House For Rent £20,833
Pinbury Park is a fine Cotswold stone country house. The reception rooms are well proportioned and retain many of the original features including shutters, coring, panelling, impressive fireplaces. All rooms have been updated by the current occupier and maintained in a good positions
The house is surrounded by formal and informal terraced gardens which are mainly to the southwest and waste. An ancient avenue of yew trees known as the Nuns Walk exists to the west. From the grounds there are stunning views down the Golden Valley. From the road a tarmac’ed driveway sweeps down into the valley, past the cottages and barns to the main house
The Main house
Ashlar porch with solid oak door to
Ground Floor:
Entrance Hall: with oak panelling and window shutters
Sitting room: well proportioned reception room with views across the valley. Adam Style fire place with stone surround and hearth
Dining room: sealed fireplace with stone surround
Inner hall: from inner hall an oak carved staircase leads to first floor (access to cellar)
Rear Entrance hall: flagstone floor, door to kitchen
Kitchen/Breakfast room: tiled floor, double stanless steel sink. Door to basement housing boilers (including swimming pool heater)
Utility room: timber floor, double stainless steel sink
Drawing room: Good sized room with stone mullion windows and seats, oak panels and plasterwork ceiling by Gimson, Large open fireplace with stone surround and hearth, also by Gimson. Exposed floorboards
Cloakroom: Coat rail, wash basin, door leading to WC
Cellar: Flagstone floor and stone benches, external door leading up steps to garden
First floor:
Bedroom 1: sealed fireplace, fitted wardrobes. Ensuite bathroom: large enamelled bath WC
Bedroom 2: fitted wardrobes and window seat. Ensuite bathroom: large enamelled bath WC
Bedroom 3: Sash window with seat. Door leading to passage to bedroom 1. WC
Dressing room: shower fitted cupboards
Bedroom 4: Exposed floor boards, window seats
Second floor:
From the main landing a further flight of hand carved oak stair to 4 x Attic rooms
Annexe:
Approached from the ground floor or a connecting passage on the first floor. WC and wash basin. (External access in addition)
Ground floor: Dining room, Kitchen and Sitting room, stone steps leading to:
First floor: Bathroom, Bedroom 1, Bedroom 2 & Bedroom 3
Pinbury Park was a medieval monastic possession until 1539, although it was probably never used as a monastery. In 1677 Sir Robert Atkyns bought the Park with his son the MP for Gloucester and lived there until 1711. In 1787 the Bathurst family bought Pinbury from the Atkyns family.
The Arts and Crafts influence in the main house derives from the time went it was home and workplace of Ernest Gimson and Barnsley brothers. From 1903 to 1928 Lord and lady Bathurst used Pinbury Park as a summer residence; Vistors included Queen Mary and Rudyard Kipley. Another poet of note to reside there is the author John Masefield. Since 1940, the property has been rented out from the Bathurst Estate.
Pinbury Park sits within beautifully maintained landscaped garden with terraces to the north and south and an avenue of ancient yew trees to the west.
To the front of the house there is terrace, mainly laid to lawn surrounded by idyllic flower borders, set off by a topiary hedge and stone paths. To the West there is a further terraced garden and rose gardens. To the rear of the house there are extensive lawned areas, mature trees topiary hedges, paths and steps leading to the swimming pool and a tennis court. Most of the gardens are bordered by large Cotswold stone retaining walls.
Outbuildings: Cotswold Stone garage with garden/tool shed above. Range of stables and useful outdoor storage stapce. Large Cotswold stone barn with loose boxes and excellent tack and storage areas. Kitchen Garden enclosed with Cotswold stone walls. Paddock.
No 1 Pinbury Park Cottage: a detached cottage contsurcted of Cotswold stone, comprising kitchen, sitting room 2 bedrooms and bathroom
A pair of semi-detached cottages (both recently refurbished) comprising 3 bedrooms, 2 receptions rooms, kitchen and upstairs bathroom.
The Park: A stunning valley of pasture and copse with a number of springs and horse jumps, bordered by woodland. The land has been nurtured by the current incumbents, using it for rare breed sheep and horses.
The sporting rights will remain with the Estate.
Pinbury Park is ringfenced by its own valley down a half mile of long drive with stunning views of the surrounding countryside. The village of Sapperton is about 2 miles to the south. Cirencester and Stroud provide good access to local facilities and larger towns of Cheltenham, Bath, Gloucester and Bristol are all within reach. Easy commuting is available by regular inter-city trains services from Kemble and Swindo to London Paddington or via the M4 or M5.
