HORSLEY COURT NAILSWORTH • GLOUCESTERSHIRE

HORSLEY COURT NAILSWORTH • GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Nailsworth 1.4 miles • Minchinhampton 3 miles • Tetbury 6 miles • Stroud 6 miles • M5 (Junction 13) 9 miles Kemble (Train Station) 13 miles • Cirencester 15 miles • M4 (Junction 18) 15 miles • Bath 25 miles • Bristol 28 miles (Distances and times approximate) A fabulous and historic Grade II Listed Cotswold country house beautifully positioned on the edge of the village in a magical setting with wonderful views

Accommodation Main House Entrance hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Sitting room • Kitchen/breakfast room Office • Play room • Cloakroom • Cellars Principal bedroom suite with dressing room and ensuite bathroom Six further bedrooms • Three further bathrooms • Cinema

Coach House Entrance hall • Two reception rooms • Kitchen/breakfast room • Cloakroom • Two/three bedrooms • Two bathrooms

Outside Dovecote • Garaging for 4 cars • Workshop • Machinery store • Green house • Formal garden • Orchard Swimming pool • Tennis court • Paddocks and farmland pasture • Stream

About 24.2 acres (9.75 hectares) For Sale Freehold

CIRENCESTER COUNTRY DEPARTMENT 1 Castle Street, Market Place 33 Margaret Street Cirencester, GL7 1QD London, W1G 0JD +44 (0) 1285 627550 +44 (0) 20 7016 3825 [email protected] [email protected]

Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text LOCATION Horsley Court is situated near Nailsworth on the edge of the village of Horsley and beautifully positioned within its own private gardens and grounds. The property enjoys wonderful rural views across undulating countryside, whilst having the benefit of the village’s amenities close by. The village of Horsley is popular for its rural location, pretty countryside, accessibility to nearby Nailsworth, Tetbury and the highly-regarded Beaudesert Park School (about 2 miles). Community spirit abounds in the village having a good selection of facilities, including; an excellent shop, pub, primary school, playground/sports field and a beautiful church. The local towns of Nailsworth and Minchinhampton are easily reached and between them they offer an excellent range of services nearby. Nailsworth is about a mile from the property and hosts a number of boutique shops, butcher, artisan bakery and locally renowned fishmonger and restaurant “Williams”. There is also a small supermarket. The market towns of Tetbury and Cirencester provide a wider range of amenities and shopping facilities, recreational and cultural activities. Stroud is a short distance away and provides numerous options for services and supermarket shopping; perhaps most notable for its fabulous Farmers’ Market. Communications are excellent with Junction 13 of the M5 motorway (about 9 miles) giving access to Bristol and Birmingham and Junction 15 of the M4 (about 30 miles) giving access to London. Trains from Kemble to London Paddington take from 74 minutes via GWR services, which have recently been upgraded to provide more frequent direct trains to London. Alternatively, Stroud offers good rail services on the same line. SPORT AND LEISURE Sporting opportunities in the area include excellent riding and walking in the surrounding countryside with an abundance of field sports opportunities for those enthusiasts. Racing at Cheltenham and Bath; Polo at Cirencester Park and The Beaufort at Westonbirt; Golf at Minchinhampton and Cotswold Edge; Rugby at Cheltenham and Gloucester. There are a number of excellent pubs and restaurants nearby including the Spa Hotel of Calcot Manor. EDUCATION Schools in the area include Beaudesert Park School at Minchinhampton, Westonbirt, Cheltenham College and Cheltenham Ladies College, Dean Close, Marlborough and St Mary’s Calne. HORSLEY COURT Horsley Court is a beautifully presented country house of 1608”, which is believed to have been moved to its current architectural and historical importance as mentioned by Pevsner. location from the original Jacobean house during the 1850 The house is Grade II Listed and positioned well on the edge of improvements and addition of the tower. the village. The house retains much in the way of features and character. The house is constructed of Cotswold stone and partly rendered To the rear there is an earlier two storey wing and cider house, beneath a predominantly Cotswold stone roof with large sash which retains the original stone cider press and mechanical windows in the principal rooms, resulting in excellent light workings. The ceiling in the dining room, which originally raised rooms complimented by good ceiling heights. to create a gallery, is likely to have been designed to allow the Horsley Court has Jacobean origins with progressive evolution room to have been used as a court. It is said that Horsley Court from 1608. Owned by the Webb family for 300 years, the first was at one time used as a courthouse and that Judge Jeffreys significant upgrade was in the late 17th Century followed by presided here (1648-1689). the substantial extension and re-modelling in the 1820s during The accommodation is described briefly below and is shown by the Georgian architectural movement. A tower was added in the floor plans contained within the brochure. about 1850 and positioned centrally, giving the house a certain presence and elegance akin to that of a French Chateau. An Horsley Court is approached through fully automated iron gates engraving in the stone lintel over the front door, states “GEW onto a gravel drive with a turning circle at the front of the house.

