Bagpath, Brimscombe, GL5 2SJ

Bagpath Farm is a substantial attached Grade II Listed Cotswold stone property in a superb rural location on a country lane a couple of miles south east of Stroud. This location is surrounded by open fields, with hundreds of acres of National Trust land on Minchinhampton and Rodborough Commons just up the hill. Historic England informs us that the property was first listed in 1987. According to this entry, the property dates back to the early 16th Century. It has retained many character features over the years, notably a large 5-light casement window with relieving arch, ovolo moulded mullioned with hoodmoulds, a porch on Tuscan columns and a heavy studded plank door. These original details now sit within a beautifully renovated home, with spacious accommodation arranged over three floors. An entrance hall with the aforementioned axe-proof door (a nod to the property's origins and the English civil war), cloakroom/W.c, first class 18’ x 17’ kitchen/dining room with flagstone floor and gas fired Aga and a 19’ x 13’ sitting room with original fireplace, now with wood burning stove, are on the ground floor with a useful cellar underneath. A grand wooden staircase with beautiful newel finials leads up from the kitchen to the first floor, with a landing, two double bedrooms and a 16’ bathroom on this level. Two further double bedrooms, one with an en suite shower room, are at the top of the house, on the second floor. There is a character and interest everywhere you look - wooden floors and thumb-latch doors are found throughout the house, and a wig powdering cupboard in the main bedroom is of particular historic interest. A unique, beautiful home, with much to recommend it.