The Little House

Barnsley • Gloucestershire • GL7 5EF

The Little House Barnsley • Gloucestershire • GL7 5EF A charming Grade II listed village house with renowned and award winning gardens

Bibury 2.5 miles, Cirencester 4 miles, Swindon 16 miles, Cheltenham 17 miles, Kemble 8 miles (all distances and times are approximate)

Ground Floor: Entrance hall • Kitchen • Garden room • Sitting room • Dining room Drawing room • Laundry room • Study • Cellar • Bedroom suite

First Floor: Three/four bedrooms and family bathroom

Externally: Driveway • Parking • Double Garage • Potting Shed • Greenhouse and Patio Terraces

Gardens in all about 1.18 acres

Savills Cirencester 1 Castle Street, Market Place Cirencester GL7 1QD [email protected] +44 (0) 1285 627 550 www.savills.co.uk Situation Description Barnsley is a very attractive village of period houses and cottages, The Little House is a charming grade II listed house set in the used for a number of different uses. The ground floor is further situated in the heart of the Cotswolds area of Outstanding Natural heart of the Cotswold village of Barnsley. Believed to date back complimented by forest Oak flooring and each principle room Beauty. The village is a designated Conservation Area. The village to the 17th Century with sympathetic 20th century additions, benefits from stunning views across the garden. has a good pub called The Village Pub and also the boutique the house has been extensively refurbished throughout in recent Two separate staircases lead up to the first floor where there is a Barnsley House Hotel, the former home of the renowned garden years and now provides for excellent modern living. Internal principal bedroom suite looking over the front and rear gardens, designer Rosemary Verey. Cirencester, about 3 miles, has an accommodation is principally arranged over two floors and complete with a contemporary bathroom and ample storage excellent range of shops and the main regional centres include comprises a spacious kitchen complete with vaulted ceiling, a with a well appointed dressing area. There are a further three/ Cheltenham, Oxford and Swindon, all of which are within daily range of floor and wall mounted units, granite work surface, oil four double bedrooms and a modern fitted family bathroom. All commuting distance. fired Aga, NEF electric oven and ceramic hob, fridge, dishwasher bedrooms have built in wardrobes and all the interior has been and a door into the beautiful gardens. This room is further recently refurbished by the current owners. The dual carriageway which links to the M4 is around 3 miles enhanced by the adjoining light and airy garden/sitting room away and there are direct rail services to London Paddington from which has dual aspect French doors leading out onto separate Externally, the property is approached via a gravel driveway which Kemble or Swindon Stations, the latter scheduled to take c.55 terraces, ideal for alfresco dining. Also on the ground floor is a passes the house and leads to a rear parking area with double minutes. Ample local sporting opportunities including a number welcoming entrance hall complete with a coat cupboard and boot garage and plenty of additional storage. There is a Cotswold stone of golf courses and many lovely walks. A good choice of private room off it. Continuing on through the ground floor, there is potting shed with attached green house. and state schools in the area. The former include Hatherop a spacious dining room with an attractive original open fire and A particular feature of this property is the outstanding garden. Castle, Rendcomb, Beaudesert and the Cheltenham Colleges. double French doors to the outside terraces. A drawing room It was originally designed in the 1980’s by one of Britain’s most with a Morso wood burner also has double doors leading out into renowned garden designers, Rosemary Verey who lived at the the garden. There is a laundry room, study complete with fitted nearby Barnsley House. It was her first private garden and is shelves and a ground floor dual aspect bedroom suite complete featured in several books including her book - Garden Plans with a modern bathroom. There is a cellar which currently works - along with those for many celebrity and Royal clients such as well as a workshop and wine store however could be converted and Prince Charles (at Highgrove) and Elton John.

The current owners have further developed the garden in recent years with renewed planting schemes, the addition of well chosen garden sculptures and large terracotta pots which have significantly enhanced the garden. In the last few years it has been featured in five national garden publications including Gardens Illustrated, House and Garden, Garden Answers and Period Living, with write ups by garden designers including Lady Mary Keen and Amanda Patton. The garden is designed with well-proportioned areas linking logically to create a series of pleasing rooms and vistas not only from the House but from areas around the garden as well. A clipped beech hedge to the front of the property provides privacy and leads to a parterre of clipped box balls and pleached white beam. A well planted mixed border of spring bulbs, herbaceous plants and shrubs borders the lawn and the terraces at the rear of the house. These provide year long colour, especially throughout the spring and summer months. The structure of the garden is particularly beautiful in winter when contrasting colours and textures of beech hedging, box balls and the bare stems of pleached white beam and hornbeam create additional interest in the winter months. There are also two ponds designed by the famous sculptor Simon Verity. - the Druids Head and the Sea Horse ponds with water fountains - the latter is aligned with French doors in the dinning room that lead onto the main terrace. The stone pond is encircled by arcs of pleached hornbeam underplanted with Brunnera Jack Frost. These concentric rings draw the eye to the sea-horse fountain sitting at the centre of the pool and beyond up broad stone steps into the more informal garden area beyond. Cotswold stone walls and steps, pleached trees and archways all combine to create the structure of the garden. An Apple archway featuring 20 different apple varieties leads on to the very attractive pottager with clipped half standard golden privet balls. Old brick pathways leads to the Potting shed/Greenhouse and an orchard with specimen trees. The upper lawn includes a border of white peonies and the small paddock area beyond is lined on one side with silver birch and the other with a rosa rugossa hedge. The Little House is an idyllic family home with generous pretty gardens, in all about 1.18 acre. Directions (GL7 5EF) From Cirencester take the B4425 for Barnsley and Bibury. After about 4 miles you enter Barnsley. Go past The Village pub on your left and The Little House will be on your left hand side in c. 100 yards. Local Authority Cotswold District Council. Services Mains electricity, water and private drainage. Oil fired central heating. Fixtures And Fittings Available by negotiation. Viewings Strictly by appointment with Savills. Outbuilding

THE LITTLE HOUSE Gross internal area ( approx ) :- 4309 sq ft / 364 sq m (including Garage) Outbuildings: 176 sq ft / 16 sq m

Basement Floor

IMPORTANT NOTICE Ground Floor First Floor Savills, and their clients 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 assumend 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. 3. The reference to any mechanical or electrical equipment or other facilities at the property shall not constitute a representation (unless otherwise stated) as to its state or condition or that it is capable of fulfilling its intended function, and prospective purchasers/tenants should satisfy themselves as to the fitness of such equipment for their requirements. Particulars produced September 2017. Photographs taken September 2017.