After a lavish six-year remodel, an 18th-century Cotswold estate on 70 picturesque acres is for sale for £17 million (vegetable garden included). Contact Savills to make an offer.
Duntisbourne House, a Georgian country house built in 1760 for a baronet, has survived the 19th-century addition of two Gothic wings, the devastating effects of a fire, and a 1970s subdivision which relieved the estate of much of its acreage. Last sold in 2008, it has since then been overhauled by London-based architects Michaelis Boyd (best known for remodeling Prime Minister David Cameron's eco house in Notting Hill). The remodel to the 11,000-square-foot-main house involved a basement media room and gym, a guest house renovation, and the addition of a modern pool house.
Of particular interest to us, landscape designer Tom Stuart-Smith designed gardens to honor the historic stone facades and the sweeping Cotswold views without compromising a modern sensibility:
Photography via Michaelis Boyd except where noted.
Above: Photograph via Savills.
Surrounded by pastures, parkland, and woods, Duntisbourne House was originally the country residence of Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell, a baronet who died six years after completion of the building. His grandson, who inherited the estate, in 1806 sold it to King George III's physician, in whose family it remained until the mid 1900s.
Above: During the most recent remodel, architects Michaelis Boyd designed a new pool house adjacend to an organic walled kitchen garden where vegetables, flowers (including the bright yellow dahlias and sunflowers shown here) are planted with herbs and fruit trees.
Above: The vegetable garden's yield includes chard, lettuces, and other leafy greens.
Above: Constructed of brick and timber, a 753-square-foot pool house has expansive views of the vegetable garden that behind it.
Above: Surrounded by a stone terrace, the swimming pool has an outdoor spa bath.
Above: Inside the pool house are twin showers.
Above: Photograph via Savills.
Terraced gardens to the south of the main house have a walled beehive garden featuring hornbeam topiaries and a cloud hedge of yews.
Above: The path from the vegetable garden leads to the cobblestone yard in front of The Courtyard, a 19th century stables next to the main house which has been remodeled to serve as guest quarters.
Above: For more of the architects' work, see:
- House Call: Michaelis Boyd in London on Remodelista.
- Architect Visit: Michaelis Boyd in Oxfordshire on Remodelista.
- For an elegant city garden by Tom Stuart-Smith, see Designer Visit: At Home in Jurassic Park in North London.
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