House For Sale £1,250,000
Slowwe House, which is Grade II Listed, provides excellent, versatile and well-proportioned family accommodation. The property, which has been extended and remodelled from the original period core offers generous and elegant reception rooms including a drawing room with an original cider press and wonderful vaulted ceiling with exposed timbers. The present owners have extensively renovated and improved the property which now offers ideal accommodation for modern living.
The large utility/boot room immediately gives a wonderful feeling of space. This leads through to the inner hall and the large kitchen/dining/ sitting room which is very much the heart of the house and a wonderfully light room. There is a further reception room and a study all located on the grounf floor.
On the first and second floor, there are four double bedrooms (one en-suite) and a family bathroom.
The Coach House - Adjacent to the main house is a detached former coach house which has been converted to a very high standard throughout and now provides generous ancillary accommodation.
Arlingham is a delightful unspoilt village in the horseshoe bend of the river Severn. In the village there is a Public House (The Red Lion), a post office, village store and church dating back to 1373 where the Slowwe Coat of Arms can be found. The village itself has a fascinating history dating from its importance as a river crossing point for Roman battalions.
A short drive from Arlingham is the village of Frampton-on-Severn which is said to have the longest village green in England and about 22 acres in size. Cricket is played on the green outside the Bell Inn.
Cheltenham is the main regional centre, with Gloucester, Bath, Bristol, Cirencester and Stroud all being within easy daily commuting distance. Cheltenham offers a great range of cultural and social activities, including theatre productions and the highly regarded annual Cheltenham Literature Festival. Stroud has a Waitrose and an award winning Farmer’s Market.
Gloucestershire is renowned for its excellent selection of schools. Local private schools include Beaudesert Park, Kings School, Wycliffe College, Cheltenham College, Cheltenham Ladies College and Westonbirt. Additionally, there are a number of local state schools including three highly regarded Grammar Schools; Stroud High and Marling School in Stroud and Pate’s Grammar School in Cheltenham.
The county offers a range of equestrian sports, including National Hunt racing at Cheltenham, polo at Longdole and Cirencester, hunting with the Berkeley, Badminton and Gatcombe Horse Trials and excellent walks and rides in the surrounding countryside.
Slowwe House sits within generous mature gardens mainly laid to lawn but interspersed with a number of mature trees, including a magnificent Yew, which is believed to be about 300 years old, and a delightful kitchen garden with a series of raised beds. Beyond the gardens is an outstanding view over unspoilt countryside and the river Severn.
Lying to the north of the house ia a large paddock providing excellent amenity and grazing for livestock, horses and ponies. The field is fenced with water supplied.
The stables are located away from the house. There are 3 loose boxes, a workshop/feedstore, tack room and hay barn. The block has electricity and water.
The large utility/boot room immediately gives a wonderful feeling of space. This leads through to the inner hall and the large kitchen/dining/ sitting room which is very much the heart of the house and a wonderfully light room. There is a further reception room and a study all located on the grounf floor.
On the first and second floor, there are four double bedrooms (one en-suite) and a family bathroom.
The Coach House - Adjacent to the main house is a detached former coach house which has been converted to a very high standard throughout and now provides generous ancillary accommodation.
Arlingham is a delightful unspoilt village in the horseshoe bend of the river Severn. In the village there is a Public House (The Red Lion), a post office, village store and church dating back to 1373 where the Slowwe Coat of Arms can be found. The village itself has a fascinating history dating from its importance as a river crossing point for Roman battalions.
A short drive from Arlingham is the village of Frampton-on-Severn which is said to have the longest village green in England and about 22 acres in size. Cricket is played on the green outside the Bell Inn.
Cheltenham is the main regional centre, with Gloucester, Bath, Bristol, Cirencester and Stroud all being within easy daily commuting distance. Cheltenham offers a great range of cultural and social activities, including theatre productions and the highly regarded annual Cheltenham Literature Festival. Stroud has a Waitrose and an award winning Farmer’s Market.
Gloucestershire is renowned for its excellent selection of schools. Local private schools include Beaudesert Park, Kings School, Wycliffe College, Cheltenham College, Cheltenham Ladies College and Westonbirt. Additionally, there are a number of local state schools including three highly regarded Grammar Schools; Stroud High and Marling School in Stroud and Pate’s Grammar School in Cheltenham.
The county offers a range of equestrian sports, including National Hunt racing at Cheltenham, polo at Longdole and Cirencester, hunting with the Berkeley, Badminton and Gatcombe Horse Trials and excellent walks and rides in the surrounding countryside.
Slowwe House sits within generous mature gardens mainly laid to lawn but interspersed with a number of mature trees, including a magnificent Yew, which is believed to be about 300 years old, and a delightful kitchen garden with a series of raised beds. Beyond the gardens is an outstanding view over unspoilt countryside and the river Severn.
Lying to the north of the house ia a large paddock providing excellent amenity and grazing for livestock, horses and ponies. The field is fenced with water supplied.
The stables are located away from the house. There are 3 loose boxes, a workshop/feedstore, tack room and hay barn. The block has electricity and water.
