Dowdeswell House LOWER DOWDESWELL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE Dowdeswell House LOWER DOWDESWELL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE Cheltenham 4 miles • Kingham 15 miles (London Paddington 1½ hours) Cirencester 16 miles • Oxford M40 36 miles • Bristol 45 miles • Bristol International Airport 55 miles (Distances and time approximate) A beautifully proportioned 6/7 bedroom Listed Georgian house with cutting edge interiors, wonderful views, Infinity swimming pool, Tennis court and Sauna. Accommodation Reception hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Sitting room • Kitchen/breakfast room • Utility room Cold store • Boot room • Two cloakrooms Master bedroom suite with dressing room, en-suite bathroom and wet room Guest bedroom with bath • Three further double bedrooms • Family bathroom • Laundry room Second floor - two double bedrooms with en-suite bathroom, dressing room and store rooms • Further storage rooms Total area for the house and Coach House 9,622 sq ft (893.91 sq m) Traditional outbuildings providing stabling, garage, boiler room, workshop and stores and extensive loft space Spring fed infinity edge swimming pool • Tennis court • Sauna Terrace garden • Walled garden • Greenhouse • Pond • Orchard and paddock For sale freehold In all about 6.5 acres (2.63 hectares) Cirencester Country Department Gloucester House, 60 Dyer Street, 55 Baker Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 2PT London W1U 8AN Tel: +44 1285 659 771 Tel: +44 20 7861 1707 [email protected] [email protected] www.knightfrank.co.uk These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the brochure. Gloucestershire • Dowdeswell House is ideally located just outside Cheltenham with far reaching views across the Dowdeswell Valley to May Hill and the Welsh Hills beyond. • The property sits in an elevated position in the attractive lower half of Dowdeswell Village which is mentioned in the Doomsday Book and is within a Conservation Area. • Upper Dowdeswell has a cricket pitch and the nearby village of Andoversford has a village shop, post office, public house and the Cotswold Point to Point course. • The Regency town of Cheltenham (4 miles) is internationally famed for its shopping, including many well-known London and international stores and also a Waitrose and a Wholefoods store, which offers local and organic produce. There are many restaurants, theatres and unspoilt architecture to enjoy. Many London firms have recently moved to Cheltenham and also it is the home of three festivals, The Literary Festival, The Jazz Festival and The Science Festival. • The area is well served by restaurants with the well-known Wheatsheaf in Northleach, and in Cheltenham “131” and Champignon Sauvage. • Communications are very good in the area with the A40 and M40 providing east/west access to London, Cheltenham and the M5 while the nearby Fosse Way and the A417 give excellent north/south access to Birmingham and the M4. • Heathrow Airport is approximately 82 miles away whilst Bristol International Airport is only 37 miles away with an increasing number of international flights. • Cheltenham Spa Station (5 miles) offers direct rail services to London Paddington (2 hours plus) or from Kingham Station (15 miles away) a fast route to London Paddington taking approximately an hour and 30 minutes. • There are extensive sporting opportunities in the area including racing at Cheltenham, Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick, polo at Cirencester Park and Kirtlington, golf at Cheltenham, Cirencester and Naunton Downs, Broadway and Lyneham, and there are also water sports at the nearby Cotswold Water Park just south of Cirencester. • A number of good local schools including Cheltenham College and Cheltenham Ladies College, Rendcomb College, Dean Close, Westonbirt School with a more extensive range in Oxford, all of which are within easy reach. Dowdeswell House • Dowdeswell House dates back to the early 17th Century • The previous owners were there for 20 years and sold in 2007 and was originally the dower house to Dowdeswell to move nearby. The current owner is moving into Dowdeswell Court, having done an extensive modernisation and renovation Court. The property has been extended in the centuries programme on Dowdeswell House during his ownership. that followed and is now a T-shaped house. The property is • The house retains many period features whilst having more Grade II Listed and includes a range of useful outbuildings cutting edge decoration and internal fittings using modern with the potential to create secondary accommodation technology to enhance everyday living. The house is heated subject to the necessary planning consent. with a Biomass boiler with a backup oil boiler. All services have • The main Georgian façade faces south west and is been upgraded and updated. The house has its own spring covered in wisteria