MYLES HOUSE ASHMEAD • CAM • DURSLEY • GLOUCESTERSHIRE GL11 5EN MYLES HOUSE ASHMEAD • CAM • DURSLEY • GLOUCESTERSHIRE GL11 5EN A handsome Grade II Listed Period house with origins dating back to the early 18th Century and later influ- enced in the Arts and Crafts style, in a lovely quiet location at the foot of the Cotswold Hills escarpment Hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Sitting room • Study/library • Kitchen/breakfast room with Aga • Utility room/boot room • Cloakroom/shower room • Rear hall Seven double bedrooms • Three bathrooms (one en-suite) • Attic Parking • Double garage • Gardens In all just under an acre Distances Cam 1 mile • Dursley 2 miles • Tetbury 10 miles • Kemble (Paddington 80 minutes) 15 miles • Gloucester 20 miles • Cheltenham 22 miles • Bristol 28 miles • M5 (J13) 6 miles • M4 (J18) 20 miles (All distances and times are approximate) 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 text. Situation • Myles house is situated in Ashmead, a small rural hamlet situated between the villages of Cam and Coaley, in beautiful semi-wooded countryside on the lower reaches of the Cotswold Hills escarpment, in an area designated as being of outstanding natural beauty. • In Cam there are a number of shops, including Tesco, and a railway station which has regular services to Bristol Temple Meads. Dursley provides facilities for most of your everyday needs, including a Sainsburys and a highly regarded secondary school, Rednock School. • The nearby towns of Wotton-under-Edge, Stroud and Tetbury offer a far more comprehensive range of facilities and recreational activities, and the larger centres of Bristol, Bath, Gloucester and Cheltenham are all within 30 miles. • Education in the area is exceptional and in addition to Rednock School, there is a local primary school in Coaley, Stroud High for Girls, Marling for Boys in Stroud, Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School, Wycliffe’s College, Beaudesert Park and all the Cheltenham schools. • The area offers many sporting opportunities, including golf at nearby Stinchcombe Hill and Cotswold Edge courses, horse racing at Cheltenham and first class rugby at Gloucester. There is also a network of footbaths and bridleways, providing excellent walking and riding in the area, including along the Cotswold Way. Myles House • Myles House is a really lovely family house, formerly a farmhouse, with origins dating back to at least 1705. Significant alterations were made to the house in 1913, including the addition of a wing, and these improvements, which incorporate a fine open well oak staircase with diamond balusters and oak casement leaded light windows, are very much in the Arts and Crafts style. • The house is built of local stone under a traditional stone- tile roof and has an impressive multi-gabled front façade, which is colour wash rendered and has a decorative panel inscribed 1705 and 1913. It is Listed Grade II as being of special architectural and historical interest. • The accommodation, which is arranged over three floors, extends to just under 5,000 sq. ft. in total and is full of charm, retaining many period features including fireplaces and exposed beams. • On the ground floor there are three good sized main reception rooms, and a library/study which has an extensive range of fitted oak bookcases. The kitchen contains a useful walk-in larder and opens up into the breakfast room, where the oil-fired double oven Aga is located. • On the first floor there are four double bedrooms, all with built-in wardrobes and three bathrooms, two of which have separate shower cubicles. The second floor is reached via two separate staircases, and comprises a further three double bedrooms, with vaulted ceilings and a large accessible attic. Gardens and grounds • At the far end of the garden there is an old farm building Directions (GL11 5EN) which now provides useful covered storage space. There is • The house stands well back from the country lane and is From Tetbury, take the A4235 signposted towards Dursley. Cross a lovely aspect from the garden across to the Cotswold Hills approached via a gravel drive, which leads through double over the A46 at Calcot Manor Hotel and continue passed Kingscote escarpment. wrought iron gates set between stone pillars, to a double and the Hunter’s Hall Pub on your left. Take the second turning to garage with electric up-and-over doors. There is a useful wood • To the east of the house there is a further paved terrace with the right, signposted to Uley. Continue straight over the B4058 and store behind the garage and steps lead up from a yard area to stone retaining walls, a greenhouse and timber garden shed. drop down the hill into Uley. At the crossroads continue straight a charming covered porch with a roof supported by circular on and follow this lane for about 3 miles. On the edge of Coaley, Cotswold stone pillars. turn left signposted to Dursley. After a short distance you will pass Services Ashmead Farm on your right and the gates drive to Myles House • The garden is an absolute delight and a particularly attractive will be found on the left, opposite the farmyard. feature of the property. To the west of the house there is an area Mains water and electricity are connected. Shared private drainage. Oil-fired central heating. of lawn with an ornamental pond, shaded by a mature Cherry Local authority Tree. The majority of the garden lies to the south of the property, Stroud District Council. Telephone 01453 766 321. with a lovely view of Cam Long Down and Downham Hill. Fixtures and fittings • There is a paved terrace immediately abutting the garden door, Only those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in from which stone steps lead up to an area of lawn with a Medlar the sale. All others, such as fitted curtains, light fittings, garden Tree. A short flight of steps then lead up a grassed bank to a ornaments etc., are specifically excluded but may be made larger area of lawn with Topiary Yew Hedges and a variety of available by separate negotiation. mature trees. There is a deep well-stocked flower bed to one side of the lawn, an orchard area and a productive vegetable garden screened by mature Yew Hedges. Garage 6.17 x 5.61 Approximate Gross Internal Area 20'3 x 18'5 House = 453.3 sq m / 4879 sq ft (Excluding Voids) N Garage = 34.7 sq m / 373 sq ft Total = 488 sq m / 5252 sq ft (Not Shown In Actual Location / Orientation) Stone Carshed 8.19 x 2.79 = Reduced headroom below 1.5m / 5'0 26'10 x 9'2 (Not Shown In Actual Location / Orientation) Study / Library 6.94 x 2.76 22'9 x 9'1 Dining Room Bedroom Bedroom 5.95 x 4.51 5.99 x 4.67 6.13 x 3.32 Side Kitchen / Breakfast Room 19'6 x 14'10 19'8 x 15'4 20'1 x 10'11 Porch 8.08 x 3.87 26'6 x 12'8 T Up Dn Dn Void Inner Hall Up Garden Hall Void Dn Utility Landing 3.85 x 2.59 Attic Room Up Up Void 12'8 x 8'6 5.95 x 4.41 Dn 19'6 x 14'6 Hall Up Bedroom Sitting Room 4.99 x 4.12 4.99 x 4.45 Bedroom Bedroom 16'4 x 13'6 16'4 x 14'7 4.41 x 3.18 4.99 x 3.18 Drawing Room 14'6 x 10'5 16'4 x 10'5 4.99 x 4.68 Bedroom Cupboard Bedroom 16'4 x 15'4 4.84 x 4.14 4.84 x 4.14 15'11 x 13'7 15'11 x 13'7 IN Ground Floor First Floor Second Floor Important Notice 1. 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