Green Close Snowshill, Broadway, Gloucestershire

Green Close Snowshill, Broadway, Gloucestershire Charming Cotswold house with magical views Broadway 1.5 miles • Moreton-in-Marsh 7 miles (mainline station to London Paddington from 90 minutes) Stow-on-the-Wold 10 miles • Stratford-upon-Avon 15 miles • Cheltenham 18 miles • Tewkesbury M5 (J9) 19 miles Oxford 37 miles • Birmingham 39 miles (all distances and times are approximate). Green Close: reception hall leading to staircase hall, drawing room, dining room, kitchen/sitting room, secondary kitchen, laundry/WC, larder, master bedroom suite with dressing room, en suite bathroom and separate WC, guest bedroom suite with dressing room and en suite shower room, three further bedrooms, family shower room, family bathroom and WC. Domestic courtyard with various outbuildings, boiler room, garden store and wine cellar. Green Close Cottage: sitting/dining room, kitchen, two first floor interconnecting bedrooms and bathroom. Pretty stone outbuilding and courtyard. Green Close Barn: L-shaped living room open to kitchen, shower room and two first floor interconnecting bedrooms. Attached gymnasium, double garage, garden stores and gardener’s WC. Stable Yard: four traditional stables, tack room and adjacent hay store. Beautiful formal and informal terraced gardens, permanent pasture, natural spring-fed lake, woodland and far reaching views. In all about 21 acres

Savills Stow-on-the-Wold Savills Cheltenham Savills London Cotswold House The Quadrangle 33 Margaret Street Church Street, Stow-on-the-Wold Imperial Square Marylebone Gloucestershire GL54 1BB Cheltenham GL50 1PZ London W1G 0JD Robert Pritchard Christian Swaab James Walker 01451 832832 01242 548000 020 7016 3825 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

YOUR ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE IMPORTANT NOTICE ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE TEXT Situation and Communications “High up above Broadway, The pretty village of Snowshill is situated on the top yet snugly ensconced in a dip of the hills, is of the Cotswold escarpment above the villages of the hamlet of Snowshill. … these hills are Broadway, Buckland and Laverton. It is a secluded so full of finely built and beautiful houses. but active village with period cottages and houses … the beautiful local stone with which they are built constitute a continual charm and a nineteenth century church clustered around a to the eye.” small green opposite The Snowshill Arms. Snowshill is Country Life 21st August 1926 renowned for its manor house and beautiful gardens, which are administered by the National Trust, as well as nearby Cotswold Lavender, a working lavender distillery. Snowshill is widely regarded as one of the most desirable and idyllic places to live in the North Green Close Cotswolds. Green Close was formerly four seventeenth century cottages and Nearby Broadway lies at the foot of the Cotswold remodelled to form one house for Mr H Peech in about 1916 by escarpment and is regarded by many as one of the C E Bateman, a highly regarded architect known for his sensitive Cotswolds’ finest examples of traditional street restoration of Cotswold vernacular properties. Great ingenuity was architecture with several seventeenth and eighteenth necessary to marry the four individual cottages into a whole to ensure century buildings of note. The village has a wide range both a pleasing exterior and the practical arrangement of the rooms. of shops for day-to-day requirements together with The house retains many of the original period features, including the restaurants, The Lygon Arms Hotel, with its leisure great open fireplaces, flagstone floors and mullion windows, which sit facilities, and speciality shops. Nearby Chipping comfortably alongside the Arts & Crafts features added by Mr Bateman. Campden, regarded as one of the Cotswolds’ most The property is L-shaped and is finely built of beautiful local stone renowned towns, lies about four-and-a-half miles beneath stone slate roofs laid in diminishing courses. There are away and has a considerable reputation for its variety attractive mullion windows, fine stone dressings and dormers, both of eating establishments, a number of which have hipped and gabled. A half-timbered link with plasterwork was added achieved awards. The larger centres of Cheltenham, in 1916 to marry up the elevations. Stratford-upon-Avon and Worcester are within easy Green Close is complemented by charming, cottage style gardens and A detailed history of the house which appeared in Country Life in 1926 is available from the agent’s offices. reach and provide more comprehensive cultural, occupies a commanding position, nestled into the hillside, taking shopping and educational facilities. full advantage of the striking views towards a quintessential English landscape, within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. For the sporting enthusiast there are several golf courses nearby, notably Broadway Golf Club, hunting The property, which was at one time owned by the family of Sir Gordon with the North Cotswolds, National Hunt Racing at Russell, the furniture designer, has been in the tenure of the current Cheltenham, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick and family for almost a century and unusually the property retains the Worcester, polo at Cirencester Park and cricket at ‘old world’ charm and authenticity of the early twentieth century. Worcester. Locally there are many public footpaths In particular the external elevations have changed very little since and bridleways for walking and riding enthusiasts. that time. As such the sale of Green Close represents a very special Theatres are to be found in Cheltenham and opportunity to buy a charmingly unspoilt Cotswold house. Please refer to the accompanying floorplans for the layout of Stratford-upon-Avon, including the renowned Royal Green Close is Grade II Listed being of Special Architectural or accommodation but the principal points of interest are shown below. Shakespeare Theatre. There is excellent schooling in Historic Interest. the general area with high-achieving state and private Green Close has featured in two well regarded publications: W.G. Davie schools at Chipping Campden, Evesham, Stratford- and E.G. Dawber, Old Cottages and Farmhouses ....in the Cotswolds, upon-Avon and Cheltenham. 1904; Country Life, vol LX, 1926.