with attractive dormer windows above. water supply which also feeds the infinity edge swimming pool. The Accommodation • The current owners have transformed the house, bringing it into the 21st century with clean crisp decoration with a light and cool atmosphere. Modern technology has been integrated with period features making for a very comfortable and practical family house. • Double glazed doors under a stone arched portico leads to the hall with oak floors, partly exposed stone wall with a glazed fireplace which serves the hall and the sitting room. • The house has working shutters to all the Georgian sash windows, which provides for extremely light and airy rooms. • The drawing room is a charming room with attractive bay windows at the western end giving extensive views over the grounds and the valley beyond, and an open fireplace. • From the reception hall an inner hall leads through to the sitting room and cloakroom. The sitting room is a good family room with fireplace, fitted bookshelves and again with large sash windows making it a very light room. The dining room has oak floors, a double bay window with working shutters and still retains its cornice and plaster ceiling rose. • The kitchen/breakfast room has been totally refurbished whilst having a stone floor and oil fired Aga and a fitted kitchen with shaker style painted units and composite worktops, Miele fridge freezer, door to a second kitchen/utility room with stone floor, gas hob and oven, Miele oven and coffee maker, twin Belfast sinks, walk-in cold store and door to boiler room. Boot room with separate WC and door to the outside with access to the cellar. • Upstairs the accommodation on the first floor is based oundar an L-shaped landing and all the rooms to the front of the house enjoy wonderful views over the valley. Guest bedroom with large bay window and freestanding brushed steel bath at one end. Master bedroom suite with bedroom, exposed stone work to one wall, arch through to dressing room with extensive fitted glazed and oak wardrobes. Door to en-suite bathroom with hip bath and shower attachment, two basins on stone surround, Thomas Crapper WC and heated towel rail. Wet room with rain shower and tiled wall. Separate WC. • On this floor there are three further double bedrooms one of which is currently used as a study, all with oak floors. A family bathroom with bath, basin, WC, tiled walls and oak floor. Laundry room with fitted units with composite worktops with Belfast sink and space for washing machines. Door to the outside. • The secondary staircase rises to the second floor, with a landing leading to a gymnasium/ironing room with fitted sauna. • The main staircase rises at the front of the house giving access to two further single bedrooms. The first one has an en-suite dressing room whilst the second bedroom has an en-suite shower room. This makes ideal children’s accommodation. There are also two large rooms currently used for storage. Reception Bedroom Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Bathroom House: 713 sq m / 7,677 sq ft Coach House: 181 sq m / 1,945 sq ft Kitchen/Utility Total: 894 sq m / 9,622 sq ft Storage Terrace Ground Floor First Floor This plan is for layout guidance only. Not drawn to scale unless stated. Windows & door openings are approximate. Whilst every care is taken in the preparation of this plan, please check all dimensions, shapes & compass bearings before making any decisions reliant upon them. Second Floor Outbuildings Coach House • Situated adjoining the second driveway is First Floor a range of traditional buildings constructed of Cotswold stone under a Cotswold stone and tiled roof. These include garage, two stables and a further main room used for the Biomass boiler with the adjoining garage used as a storage for pellets for the boiler. Gardener’s storeroom. Coach House Cellar Ground Floor Gardens and Grounds • The gardens are a particular feature of the property and the design takes full advantage of wonderful views. To the front of the house the formal gardens are terraced and landscaped to include herbaceous and shrub borders with gravel paths leading to a private garden to the side of the house with doors opening out from the kitchen. A large beech hedge separates off the swimming pool area and pool house which has an adjoining greenhouse. • The swimming pool is one of the main features of the property being an infinity edge spring fed pool constructed of reclaimed Portland stone in a cruciform shape. The pool has an electric cover and extensive stone surround. Beyond the pool the infinity edge has a reed bed which does filtration of the pool. • The whole area is private and quiet with exceptional views from the pool and its surrounds over the surrounding Cotswold Hills. With the wide stone surround it is an ideal location for sunbathing whilst also benefiting from the views. The pool house has changing rooms and W.C.