Sporting and Recreation facilities in the area include racing at Cheltenham, Newbury and Chepstow; Polo at Cirencester Park, Aston Down and Edgeworth. Golf can be found at Minchinhampton and Cirencester. There is a plethora of water sports at the Cotswold Water Park
The house is surrounded by formal and informal terraced gardens which are mainly to the southwest and waste. An ancient avenue of yew trees known as the Nuns Walk exists to the west. From the grounds there are stunning views down the Golden Valley. From the road a tarmac’ed driveway sweeps down into the valley, past the cottages and barns to the main house
The Main house
Ashlar porch with solid oak door to
Ground Floor:
Entrance Hall: with oak panelling and window shutters
Sitting room: well proportioned reception room with views across the valley. Adam Style fire place with stone surround and hearth
Dining room: sealed fireplace with stone surround
Inner hall: from inner hall an oak carved staircase leads to first floor (access to cellar)
Rear Entrance hall: flagstone floor, door to kitchen
Kitchen/Breakfast room: tiled floor, double stanless steel sink. Door to basement housing boilers (including swimming pool heater)
Utility room: timber floor, double stainless steel sink
Drawing room: Good sized room with stone mullion windows and seats, oak panels and plasterwork ceiling by Gimson, Large open fireplace with stone surround and hearth, also by Gimson. Exposed floorboards
Cloakroom: Coat rail, wash basin, door leading to WC
Cellar: Flagstone floor and stone benches, external door leading up steps to garden
First floor:
Bedroom 1: sealed fireplace, fitted wardrobes. Ensuite bathroom: large enamelled bath WC
Bedroom 2: fitted wardrobes and window seat. Ensuite bathroom: large enamelled bath WC
Bedroom 3: Sash window with seat. Door leading to passage to bedroom 1. WC
Dressing room: shower fitted cupboards
Bedroom 4: Exposed floor boards, window seats
Second floor:
From the main landing a further flight of hand carved oak stair to 4 x Attic rooms
Annexe:
Approached from the ground floor or a connecting passage on the first floor. WC and wash basin. (External access in addition)
Ground floor: Dining room, Kitchen and Sitting room, stone steps leading to:
First floor: Bathroom, Bedroom 1, Bedroom 2 & Bedroom 3
Pinbury Park was a medieval monastic possession until 1539, although it was probably never used as a monastery. In 1677 Sir Robert Atkyns bought the Park with his son the MP for Gloucester and lived there until 1711. In 1787 the Bathurst family bought Pinbury from the Atkyns family.
The Arts and Crafts influence in the main house derives from the time went it was home and workplace of Ernest Gimson and Barnsley brothers. From 1903 to 1928 Lord and lady Bathurst used Pinbury Park as a summer residence; Vistors included Queen Mary and Rudyard Kipley. Another poet of note to reside there is the author John Masefield. Since 1940, the property has been rented out from the Bathurst Estate.
Pinbury Park sits within beautifully maintained landscaped garden with terraces to the north and south and an avenue of ancient yew trees to the west.
To the front of the house there is terrace, mainly laid to lawn surrounded by idyllic flower borders, set off by a topiary hedge and stone paths. To the West there is a further terraced garden and rose gardens. To the rear of the house there are extensive lawned areas, mature trees topiary hedges, paths and steps leading to the swimming pool and a tennis court. Most of the gardens are bordered by large Cotswold stone retaining walls.
Outbuildings: Cotswold Stone garage with garden/tool shed above. Range of stables and useful outdoor storage stapce. Large Cotswold stone barn with loose boxes and excellent tack and storage areas. Kitchen Garden enclosed with Cotswold stone walls. Paddock.
No 1 Pinbury Park Cottage: a detached cottage contsurcted of Cotswold stone, comprising kitchen, sitting room 2 bedrooms and bathroom
A pair of semi-detached cottages (both recently refurbished) comprising 3 bedrooms, 2 receptions rooms, kitchen and upstairs bathroom.
The Park: A stunning valley of pasture and copse with a number of springs and horse jumps, bordered by woodland. The land has been nurtured by the current incumbents, using it for rare breed sheep and horses.
The sporting rights will remain with the Estate.
Pinbury Park is ringfenced by its own valley down a half mile of long drive with stunning views of the surrounding countryside. The village of Sapperton is about 2 miles to the south. Cirencester and Stroud provide good access to local facilities and larger towns of Cheltenham, Bath, Gloucester and Bristol are all within reach. Easy commuting is available by regular inter-city trains services from Kemble and Swindo to London Paddington or via the M4 or M5.
Sporting and Recreation facilities in the area include racing at Cheltenham, Newbury and Chepstow; Polo at Cirencester Park, Aston Down and Edgeworth. Golf can be found at Minchinhampton and Cirencester. There is a plethora of water sports at the Cotswold Water Park
