Frampton Mansell, Stroud, GL6

Manor House is a lovely Grade II listed village home that combines period charm with exquisite taste. Dating from
the late 17th Century with later additions, it has been completely renovated, from the ground up, and extended by the current owners and now provides a delightful home of comfortable proportions that is ideal for family life and entertaining, or as a peaceful country retreat. Original details, including stone mullions; flagstones; window seats; exposed beams and timbers; stone walling and a wooden winder staircase are complemented by elegant reception rooms; a bespoke kitchen and pantry; extensive storage and beautifully fitted bedrooms and bathrooms. The studio above the garage is perfect for teenagers, or as a home office and has uninterrupted views across paddocks and open country. The property is set back from the village lane, and enclosed by a fabulous walled garden.

Accommodation:
Ground Floor
The spacious entrance hall has flagstone flooring, a fine oak staircase and a door to the cloakroom. The formal reception rooms are to one side, both dual aspect, with the well proportioned dining room leading via double doors to the elegant drawing room. The kitchen/family room is very much the heart of the home with a charming sitting room, original open fire and a bespoke kitchen with appliances to include an Everhot range style oven, built in microwave and integrated dishwasher. The adjacent pantry houses a large fridge/freezer and a built in steam oven and has extensive storage and open shelving. The light and airy oak-framed breakfast/garden room is open to the kitchen and overlooks a feature terraced shade-garden, which is carefully lit to provide a pleasing dining environment. Beyond the pantry are the utility room, with laundry appliances; a lobby, useful for storing coats and boots; a wine store and cosy snug.
This is the oldest part of the house with access to an original winder staircase, and french doors with wooden shutters leading to the rear garden.

First & Second Floors
Stairs rise from the entrance hall to an airy galleried landing. The principal bedroom suite includes a vaulted bedroom with exposed beams and working shutters; an en suite bathroom; a fitted dressing room and a charming study, which can also be accessed via the winder staircase. The large guest bedroom suite, with dual aspect views, has a dressing room leading to the bathroom. There is a third double bedroom with a shower room adjacent. Two delightful double bedrooms, both with extensive eaves storage, are accessed via stairs from the landing and share a family bathroom.


Outside
The property is approached over a gravel driveway leading to an extensive parking area and the detached double garage, with an electric vehicle charging point and internal stairs leading to the studio with a bathroom.
A Mediterranean style gravel garden leads to a sunny dining terrace at the rear of the house and the kitchen
entrance, which is set beneath an attractive loggia. The walled front garden is a delight, with a pedestrian door leading to the village lane and a pedestrian gate to the drive. It is principally laid to lawn with a deep paved terrace, two stone outbuildings, built in stone barbecue, mature trees, shrubs and herbaceous borders. The gardens continue up and around the side of the house, with a convenient pedestrian gate giving direct access to a network of footpaths, steps down to the sunken shade garden, and a greenhouse adjacent to the garage.

Frampton Mansell is a beautiful village set in the Frome Valley, in the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It has a parish church, popular traditional pub, The Crown Inn, and village hall. The Jolly Nice Deli/farm shop is nearby and the renowned gastropub, The Bell, is within 1.5 miles in neighbouring Sapperton.
Cirencester, known as 'The Capital of the Cotswolds', provides an excellent range of independent shops; boutiques; and restaurants; as well as regular markets and three supermarkets, including Waitrose. Stroud is renowned for its farmer's market anmd also has a Waitrose. The attractive town of Tetbury is within a short drive and the larger centre of Cheltenham has excellent shopping and dining and is also host to literary; jazz; and food festivals.
Sporting opportunities include nearby golf courses in
Cirencester, Baunton, and Minchinhampton; a network of
footpath and bridleways; sailing and water sports at the Cotswold Water Park; horse racing at Cheltenham; and polo at Cirencester Park.
Communications in the area are excellent with easy access to major hubs and international airports in the South West, the Midlands and London, via the M4 and M5 motorways and well-connected direct train services.

Services:
Mains water and electricity. Private drainage (septic tank adjacent to south wall in front garden). Oil fired central heating (Boiler in plant room, oil tank secluded at side of property, above built in barbecue). Gigaclear super-fast broadband. Electric Vehicle Charging Point. Burglar Alarm, including domestic CCTV, and security lighting. No tests to the suitability of services have been carried out and intending purchasers should commission their own tests (if required).