Please refer to the accompanying floorplans for the layout of accommodation but the principal points of interest are shown below. Green Close: • Accessed from the village lane and from • S econdary kitchen with early twentieth • Charming vaulted guest bedroom suite the garden, a loggia leads to a most century cabinets. with dressing room and modern en suite impressive reception hall with tall ceilings • T wo interconnecting double reception shower room. and in turn providing access to the rooms of considerable charm with • Three further individually styled staircase hall with views over gardens and elevated views over formal gardens and bedrooms (one interconnecting), countryside. doors to terraces. bathroom, shower room and WC. • Charming kitchen/sitting room with • Impressive master bedroom suite with • Very useful domestic stores including traditional Aga, Arts & Crafts china dressing room, containing Arts & Crafts wine stores. cupboard, French doors to garden terrace panelled cupboards, en suite bathroom and secondary staircase to west wing and separate WC. bedroom accommodation.

Approximate Gross Internal Area: Green Close: 331 sq m / 3,563 sq ft Green Close Cottage: 74 sq m / 797 sq ft Green Close Barn Living Accomodation: 110 sq m / 1,184 sq ft Stables & Outbuildings: 209 sq m / 2,249 sq ft Total: 724 sq m / 7,793 sq ft For identification only - Not to scale

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Outbuildings First Floor

Ground Floor Lower Ground Floor Green Close Cottage: • Lying to the north-east of the main house is a very pretty stone built cottage, traditionally built and retaining many seventeenth century features and a fine projecting bread oven. • The accommodation briefly comprises a charming sitting/ dining room with open fireplace, kitchen, small landing, bathroom and two interconnecting bedrooms. • Outside is a most attractive stone outbuilding and small courtyard garden.

Green Close Barn: • Beyond the cottage is Green Close Barn, a most useful annexe built of timber frame beneath a slate roof. • Green Close Barn has an L-shaped plan briefly comprising open plan living room/kitchen with wood burning stove, shower room and two first floor interconnecting bedrooms. • There is a gymnasium, double garage, domestic stores and WC.

Stable Yard: • Situated at the far end of the drive is a discreetly positioned stable yard comprising four timber built stables, tack room and adjacent hay store. Electricity and water are connected.

Green Close Cottage - First Floor Green Close Cottage - Ground Floor (Not shown in actual location/orientation)

Apartment First Floor Outbuildings - Green Close Barn

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Gardens and Grounds • Green Close is discreetly approached from the village lane along a descending gravelled drive. • The property is approached on foot through impressive stone pillars with finials and along a gravelled path. • Beautiful mature gardens provide the perfect setting for the house, being tucked away into the hillside and providing a magnificent position from which to appreciate the sweeping views over adjacent countryside. • Formal terraced gardens lie to the north and west of Green Close and are principally split into ‘rooms’, each with its own unique character. • Close to the house on the north side is a small area of lawn with boxed hedged beds containing old fashioned varieties of standard roses. • Lying adjacent to the house are north-west facing terraces with roses under-planted with herbaceous perennials and perfect for al fresco summer dining. • A fine formal lawn lies below the house dissected by a pathway flanked by standard roses contained within boxed hedged beds, creating a focal point from which to enjoy the vistas. The smaller lawn features a central sundial and a deep herbaceous border to one side. • Beyond the formal lawn are more informal areas of garden used for the growing of fruit and vegetables and allowing the gardens to blend into the countryside. • The land comprises well-fenced, undulating permanent pasture, ideal for grazing, and dotted with mature trees and areas of woodland. • There is a natural spring-fed lake planted with marginal plants and mature trees to the water’s edge, being a haven for wildlife, and a timber jetty for boating and fishing. • The land can be independently accessed from the village lane along a concrete slipway.

GENERAL INFORMATION Agent’s Note: The actual postal address is Green Town and Country Planning Close, Snowshill, Broadway, Worcestershire The property lies within the area administered WR12 7JU. by Tewkesbury Borough Council, to whom Rights of Way interested parties are advised to make their own There are two rights of way across the land, one in enquiries in respect of any planning issues and favour of Thames Water whilst the other is a public development opportunities for the property. footpath. Wayleaves, Easements and Rights of Way Listing Note The property is sold subject to the benefit of all Green Close is Grade II Listed. Potential buyers rights including rights of way, whether public are advised to make their own enquiries as to the or private, light, support, drainage, water and Listing status of Green Close Cottage and Green electricity supplies and any other rights and Close Barn as these may be classed as curtilage obligations, easements and proposed wayleaves listed. for masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains and water, gas and other pipes, whether referred to in the Local Authority: Tewkesbury Borough Council. Conditions of Sale, or not. Telephone 01684 272364. Directions WR12 7JU Council Tax From Broadway High Street take Church Street Green Close Band H. signposted Snowshill. Proceed along this road Green Close Cottage Band E. for approximately one-and-a-half miles until Services: Mains electricity, water and drainage reaching the village. Continue past the Snowshill are connected. Oil fired central heating to Green Arms and the village church. Proceed for about Close. Electric heating to Green Close Cottage 100 yards where the drive to Green Close will and Green Close Barn. Telephone line subject to be found immediately on the right hand side BT transfer regulations. accessed via a traditional five bar gate and Tenure: Freehold. opposite Oat Hill Farm. Viewing Strictly by prior accompanied appointment with the agent who takes no liability for any injury caused for whatever reason whilst at the property.

IMPORTANT NOTICE Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1.They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property. 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. Particulars: August 2017. Photographs: August 2017. 17/08/18 HR Kingfisher Print & Design 01803 867087