Inside George Michael's restored 16th Century country cottage where the pop star was found dead on Christmas Day

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The country house in which George Michael died featured on an episode of Oprah Winfrey's show, it emerged today.

The Wham! singer recorded a video tour of the cottage in Goring-On-Thames after he completed renovation work on the property in 2004.

He introduces viewers to his home saying: 'We're here, about an hour from London. This is a 16th century house that I bought about three years ago and did up myself.'

He later adds: 'We're right on the Thames here and we've always wanted to live by the river.'

In 2004, George Michael took the Oprah Winfrey show on a tour of the Oxfordshire house where he was found dead this week

The singer proudly showed off his AGA stove and kitchen, before showing viewers the pool house in his garden and library

The Wham! star said his favourite possession in the renovated house was this piano in the main hallway

He comments on the low ceilings and beams, adding: 'This is about as English and historical as you can get.'

The video shows how wedded to idea of keeping the house traditional the singer was, and he tells viewers he and then-boyfriend Kenny Goss had bought antique books in bulk to make a library they developed look authentic.

He adds: 'This fireplace... is the original fireplace. This is my favourite room and I tend to sit on the computer and work from here.'

He says a piano is his favourite thing in the house before showing viewers the traditional AGA range in the kitchen.

The house-proud star told Oprah that he and Goss had bulk-bought antique-looking books for the house's library

He and his then-partner Kenny Goss employed a housekeeper as he joked they often left dinner cooking in the oven

The star and Goss are then seen playing with their Golden Retrievers in the garden, throwing toys into the pool for them

He joked that his neighbour, a Tory peer, increased the size of the hedge because she feared he would hold rock'n'roll parties

Michael shows viewers an extension he and Goss built, which he likes because it looks out over the garden.

He then strolls in the garden and comments on the '10th Century Saxon church' next to his home, where candle-lit vigils have been held this week.

He also shows viewers his pool house and reveals his then-neighbour, Tory peer Baroness Buscombe, planted a high hedge after he moved in because she thought he was going to host 'rock and roll parties'.

Michael was found dead in a bed in the Oxfordshire property by his boyfriend Fadi Fawaz on Christmas Day.

Hundreds of fans have since flocked to the property to lay flowers, tributes and candles near the front door.

In a lavish pool house in the garden, the star tells how he and Goss renovated wooden beams to keep the property traditional

The couple's pictures were seen lined up on top of Michael's piano, with snaps of the star holding up one of the couple's dogs

Michael renovated the property with ex-boyfriend Kenny Goss and has been visiting from his London home since 2001

Fans from around the country have flocked to the house since his tragic death of Christmas Day, leaving tributes and flowers

The front door is now surrounded by a carpet of flowers left by the hundreds of people who have visited since his death