The front door leads to the welcoming entrance hall from which the two very impressive, principal reception rooms are located. The hall also serves as the stair hall with a superb staircase to the first floor and it also provides access to the wine cellar. The drawing room is a wonderfully elegant, light room with its east-facing sash windows. An extremely spacious room with high ceilings with elaborate decorative ceiling cornice, hard wood floor, feature fireplace and a French window leading out to the terrace and gardens to the west. The dining room is a similar in size and is positioned across the hall from the drawing room. An impressive and grand room with good ceiling height, sash windows, hard wood floor and an imposing fireplace. The library/sitting room is a good family room of more intimate scale with a fireplace and fitted bookshelves, located close to the kitchen/breakfast room. The kitchen/breakfast room is well appointed with a bespoke fitted kitchen, large-slab flagstone floor; 4 oven gas fired AGA and a charming fireplace. Beyond the kitchen to the rear of the house are two further substantial rooms. The cider pressing room is currently used as an office and on the first floor the room is an enviably sized playroom – formally the apple store, with a door also providing direct access to outside. The rear hall from the kitchen/breakfast room leads out to the west garden and terrace and to the swimming pool and tennis court.

Upstairs, there are seven bedrooms and four bath/shower rooms. The principal bedroom suite is an impressive room with fabulous views across the front to the farmland beyond to the east and also across the gardens to the west. The ensuite bathroom was refitted a few years ago and finished to an exceptionally high standard. Equally impressive is the guest bedroom, which is a truly wonderful room with a fireplace and the benefit of sash windows and views to the east. There are five further bedrooms and three bath/shower rooms, two of which are located on the second/attic floor with a bath/ shower room. Also on the second floor, one room has been converted to a cinema, which would revert to become a bedroom again if required.

HORSLEY COURT Approximate Gross Internal Area: Main House: 811 sq.m. / 8,730 sq.ft. For identification only. Not to scale.

HORSLEY COURT Approximate Gross Internal Area: The Coach House: 206 sq.m. / 2,218 sq.ft. Outbuilding: 272 sq.m. / 2,928 sq.ft. For identification only. Not to scale. The Coach House

The Coach House

The Coach House

THE COACH HOUSE Constructed of Cotswold stone under a Cotswold stone tiled roof, the traditional, period coach house has been converted to an excellent standard and provides substantial secondary accommodation for family, friends or staff. Alternatively, the property would generate valuable additional income. There is a reception hall with cloakroom and a large sitting room with stone floor and under-floor heating. The kitchen breakfast room is well appointed with fitted units, a cooker range and central windows to the courtyard. Beyond the kitchen is a good size dining room or additional reception room/ study.

On the first floor is the master bedroom with an ensuite The Coach House bathroom, a spacious landing currently being used as an office two further bedrooms and a shower room.

