AMBERLEY COURT Amberley • Gloucestershire

Amberley Court Amberley • Gloucestershire

Cirencester 10 miles, Stroud 3 miles (London Paddington from 95 minute), Kemble 10 miles (London to Paddington from 76 minutes), Nailsworth 1 mile, Minchinhampton 1 mile. (All distances and times are approximate)

‘Immaculately refurbished Grade ll listed manor house’

Accommodation Main House Reception hall • Drawing room • Kitchen/breakfast room • Sitting room • Dining room Library • Cinema/games room • Conservatory Master bedroom suite • Guest suite • 3 further en suite bedrooms • 3 bedrooms • 2 bathrooms Work shops • Stores • Wine cellar • Garaging

The Lodge Sitting room • Kitchen • 2 bedrooms • Bathroom

Gardens and Grounds Gardens extending to about 4.6 acres • Swimming pool • Tennis court Pool house with full kitchen, bedroom, shower room, storage Separate plot of about 17 acres with 4 stables, barn, horse walker and manege

In all about 22 acres

Savills Country Department Savills Cirencester 33 Margaret Street 1 Castle Street London W1G 0JD Market Place [email protected] Cirencester GL7 1QD [email protected] [email protected] Tel +44 (0) 20 7016 3780 Tel +44 (0) 1285 627550 savills.co.uk Situation Amberley Court is situated on the edge of Amberley village with stunning views over the Woodchester valley. The village of Amberley itself has a public house and a post office. For further amenities, Minchinhampton and Nailsworth are about 1 mile away including the popular Beaudesert School and Minchinhampton golf course. More extensive shopping and recreational facilities can be found in Tetbury, Cirencester and Cheltenham. There are excellent road and rail links. Junction 13 of the M5 is about 6 miles away making both Bristol and Birmingham accessible. Central London via the M4 is about 104 miles. Kemble train station is about 10 miles. Trains to London Paddington are from 76 minutes. Bristol International Airport is about 38 miles away. Local well regarded schools in the area include Cheltenham Ladies College, Cheltenham College and Westonbirt. Further afield are Stonar, St Mary’s Calne, Pinewood and Marlborough College. Sporting opportunities include hunting with Duke of Beaufort’s, VWH, Cotswold hunts and the Berkeley; polo at Cirencester and The Beaufort Polo Club and racing at Cheltenham, Chepstow and Bath.

Amberley Court Amberley Court is a beautiful manor house located in a secluded hall also now benefit from under floor heating. Leading off The 31 foot drawing room is wonderfully light, with high ceilings position on the top of a Cotswold escarpment. The central the reception hall is a timeless Clive Christian kitchen with a and double French doors leading from the bay onto the gardens. part of the property dates from the 1640, date stone in the recently opened up breakfast and reception area. Further to The conservatory has been completely rebuilt with bespoke fifth bedroom, with additional wings being added in the mid this is the secondary kitchen providing the modern needs of an hardwood and leads onto a lovely terrace, perfect for summer 1800’s. It is said that ‘Beechwood’ in the novel ‘John Halifax, American style fridge, electric oven, combi microwave oven and days. To the front of the property is a large home cinema and Gentleman’ is based on Amberley Court. coffee machine. games room with a further sitting room. To complete the Over the last three years, the current owners have undergone Amberley Court has three beautiful southerly facing bay windows ground floor is a large boot room with utility area. Throughout extensive refurbishments to the property. Amberley Court has in the dining room, library and drawing room. All three have the property, the current vendor has added bespoke wooden been sympathetically brought into the 21st century. You enter working fireplaces. The owners added the antique limestone secondary glazing increasing the efficiency of a listed building into a large and light entrance hall. A reclaimed Cotswolds fireplace to the drawing room. The library feels traditional with and as well as the under floor heating, all the fireplaces are in limestone fireplace has been added which creates a welcome the reclaimed pine panelling designed to match the shutters yet working order. ambience adding to the period charm. The reception and inner there is under floor heating and an electrically hidden television.

