Detached house for sale in Longmead, Near Uley, Dursley, Gloucestershire GL11

Longmead is an impressive Edwardian country home on the edge of an unspoilt, stunning valley with idyllic country views. The house is believed to date to the early 1900s and is not listed.

The accommodation is well thought out and is centred around a spacious hall on the ground floor and a large landing on the first floor. Nearly all rooms are of good proportion and are naturally light as well as having views over gardens and surrounding countryside.

The open plan kitchen breakfast room links the formal reception rooms, that include an impressive dining and drawing room with large bay windows as well as study and garden room. The sitting room was originally a billiards room and would make a great games or playroom. To the side of the kitchen is a large utility room and workshop/boiler room with direct access to the outside as well as an attached greenhouse.

On the first floor is a large principal bedroom in the middle of the house, with en suite bathroom, dressing room and storage/ box room. Across the large landing are four further bedrooms, a family bathroom, WC and second en suite shower room.

Longmead offers an extensive country home of about 5,426 sq ft which is ideal for a family living and entertaining.

Longmead is situated midway between the delightful village of Uley and the small market town of Dursley in a beautiful semi-wooded valley on the lower reaches of the Cotswold Hills escarpment in an area designated as being of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Uley has a parish church, village shop, primary school, a traditional pub, brewery, doctor's surgery and art centre.

The nearby towns of Wotton-under-Edge, Tetbury and Dursley have a range of excellent shops and services for everyday needs, including supermarkets and sports centres and in the locality, there are several renowned pubs and restaurants, including Calcot Manor and its first class spa.

Education in the area is exceptional, including Beaudesert Park, Cheltenham College, Cheltenham Ladies College, Wycliffe College, Westonbirt School, Katharine Lady Berkeley and many other schools throughout the region.
Sporting opportunities include golf at Cotswold Edge Golf Course, Minchinhampton, Stinchcombe Hill golf course and Westonbirt, racing at Cheltenham and Bath, motor racing at Castlecombe and premier rugby at Gloucester and Bath. Theatres in Bath, Bristol and Cheltenham.

There is also a network of footpaths and bridleways providing excellent walking and riding in the area, hunting with the Berkley Hounds, while The Duke of Beaufort's are nearby; polo at The Beaufort at Westonbirt and Cirencester Park; as well as eventing at Badminton, Oxstalls and Dauntsey with many other equestrian events nearby.