FordTemple Guiting, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 5RU

Ford Manor presents a rare opportunity to acquire a property of architectural distinction and rural calm. Once three individual cottages, the house was unified and sensitively restored in the 1930s, with further later additions. It now forms a cohesive and elegant family home, abundant in character and well considered in flow.

Constructed in local Cotswold stone under a traditional pitched roof, the house retains an abundance of period features: flagstone floors, exposed beams, deep-set mullioned windows with leaded lights, and handsome inglenook fireplaces throughout the principal reception rooms. The atmosphere throughout is one of understated character and gentle refinement.

Of particular note is the vaulted kitchen and breakfast room, linked to the main house via a glazed passageway, and opening directly onto a south-facing terrace. The accommodation includes five bedrooms and a study, with well-proportioned reception spaces ideally suited to both entertaining and everyday family life.

Approached via a sweeping tarmac drive, the house is set well back from the quiet country lane, with ample gravel parking and a sense of privacy. The principal gardens are formal in layout and beautifully tended, with expansive lawns, mature planting, and well-stocked herbaceous borders. Two enclosed terraced gardens, each with water features, provide sheltered spaces for outdoor dining and entertaining.

To one side sits a detached annexe with its own entrance and private parking. This vaulted, self-contained suite includes a kitchenette and wet room, and is currently operated as a successful Airbnb, though equally suited to guest or ancillary accommodation.

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