The main staircase leads up from the inner hall. On the first floor, is some clever reconfiguring to provide a luxurious bathroom for nearly every bedroom. There are three large en suite bedrooms and two further double bedrooms with bay windows that share the family bathroom. Further up on the second floor is a bathroom and bedroom with a glass skylight brightening the hall. The property has had three new skylights and one replaced by Town and Country providing natural light in what would have been dark corridors. To the east of the property is a wide spiral staircase leading up to a large guest suite with a sitting room, bedroom and bathroom. Further up to the second floor is the vaulted master suite with bathroom suite and under floor heating. The lower ground provides a large number of stores and workshops, a wine cellar and garaging.

Ground Floor

Lower First Floor Ground Floor

The Lodge The Lodge is located at the entrance to the driveway providing excellent ancillary or staff accommodation. The period Lodge has a sitting room with separate kitchen, two bedrooms and a bathroom. It also benefits from a private garden. AMBERLEY COURT Gross internal area ( approx ) :- Amberley Court: 1,209 sq m / 13,008 sq ft Pool House: 100 sq m / 1,076 sq ft Amberley Court Lodge: 89 sq m / 957 sq ft Total: 1,398 sq m / 15,041 sq ft For identification only. Not to scale.

Ground Floor Second Floor

First Floor Second Floor Gardens Amberley Court has about 4.3 acres of gardens. Mainly laid to lawn, there is an orchard, fruit cages and a newly built wooden framed greenhouse along with wonderful bedding and hedges. The current owners have extensively replace the swimming pool and refurbished the pool house. To add to the fun is a zip wire down into the pool and a tree house. The 14m by 7m infinity pool has spectacular views across the Woodchester valley. It is also UV so a very limited amount of chlorine needs to be added. The pool house has been opened up with 6 metres of bi-folding doors. There is a shower room with changing area, open plan fully fitted kitchen and reception room with an added bedroom in the eaves. At the far end is a convenient storage area for pool equipment. Sitting at the bottom of the garden is a new tennis court. There is also a goat house and hen house with a large outdoor run. Equestrian Situated about ¼ mile away is a further 17 acres. The owners have adapted this to provide exceptional equestrian facilities. There are four stables sitting on a hard surface with a good size storage barn. There is also a five horse Monarch horsewalker and a 50m x 30m Martin Collins surface manege. The remaining acreage is left for grazing, with post and rail fencing throughout, bar a hardcore track connecting the two entrances to the sight.

Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Licence number 100022432. Plotted Scale - 1:4500 Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Not to Scale mapping with permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright (100041908) Directions (Amberley Court, Amberley, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 5AE) From London take the M4 West. At Junction 15 take the A419 towards Gloucester. After approximately 15 miles take the exit toward Cirencester industrial area. Follow the Cirencester bypass before taking the A419 towards Stroud. After approximately 7 miles, you will reach a roundabout. Take the first exit toward Minchinhampton and continue on to the Common. At Tom Long’s post in the middle of the common, turn left and immediately right, signposted Amberley. Follow the road into the village and take the left turning immediately below the Amberley Inn. Take the first right down Threescombe Hill and the entrance gate can be found to Amberley Court after the sharp left hand bend. Services AMBERLEY COURT Mains water, electricity and drainage. Central heating. Broadband connected.

Easements, Wayleaves and Rights of Way The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights, including rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and electricity supplies and any other rights and obligations, easements and wayleaves for utilities services, whether Fixtures and Fittings referred to in the Conditions of Sale or not. Fitted carpets, curtains and light fittings and furniture are available behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility by separate negotiation. for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These Planning and Conservation particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must Viewing not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2. Amberley Court is Listed Grade II. The property is situated within Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, Strictly by appointment with Savills. Prior to making an the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily appointment to view we strongly recommend that you discuss any comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has particular points which are likely to affect your interest in the Local Authority all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and property with a member of staff who has seen the property in order the agents have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Stroud District Council Tel: 01453766321 that you do not make a wasted journey. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Kingfisher Print & Design 01803 867087 Council Tax Important Notice Please include new compliance: Amberley Court: Band H. Savills and their clients give notice that: 1. They are not authorised The Lodge: Band E. to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the XX/05/08 HW for XXth May 2015, Helen Whitfield.- property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on Tenure Freehold with vacant possession on completion.