Multi-million-pound Cotswolds country homes for sale

Four impressive country homes in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds are new on the market and could be yours if you have £1.65million - £4.85million to spare.

Grange Farm, Burford Road, Brize Norton, OX18 3NN - £2.3million

This spacious property has 3,990 sq ft (371 square metres) of living space and sits in almost three acres of land.

Grade II listed Grange Farm has five bedrooms, four reception rooms and three bathrooms.

The 16th century monastic grange includes a 12th century arrow slit window, stair tower and stone arch window.

There is flagstone flooring, high ceilings with original beams and many original timbers on the second floor.

Situated on the edge of Brize Norton, there are also stone outbuildings, lovely gardens with a 14th century dovecote and a paddock.

The property was previously owned by Christ Church College in Oxford and has been well maintained over the past 20 years and has been part of the annual National Garden Scheme.

Butler Sherborn - Burford - 01993 822325

Ashwood House, Snowshill, Gloucestershire WR12 7JU - £4.85million for the whole, but also available in two lots - Lot 1 £3.5million

Close to Broadway, Ashwood House has seven bedrooms, three reception rooms and five bathrooms.

For sale as a whole or in two lots, the first includes the house, 17 acres of gardens, grounds and paddocks, while the second adds a further 74 acres together with an agricultural building currently used as stabling.

The country house was originally built to a traditional Cotswold design in the 1960s on the edge of Snowshill.  

It has since been extended and extensively renovated with a stone outbuilding to the rear which could be converted into ancillary accommodation or a home office.

Outside the landscaped garden wraps around the house with a south facing terrace to the rear.  

There are two separate entrances with electric gates and a large parking area to the side of the house.  

The surrounding land is mainly down to long term pasture interspersed with areas of woodland and divided into three principal areas.

The house and gardens sitting in some four acres. These include the paddock which is fenced with estate railings and on the other side of the lane to the north, a further block of land extending to approximately 13 acres of pasture and woodland.

Lot 2 is included within the whole site, but could be sold separately.  

This is approximately 74 acres and is down to grass with four principal fields and a number of smaller turnout paddocks.  

At its centre is an agricultural building currently used as a stable block and comprising looseboxes, a secure tack room and an office/staff room, WC and storeroom.

There is also a five-horse Claydon horse walker and a muck store area.

The house is convenient for Banbury, Cheltenham, Evesham, Stow-on-the-Wold and Stratford-upon-Avon.

Butler Sherborn - Cirencester - 01285 883740

The Ox Barn, Naunton, Gloucestershire GL54 3BD - £2.5million

Sitting in over six acres of land this is a large Cotswold stone family home, and has six bedrooms, four reception rooms and four bathrooms, three of which are en-suite.

It sits in open countryside just under a mile from the village of Naunton and at the end of a drive through its own paddocks.

The main house has period features throughout and large open plan reception rooms.  

On the ground floor there is also the option to close off the ground floor bedroom to create a self-contained guest annex with its own access, sitting room and kitchen.

In the garden there is a detached stone building which includes a garage and annex with an open plan living and bathroom space on the ground floor, and a bedroom on the first floor.  

This would be ideal for guest accommodation or a working-from-home office.

Outside the large mature, landscaped gardens wrap around the property and are bordered on two sides by mature woodland.  

The land is currently split into four well fenced paddocks with established boundary hedges and areas of more recently planted mixed woodland.  

There is a timber stable block complete with a large parking area that could be used for equestrian or other amenity uses.

Butler Sherborn - Stow-on-the-Wold - 01451 830731

The Gables, Dunkirk Mills, Inchbrook, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 5HG  - £1.65million

Dating from 1854 and thought to have originally housed the foreman of the neighbouring Dunkirk Mills, The Gables is a Grade II Listed family house set within a waterside garden at the edge of the market town of Nailsworth.

Retaining many period features including stone mullion windows with window seats, stone floors and fireplaces throughout, this house offers 4,300 sq ft of flexible accommodation over three floors.

The main façade is fronted by a veranda porch with cast and wrought iron trelliswork, while with good ceiling height and large windows in most of the rooms, the living space is light and spacious.  

The main house comes with a one-bedroom cottage, private parking and a garage.

Within just over half an acre of manicured gardens, the house comprises a reception hall, drawing room, dining room, kitchen or dining room, service kitchen, study or playroom, utility room and cloakroom.  

On the first floor are the main bedroom with en-suite bathroom, three double bedrooms and family bathroom, while on the second floor are four double bedrooms, a kitchenette and cloakroom. 

Outside there is a self-contained one bedroom cottage with a kitchen/sitting room, bedroom and a bathroom, a detached garage and a summer house as well as the landscaped gardens.

The Gables has use of the leisure facilities within the Dunkirk Mills development, with a small gym, swimming pool and tennis court.

Butler Sherborn - Cirencester - 01285 883740