Chris Evans invites ex-wife Billie to hold reception at his place after her New Year's Eve wedding

Set in a secluded 38 acres of Surrey countryside, this is the beautiful £3.2million farmhouse where Chris Evans is spending his first Christmas with new bride Natasha Shishmanian.

Perhaps surprisingly, it is also the place where the DJ has invited ex-wife Billie Piper to stage her wedding reception after her marriage to actor Laurence Fox on New Year's Eve.

The Grade II listed house, which dates from the 16th century, has a massive barn that would be just the thing for parties.

Described by estate agents as "a small country estate", the farm is within what they would call "easy reach" of all the parts of the country life that 41-year-old Evans, who married Miss Shishmanian, 28, in August, holds so dear.

To the north-east is Hascombe Court, the 172-acre property where Evans and Miss Piper set up home together.

He sold it, reputedly for £10million to Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, but still owns two neighbouring cottages which are being renovated.

To the north-west is the village of Chiddingfold where Evans owns a gastro pub called The Mulberry Bar and Grill.

And to the south, in their £750,000 cottage on the outskirts of Midhurst, West Sussex, live Miss Piper, 25, and her 29-yearold fiancè. That is just three miles from the Lickfold Inn which Evans's company, The Mulberry Group, owns.

It was thought that Evans had offered either of his pubs as a wedding reception venue to Miss Piper - who after their divorce said they would be "best mates for life" - but friends say the new farm is ideal.

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Apart from its superb location at the end of a long gravelled drive guarded by electronic gates, it is exceptionally roomy.

A source said: "Chris had nowhere to store any of his stuff, so he needed somewhere with plenty of outbuildings."

As well as the barn and other farm buildings, the property has garaging for his fleet of classic cars.

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In its sales brochure, estate agents Hamptons said the farm had been extensively restored to provide extremely comfortable family accommodation set around a courtyard and landscaped gardens.

There is an outdoor swimming pool and tennis court and the deal also included a two-bedroomed guest cottage.

The estate agents said: "The house has enormous character, the rooms flowing from a central reception hall have generous proportions and a wealth of exposed wall and ceiling timbers and some magnificent flagstone floors and open fireplaces.

"Upstairs there are six bedrooms.

"The largest barn has been converted as an indoor school and another barn provides potential for conversion for further stabling or other equestrian facilities.

"The most attractive gardens are laid mainly to lawn with box hedges and wellstocked borders.

"They contain a heated outdoor swimming pool, tennis court, attractive ornamental pond and there is an extensive paved terrace adjacent to the rear elevation of the house."