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Inside Love Island's Gemma Owen's £4m North Wales home

While Gemma Owen is currently residing in the Love Island villa, where she usually spends her days is even more impressive.

The star shares the home of her dad, former LFC and England footballer Michael Owen, in North Wales. While the 19-year-old introduced herself as being from Chester as she entered the villa, the family home 'Lower Soughton Hall' is actually located in Wales, near Mold, in Flintshire.

Michael Owen allowed Keith Lemon to snoop around his Grade II listed manor house for ITV's Through the Keyhole back in 2019. The family have lived in the home since 2001.

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Lemon said the mansion, which is worth an estimated £4m and nestled among 42 acres of countryside, was one of the most impressive houses he'd ever seen on the show. In an exclusive look around the sport star's property at the time, Keith Lemon (Leigh Francis) began by taking viewers through the main entrance, opening up into a reception room and hallway, decorated with traditional wooden wall panels and oak wooden flooring.

Although he was banned from entering any of the bedrooms, he took viewers for a look around Owen's modern, open plan kitchen with an island in the centre and two large dining room tables, North Wales Live reports.

The house has its own private gym, heated indoor swimming pool and hot tub (ITV)

The house also boasts its own private gym, heated indoor swimming pool and hot tub, overlooked by an impressive waterfall feature.

And if that wasn't enough, it has a games room and a bar area - which homes the pundit's most sentimental memorabilia, including a number of signed footballs, a lifetime collection of trophies, original football shirts and his treasured ballon d'or.

The home also has its own private cinema room - despite Michael Owen admitting on the show he has only only ever watched eight films in his life. Outside was no less impressive, boasting stables for his famous racehorses, an additional two cottages, two flats, a coach house, extensions and three greenhouses.

The 42 acres surrounding the mansion - of which some is understood to have been bought from property tycoon and founder of Redrow, Steve Morgan - also comprises of a huge children's play area, a mini golf course and a mini football pitch.

Last night's Love Island saw Gemma suffer an excruciating conversation with Davide. Gemma was initially paired with Liam Llelwyn on season eight of the popular dating programme.

However, the show was rocked by drama when she recoupled with Davide. The decision was hit by controversy as fans criticised the eight year age gap between Davide, 27, and Gemma, 19.

The two received a message in Wednesday's show to inform them they would be going on their first date. Viewers cringed through the "awkward" date, and things then went from bad to worse.

There's also a games room and a bar area (ITV)

Thursday's episode saw Gemma ask Davide how he would describe her to others who hadn't met her. And he responded with silence, struggling to think of a single word.

Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and the ITV Hub

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