Pitchcombe, Stroud

Hillside House offers a distinctive Cotswold home rich in historic character and period features. The property has been thoughtfully adapted for modern living to create beautifully balanced spaces that work equally well for relaxed family life as for entertaining, along with magnificent far-reaching views.

Description - Hillside House offers the perfect combination of period charm alongside modern-day functionality.

The home opens to an exquisite Arts and Crafts hall. Rich terracotta-painted walls, framed by decorative timber detailing, add depth and architectural interest, creating a space that is both welcoming and quietly impressive.

As is often the case with country houses, the kitchen is very much the heart of the home. Original flagstone flooring provides character and practicality, and aged beams originating from a ship create a wonderful sense of history. A modern fitted kitchen provides plentiful, discreet storage, and complements an original walk-in pantry. There is ample room for a large dining table, perfect for informal entertaining.

The kitchen leads open-plan to a further dining/back kitchen area, creating useful additional space, together with a separate, good-sized utility for hiding laundry and muddy boots.

Dating back to 1790, the sitting room occupies the oldest part of the house, rich in character, with exposed, aged beams and an impressive inglenook fireplace with built-in seating and an original bread oven. Large windows draw in natural light and frame the stunning, far-reaching views.

A good-sized dining room is ideal for more formal hosting or large family gatherings with a beautiful wood-burning stove and boarded floors.

A shower room and understairs storage complete the ground floor.

Six bedrooms are located across the upper two floors, one of which is currently used as a family room. All of the bedrooms benefit from plentiful, discreet storage, and the front-facing rooms enjoy exceptional, panoramic views across the valley.

Two modern bathrooms are located on the first floor, one of which is ideally positioned to be reconfigured into an en-suite for the principal bedroom. A further up-to-date shower room services the two top-floor bedrooms.

The Garden & Outbuildings - Steeped in historical interest, the chapel steps leading up to the house once belonged to an abbey located to the rear. Architectural remnants remain in the property’s gardens today.

According to records, Hillside House was also the UK’s first recorded vegetarian guest house, run by nuns who charged two guineas per week for ‘relaxation and countryside air’.

Due to the house’s elevated location, the garden benefits from sensational views. The original abbey lychgate creates a charming entrance from the lane to the garden with a footpath leading to the house.

A choice of seating, including a patio and decking area, provides idyllic spots for a morning coffee or sundowner drinks, whilst soaking up the views.

Fruit trees and a kitchen garden are set to the rear of the house, perfect for those who wish to create a taste of the ‘good life.'

A potting shed provides useful storage, and a covered wood shed stores winter logs and doubles as a summer-time bar area.

Opposite Hillside House, a newly landscaped and gravel parking area for several cars has planning approval for a double garage.