has put up the Edwardian property, worth around £1,150,000, up on the market - a home she previously shared with TV executive David Peet, 72

She once described the mock Tudor property in Penylan, Cardiff, as one of her 'favourite places to be'

Since the split, the Stella star has been living in London while Peet has moved to Vancouver, Canada, to be with his new love Jayne Charity Cook, 46.

Welsh actress Jones was stepmother to Peet’s three children from his previous marriage and their relationship was thought to be rock solid.

But there were rumours of a split when friends noticed the Gavin and Stacey creator had stopped wearing her wedding ring.

It came as a bombshell when Canadian digital creator and mother-of-two Cook announced on social media she was in a relationship with millionaire Peet.

Jones and Peet issued a statement in June saying: ‘We amicably went our separate ways 18 months ago and are now legally separated. We remain good friends.

‘Since our separation, Ruth is living in London and David is living in Canada where he is in a new relationship.’

The break-up came just as the couple were about to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary.

Instead they ended up in the divorce courts with lawyers sorting out the financial split of their vast assets, including the marital home in Cardiff.

The three-storey property overlooking a park, has open fireplaces, Edwardian tiling and wooden floors.

The split had come as a surprise to Ruth's industry friends who believed their marriage was one of the safest in showbiz (pictured in May)

The furniture has been cleared out and what was once a cosy home is now an empty shell

Ruth¿s estranged husband David is dating a 46-year-old lookalike of the Gavin & Stacey star - who lives in a tiny village in British Columbia, Canada

The former couple have not been seen together in the home (pictured: a bedroom within the property) for almost two years

The pair bought the five-bedroomed semi in 2001 for £325,000 so stand to make a profit of £825,000 (pictured: the property's kitchen)

But as Jones said, not long after buying the house, it’s the spacious kitchen that has the wow factor, with a vaulted ceiling, granite island and black Aga.

The estate agent makes no mention of the property’s famous owner but describes it as a ‘handsome, three-storey bay-fronted Edwardian style residence, retaining charm and character, sympathetically extended, choice position overlooking Roath Park recreation fields.’

BAFTA-winning Jones, also a best-selling author, threw herself into work during the marriage split and returned to writing with James Corden, co-creator of Gavin and Stacey.

Her iconic character Nessa finally married on-off lover Smithy, played by Corden, in the 2024 Christmas Special of Gavin & Stacey, watched by 12.3million viewers.

The episode, titled The Finale, was the last ever instalment of the comedy classic, which first aired in 2007.

Jones and Corden and the rest of the cast of the final episode are due to be reunited at the National Television Awards at London’s O2 this week.

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