Iles Green FAR OAKRIDGE • GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Cirencester 7 miles • Kemble station 8 miles (London Paddington 80 minutes) Tetbury 8 miles • Cheltenham 14.5 miles (Distances and times approximate)

A fine Grade II listed Cotswold country house with far reaching views

Accommodation Entrance hall • Reception hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Sitting room • Billiards room • Study Music room • Kitchen/breakfast/family room • Utility room • Cellar • Indoor swimming pool Master bedroom suite • 3 further bedroom suites • 4 bedrooms • Family bathroom • Attic storage (Potential 2 bedroom flat within the house) Garaging • Outbuildings • Summer house Beautiful gardens and grounds • 2 tennis courts (macadam and grass) Paddocks and woodland

In all about 7.77 acres (Further 38.8 acres and outbuilding available by separate negotiation) For sale freehold

Savills Cirencester Savills Country Department 01285 627550 020 7499 8644 1 Castle Street, Market Place, Cirencester 33 Margaret Street Gloucestershire GL7 1QD London W1G 0JD Contact: Anthony Coaker Contact: James Walker [email protected] [email protected]

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Location • The unspoilt hamlet of Far Oakridge nestles in the idyllic wooded combes about seven miles from the popular market town of Cirencester. • The regional centres of Bath, Bristol and Cheltenham are within easy reach. There are extensive communications with the M4 and M5 motorways being accessible as well as regular train services from nearby Kemble or from Swindon. Education • Education in the area is outstanding with many popular schools and colleges throughout the region. Of particular note is Westonbirt and St Mary’s Calne for Girls as well as the renowned Cheltenham schools, Beaudesert Park and Rendcomb College.

Sporting and Recreation • Sporting opportunities are diverse: hunting with the VWH and Cotswold Hounds; racing at Cheltenham and Bath; polo at Edgeworth, Cirencester Park and Aston Down. An excellent network of rights of way offer superb riding and walking throughout the surrounding countryside. Shooting is readily available and there are many horse trials in the area as well as the Cotswold Water Park.

Historical Note • Iles Green dates back to the early part of the 17th century. • Sir William Rothenstein, artist and, later, Principal of the Royal College of Art, owned the house in 1913 when the architect, Norman Jewson, added the significant Arts and Crafts features that are in evidence today. During Sir William’s time at Iles Green, some well known people visited the house, these include Augustus John, Max Beerbohm, John Drinkwater and A E Houseman. • General Lord Robertson, commander in chief Middle East and ADC- general to George VI and Elizabeth II then Chairman of the British Transport Commission, lived at Iles Green from 1952 until his death in 1974. The present owners purchased from his widow, Edith, Lady Robertson, in 1978.

Iles Green • The house is positioned on the edge of the hamlet of Far Oakridge in a quiet and rural Cotswold location. Approached down a gravel driveway to a parking area, the house is built on an elevated position with exceptional views over its own land and the surrounding countryside. • The house is constructed of traditional Cotswold stone under a Cotswold stone roof and the principal accommodation is arranged over 2 floors. • Throughout the house, traditional materials are a consistent feature with stone floors and beautiful joinery. The property is a classic Cotswold house with early 17th Century origins having evolved through the years and is steeped in history. • The majority of the rooms are positioned on the south side and therefore unusually for a Cotswold House the property is extremely light.

Reception Rooms Kitchen/Utility Bathrooms Bedrooms Storage

Cellar

Ground Floor Iles Green Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Total - 1,056 sq m (11,367 sq ft)

Not to scale. For identification purposes only.

Second Floor

First Floor

Outbuildings • A spur leads off the main driveway to an open sided agricultural barn enclosed by a retaining wall on one side and a beech hedge to the and service yard with an adjacent potting shed. Beyond the parking other with a very pretty box hedge parterre garden. area, the drive leads to the garage block with garaging for 3 cars and an additional store room. Land There is one large field that provides protection and privacy from the village. Gardens and Grounds • The gardens and grounds surround the property on all sides and are Additional Land - about 38.8 acres in all (lot 2 & Lot 3) arranged as a series of terraced gardens being sections of formal and informal areas. The grounds are well laid out and maintained to a very Lot 2 high standard. On the east side of the house there are two tennis Below the house on the south east side is an old stone farm building that courts, one being a hard tarmacadam court and the other being a may have potential for development subject to planning. grass court with a 2 bay open fronted thatched summer house. The gardens are also made up of a series of lawned areas with meandering Lot 3 pathways through wide flower and shrub borders interspersed with Across the lane are several pretty pasture fields, providing good grazing hedging and mature trees. Below the tennis court platform is an area for horses or livestock. There are about 9 acres of woodland. Not to scale. For identification purposes only. Services Oil-fired central heating, mains electricity and water, drainage to a septic tank.

Local Authority Stroud District Council. Telephone: 01453 766 321.

Rights of Way ILES GREEN One footpath crosses a field to the west of the property and is marked on the enclosed land plan.

Fixtures and fittings Only those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All others, such as fitted carpets, curtains, light fittings, garden ornaments etc., are specifically excluded but may be made available by separate negotiation.

Directions (GL6 7PD) Note: “This plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey map with the sanction of the control of H.M. From Cirencester take the A419 towards Stroud. After about four miles take Stationary office. This plan is for convenience of purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and the first fork right signposted Sapperton. Continue on this road for about it is expressly excluded from any contract. Licence Number. No. ES100017767.” 1¾ miles past the turning to the village of Sapperton and at the bottom of the hill, turn left opposite the Daneway Pub signposted Waterlane and Bisley. Continue for exactly one mile and turn left towards Bourne’s Green and continue on for approximately ¾ of a mile and into Far Oakridge. As you are leaving the village turn left at the crossroads (not back on yourself but down the hill) and Iles Green is found after approximately 200 yards on the left.

Viewings Strictly by appointment via Savills.

IMPORTANT NOTICE Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: (1) They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. (2) Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Kingfisher Print and Design. 01803 867087. 16/01/28 JW.