9 bedroom house

The House sits in the middle of its land, with the principal drive sweeping through the land with an oak avenue planted in 2012 to commemorate the Queen's Jubilee. A rear driveway leads to a lane which goes directly into the village of Broadwell. The house, which was constructed in 1960, is an imposing Cotswold Stone country house with a Cotswold slate roof. The current owners have lived there since 1986. Whilst only built 50 years ago, the house has many period features including open fireplaces and wonderful panelling in the drawing room and dining room. It occupies a secluded position, sheltered by mature woodland, park land grazing and the gardens, including a productive kitchen garden, are a particular feature of this house. North Rye is a wonderful family home but also ideal for entertaining, with the drawing room, library and dining room of particular note. The combination of the reception rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms makes for a very special house. The surrounding formal gardens, tennis court and stabling provides ample outdoor entertainment within the surrounds of the magnificent Cotswold countryside.

Constructed of Cotswold stone, Cotswold slate roofs and stone chimneys, the house is entered under a covered porch way through a door into an entrance hall. To the left a wine store and to the right, the cloak room and sitting room. An inner lobby has cupboards and a door to the Loggia. The main reception hall with a flag stone floor, has double doors leading straight out into the garden, as well as to a library with wooden bookshelves. The drawing room is also off the hall, with high ceilings and two bay windows overlooking the gardens together with a fireplace. Off the hall is the dining room with a large bay window and link through to the kitchen/breakfast room. The
kitchen has fully fitted units and an oil fired Aga. There is also a walk in larder, laundry room, utility room and cloakroom. The rear hall leads out to a courtyard close to the wood store. The main hallway is dominated by a sweeping staircase to the first floor landing. The master bedroom has a lovely balcony, dressing room and ensuite bathroom. There is a large guest bedroom suite, five other bedrooms with two bathrooms and a separate WC. The flat on the first floor is accessed either from the main house or from it's own external entrance, has a kitchen, sitting room, two bedrooms and a bathroom.

The garden and grounds are a particular feature of this lovely family home. The formal garden stretches away from the house and is laid to lawn, mature shrubs and well stocked borders surrounded by mature trees. On the east side of the formal garden clipped box hedges create a formal garden around an ancient well feature. Views through to the pasture behind can be enjoyed through an arched gate. There is a covered loggia immediately to the rear of the sitting room, ideal for alfresco dining. At the front of the house past the wood shed is a hard tennis court and close by is a kitchen garden.

To the left of the tennis court is the stable yard with 9 stables, tack room and feed store, and a former horsebox garage. Close to the main drive is a traditional Cotswold stone barn.

To the west of North Rye House is the Bungalow/Cottage constructed of Cotswold stone under a Cotswold tile roof. It is a single storey building with a hall, sitting/dining room, kitchen/utility room, three bedrooms and one bathroom.

North Rye House is surrounded by its own paddocks and pasture. To the east of the house, is a woodland area with a pond and to the south is a larger woodland area. There is no rights of public access across the land. The land is farmed under both a grazing agreement and farm business tenancy with local farmers.

SITUATION
North Rye House is situated in the heart of the Cotswolds, bordering the charming village of Broadwell which has a good pub called the Fox Inn. This part of the Cotswolds has numerous well known pubs including The Chequers Inn at Church

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