GARDENS AND GROUNDS Enjoyed from all rooms in the house and accessible from the principle reception rooms, the gardens offer a degree of formality with a number of compartments or rooms, which compliments wonderfully the status of the house. That said, the atmosphere created is well balanced and is one of a relaxed nature to be enjoyed by family and friends. The gardens surround the house and are interspersed with mature specimen trees and well stocked borders. To the north and adjacent to the tennis court is a level area of lawn to enjoy with the family or for entertaining on a grand scale with plenty of space for a marquee. A large stone paved terrace runs on the western side of the main house with its pretty view across the lawns through a pair of stone pillars to a tree lined avenue up to the orchard and the parkland beyond. A wonderful stone-built dovecote is positioned to the south-west of the house, forming part of the view from the terrace, drawing room and kitchen. This is a fabulous example of a traditional dovecote, which is Listed Grade II. On the northern side of the garden is a shrub walk and a former cider orchard leading through to the hard tennis court which is secluded by an evergreen hedge. The swimming pool is set in a paved terrace beyond which is a large formal lawn and kitchen garden

OUTBUILDINGS There is an excellent range of outbuildings positioned around a An additional double garage building provides extra space for scenery with its undulating features, hedgerows and woodland. courtyard with the Coach House. There is an impressive purpose- machinery or vehicles and a dedicated tractor shed has been An additional block of pasture is located to the front of the house, built double garage with automatic doors, providing ample built with pegged oak timbers. forming part of the wonderful views. space for larger vehicles. Above is a tallet-style loft, referred to There is a large greenhouse which is positioned behind the The owner has let the pasture to a local farmer for the grazing of as the apple store, which is enormously spacious and might suit courtyard on the west side. sheep and the agreement remains in place currently. conversion for additional accommodation (subject to planning permission). Constructed by the current owners, they invested The farmland is registered with the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) considerably in order to create a wonderful building in keeping THE LAND and the owners claim a subsidy under the Basic Payment Scheme with the surrounding vernacular and with great attention to Horsley Court extends to about 24 acres in all with a pretty land (BPS). detail. holding of agricultural pasture. The paddock nearest to the house, to the west, is accessible directly from the garden and Attached to the garage building and constructed at the same time has a number of mature trees creating a parkland setting. This as the garage is a workshop and separate WC. block of land extends beyond to the north, offering diversity of

SPECIAL REMARKS AND STIPULATIONS Tenure Freehold with vacant possession on completion, but subject to the tenancy for The Coach House and any outstanding grazing agreements with the land. Services • Water – Mains supply • Heating – Mains gas • Drainage – Mains drainage connected • Telephone & Broadband – BT Connected with Superfast broadband available. Fibre optic connection to the property is currently being rolled out by Gigaclear Fixtures and Fittings All fixtures, fittings, furnishings, wall lights and garden ornaments are expressly excluded from the sale, but some items may be HORSLEY COURT available by separate negotiation. The AGA, integrated electrical appliances and heating equipment will be included in the sale. Planning The house, Coach House and Dovecote are Listed Grade II. Wayleaves, Easements and Rights of Way The property is offered for sale subject to and with the benefit of all rights of way both public or private, all easements and wayleaves whether specifically referred to or not. There are public rights of way which cross the farmland as shown on the sale plan enclosed within the brochure. Directions (Postcode: GL6 0PW) From Tetbury, take the A4135 towards Kingscote, passing through Beverston and at the junction with the A46 beside Calcot Manor turn Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Not to Scale mapping with permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright (100041908) right, signposted Nailsworth and Stroud. On entering Nailsworth, turn sharp left on the B4058 (Old Bristol Road), signposted Horsley. On entering the village of Horsley turn right just before The Hog pub, signposted Down End and the entrance to the property will be 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 on the left, accessed via iron gates between stone pillars. 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 What3Words Location for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation ///lunges.succumbs.misfits or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Viewing 21.07.30.JW. Capture Property. 01225 667287. Strictly by appointment with Savills.