Is Postlip your kind of life?
Would you like to...
... own part of a Jacobean manor? ... bring up your children in fifteen acres of freedom and opportunity? ... eat home-grown organic vegetables and fresh eggs? ... be entertained by musical & dramatic events in the Great Hall & Tithe Barn? ... join with us to get great pleasure from an amazing and beautiful place?
And would you enjoy...
... gardening organically in a walled garden? ... caring for chickens, sheep and Gloucester Old Spot pigs? ... maintaining and preserving a Grade 1 listed historic building? ... rebuilding drystone walls, mowing lawns and weeding flower borders? ... running the Cotswold Beer Festival and other public events? ... taking your share of community activities and meetings?
Then get in touch with us
We're looking for a new family for Unit Four
We've got a large four-bed family home for sale, because some old friends are moving on after 22 years at Postlip - they'll be much missed.
Unit
Four is located on the south west side of Postlip Hall and was built as an
extension to the main Jacobean Hall in the 1840s. It is a spacious family home,
with much character and charm and full of original features (stone mullioned
windows, fireplaces, stone and wood floors), It is one of the largest units in
the Hall and accommodation is arranged over three floors. The ground floor has
two entrances, one to the outside of the Hall and the other leading into the
inner courtyard and fountain.
Ground
Floor
On
the ground floor is a spacious kitchen/dining room, with a large inglenook, a
stone flagged floor, window seat, fitted kitchen and oil central heating boiler.
The kitchen still has the original bread oven for the Hall.
There
is a downstairs hall and cloakroom /utility room with WC and washbasin and
plumbing for a washing machine. The back door with its stained glass windows
leads to a passage with large storage cupboards suitable for storing outdoor and
DIY materials. The stone flagged hallway has plenty of space for coats and an
extensive cupboard under the stairs. A wooden staircase leads up to the first
floor.
First
Floor
Hallway
The
long hall has a polished wooden floor and is light and spacious with two windows
overlooking the courtyard. There is a Victorian built in safe and a storage
cupboard at the far end of the hall.
Two
reception rooms and a bathroom lead off the hall.
Sitting Room/Reception Room 1 (5.9 x 5.9 metres)
The
main sitting room has an open sunny aspect, with fine views overlooking the
herbaceous borders. It is a high
ceilinged room with original wall panelling, a large stone fireplace with a log
burning stove and a beautiful polished oak floor.
Bedroom 4/Reception Room 2 (5.1 x 5.7 metres)
The
second large reception room is currently designed as a children’s
bedroom/playroom. It has two large individual mezzanine bed platforms with ample
room beneath for desks/working spaces and a large open space for sofas or extra
beds. There are wooden window seats underneath each window, one with storage
underneath. There are two walk in cupboards leading off this room: one is
currently used as an airing cupboard (previously a shower room) with a window
and an immersion heater and the other is a large cupboard measuring 1.4 x 1.3
metres.
Bathroom
The
bathroom has a panelled bath, low level WC and washbasin and two windows.
The
wooden staircase continues up to the second floor.
Second
Floor
Leading
off the second floor landing there are three bedrooms with views over the
grounds and Cleeve Common.
Bedroom 1
The
large master bedroom has exposed beams and a stone fireplace.
Bedroom 2
Single
bedroom with exposed beams and secondary glazing.
Single
bedroom with fitted cupboards and a washbasin.
Unit
four has recently been redecorated and has oil-fired central heating throughout.
The unit was independently valued at £352,000 in June 2010 by Postlip's two local valuers, who are both Fellows of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Email Sandy McMillan if you're interested in exploring how Postlip and new members choose one another.
Here are the plans of the unit.
