Cold Aston, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54

Enchanting freehold Cotswold public house full of character and charm

Overlooking the village green with a southerly aspect is this Seventeenth Century Grade II listed public house, built of local Cotswold stone under a Cotswold stone tile roof.
The Plough is set in the heart of Cold Aston, an exquisite Cotswold Hill village in the heart of the North Cotswolds.
Overlooking the village green with a southerly aspect is this Seventeenth Century Grade II listed public house, built of local Cotswold stone under a Cotswold stone tile roof.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
The Plough comprises bar and restaurant with kitchen on the ground floor and four lettable ensuite rooms to the first floor
The Plough was purchased by the current owner in 2012 and underwent a significant and thorough renovation to create a beautiful public house fit for the 21st century
The pub was run by the owner until 2018 when it was let and successfully run for a number of years until the pandemic and in 2023 the owner took the pub back on for eighteen months. At present due to other commitments, the owner has closed the kitchen, and the pub opens for drinks Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Through a substantial oak door you are welcomed into the main dining space with a large fireplace and wood burner, stone floors, exposed beams, exposed sections of Cotswold stone walls and oodles of character
Walking through to the bar in the heart of the pub, is the bar built with oak and a wrought iron foot rail
Beyond is another dining area which flows through the garden room dining, with doors to the terrace and a large rooflight allowing the light to flood in
The commercial kitchen is accessed off this dining area with an outside door and an external store
The cellar room, store cupboard, ladies, gents and disabled toilets round out the ground floor accommodation
The letting rooms are accessed from outside through a door off the terrace, stairs lead up to the first-floor landing. The rooms are all doubles, with the largest being the Aston suite, all with ensuite bathrooms or shower rooms. One could of course use all or part of this as living accommodation
EPC Band C

OUTGOINGS
Current rateable value (1 April 2023 to present) £23,500

SERVICES
Mains water and electricity are connected
Private drainage
LPG central heating
A connection to full fibre broadband is now available in the village with speeds up to 1600 Mbps

SITUATION
Cold Aston is a desirable rural hill village, well located for transport links to Cirencester (14.5 miles), Cheltenham (13.5) and Oxford (31.5)
The village has an Ofsted outstanding primary school, an active village hall and annual village Fayre
St. Andrew’s Church, whose 5 bells were lovingly restored a number of years ago after 50 years of silence
The village name appears in the Domesday Book as Estone (East Farm) and by the mid-13th Century changed to Cold Aston; by 1535 the name changed again to Aston Blank, but in 1972 reverted back to Cold Aston
Other local towns with amenities for day-to-day requirements are Bourton-on-the-Water (3 miles) and Northleach (4.7)
The award-winning Daylesford Farm Shop is about 10 miles away
Mainline stations at Kingham and Moreton-in-Marsh, with train services to Oxford and London Paddington

OUTSIDE
The main south facing terrace sits directly in front of the pub overlooking the village green and surrounding archetypal Cotswold village houses and cottages
A raised deck, in need of repair, has a lovely commanding outlook
A gravel drive leads to an area up beyond the pub, which has potential to further develop or use as additional outdoor dining space. There is currently an open sided tepee style marquee and an outbuilding. The outbuilding was granted permission in 2010 to be converted into a small two storey one bedroom guest house, which has since expired – Cotswold District Council planning reference 10/04878/FUL