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Floorplan
Map5 bedroom detached house
Detached house
5 beds
1 bath
Key information
Features and description
- Detached period cottage
- Immense potential
- Fabulous quiet setting
- Westerly aspect
- Full of character
- 2 reception rooms
- 3 bedrooms
- 2 attic rooms
- Garage and parking
- Pretty cottage garden
A PRETTY DETACHED PERIOD COTTAGE JUST WAITING TO BE RE-DISCOVERED, HIDDEN IN A LITTLE KNOWN WOODED VALLEY NOT FAR FROM TETBURY, IN A PEACEFUL TRANQUIL SETTING
Front and side Porches, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Utility, 3 Bedrooms, Bathroom, 2 Attic Rooms, Pretty Garden surrounding the property, Garage, Outbuildings
Description - Set in an unspoilt, hidden valley, Brook Cottage is a 'Sleeping Beauty' waiting to be re-discovered. Detached, it was home for many years to the internationally acclaimed poet, Charles Tomlinson, who drew inspiration for his works from the natural surroundings. Circa 200 years old, Brook Cottage is now in need of investment but with its many period features, it would prove a very rewarding project (subject to planning consent). Originally two estate workers' cottages, merged into one by the Tomlinson family, the accommodation comprises two reception rooms flanked at opposite ends by the kitchen and a utility room, with a ground floor bathroom in between. There are three bedrooms on the first floor with beautiful old elm boards and two attic rooms over, each with separate staircases. Brook Cottage is surrounded by a pretty and level garden, with lawns and borders. A 'babbling' brook forms one boundary and the aspect is westerly down Ozleworth Bottom over ancient meadows flanked by woodland, a truly bucolic scene. The cottage has a single garage with parking in front and two small stone outbuildings which are at the rear of the cottage.
Location - The approach to Brook Cottage immediately conveys how special its location is. As you proceed into the Ozleworth Valley, you are met with flashes of brilliant green from the well kept meadows, flanked by mature woodland, interspersed with attractive period properties. At the last moment the valley opens up to reveal Brook Cottage set on its own beside the lane, in perfect peace and tranquility. Little known except by locals, the Ozleworth Valley sees minimal passing traffic but remains within approximately 2 hours from London, from Kemble Station (regular services circa 70 minutes into Paddington). Tetbury, the local market town, has a good range of shops including a Tesco supermarket and there is a large Waitrose at Cirencester. There are lovely walks all around the area on a network of public footpaths, starting directly by Brook Cottage. 'High Goal' Polo is played locally during the summer months at the Beaufort Polo Club. Calcot Manor with its renowned restaurant and Spa is nearby while there is a great choice of country pubs to enjoy.
Directions - From our Stroud Office take the A46 south toward Bath and turn right at the traffic lights at Calcot on to A4135 towards Dursley. Pass the Hunters Hall pub and then take the second left immediately prior to the junction with the B4058, sign posted to 'Lavender Farm'. Follow this lane and bear left at the subsequent fork and continue down into the valley past the entrance to Ozelworth Park where Brook Cottage will be found at the bottom on the left.
General Information - The Cottage is within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The vendors have made a request with Cotswold District Council and English Heritage for Brook Cottage to be Listed Grade II
Front and side Porches, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Utility, 3 Bedrooms, Bathroom, 2 Attic Rooms, Pretty Garden surrounding the property, Garage, Outbuildings
Description - Set in an unspoilt, hidden valley, Brook Cottage is a 'Sleeping Beauty' waiting to be re-discovered. Detached, it was home for many years to the internationally acclaimed poet, Charles Tomlinson, who drew inspiration for his works from the natural surroundings. Circa 200 years old, Brook Cottage is now in need of investment but with its many period features, it would prove a very rewarding project (subject to planning consent). Originally two estate workers' cottages, merged into one by the Tomlinson family, the accommodation comprises two reception rooms flanked at opposite ends by the kitchen and a utility room, with a ground floor bathroom in between. There are three bedrooms on the first floor with beautiful old elm boards and two attic rooms over, each with separate staircases. Brook Cottage is surrounded by a pretty and level garden, with lawns and borders. A 'babbling' brook forms one boundary and the aspect is westerly down Ozleworth Bottom over ancient meadows flanked by woodland, a truly bucolic scene. The cottage has a single garage with parking in front and two small stone outbuildings which are at the rear of the cottage.
Location - The approach to Brook Cottage immediately conveys how special its location is. As you proceed into the Ozleworth Valley, you are met with flashes of brilliant green from the well kept meadows, flanked by mature woodland, interspersed with attractive period properties. At the last moment the valley opens up to reveal Brook Cottage set on its own beside the lane, in perfect peace and tranquility. Little known except by locals, the Ozleworth Valley sees minimal passing traffic but remains within approximately 2 hours from London, from Kemble Station (regular services circa 70 minutes into Paddington). Tetbury, the local market town, has a good range of shops including a Tesco supermarket and there is a large Waitrose at Cirencester. There are lovely walks all around the area on a network of public footpaths, starting directly by Brook Cottage. 'High Goal' Polo is played locally during the summer months at the Beaufort Polo Club. Calcot Manor with its renowned restaurant and Spa is nearby while there is a great choice of country pubs to enjoy.
Directions - From our Stroud Office take the A46 south toward Bath and turn right at the traffic lights at Calcot on to A4135 towards Dursley. Pass the Hunters Hall pub and then take the second left immediately prior to the junction with the B4058, sign posted to 'Lavender Farm'. Follow this lane and bear left at the subsequent fork and continue down into the valley past the entrance to Ozelworth Park where Brook Cottage will be found at the bottom on the left.
General Information - The Cottage is within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The vendors have made a request with Cotswold District Council and English Heritage for Brook Cottage to be Listed Grade II
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Stroud is the regional and administrative centre for the south-west of the Cotswolds and the Severn Vale with excellent road and rail links to the rest of the country. Surrounded by exceptionally varied countryside, Stroud lies at the confluence of five valleys, each with its own distinct character. The town owed its prosperity to the wool trade initially (including supplying cloth for uniforms to both sides in the Napoleonic Wars), more recently it has developed a reputation as a popular centre for the arts and local culture within the Cotswolds. The town has a mainline railway station with ample parking in the vicinity (London Paddington from 95 minutes) and connections to Swindon, Cheltenham and Gloucester. Junction 13 of the M5 motorway for accessing Bristol, the south-west or the Midlands is only miles to the east and there are three international airports little over an hour's drive away (Bristol, Birmingham or Cardiff). Stroud is particularly fortunate in having quite excellent schools for all ages within its vicinity, including Stroud High and Marling in the state sector and Beaudesert Park and Wycliffe College amongst others. It is also a major centre for employment and has a modern college. Murrays Stroud Office serves the town, adjacent villages and down onto the Severn Vale to the west. It works closely with its sister offices at Painswick and at Minchinhampton and The Mayfair Office in central London.