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" Set at the end of a private road on the edge of this sought after Cotswolds village sits this handsome and classically proportioned detached family residence offering generous and balanced accommodation. Constructed from natural Cotswold stone with a front elevation in fine quality Ashlar, the house has been designed to offer versatile and elegant living with the convenience of modern standards of heating, insulation and construction.

The ground floor rooms principally radiate off a central reception hall with an impressive chandelier and an elegant turned staircase fitted with mahogany balustrades. The drawing room has French doors to the rear terrace and a contemporary fireplace whilst the generous kitchen/breakfast room is fitted with a comprehensive range of bespoke Clive Christian units, a large island unit with granite surface and a 4-oven AGA. A dining room opening to a timber conservatory, family room and study offer further living areas. On the first floor, the master bedroom suite has a walk-in dressing area and en suite bathroom, a guest bedroom with en suite shower room, two further bedrooms and a family bathroom. A double garage, cloakroom and utility room completes the accommodation.

Situation
Painswick, the ?Queen of the Cotswolds?, is a thriving community nestling in a delightful Cotswolds setting. Constructed of mellow locally quarried stone, the town has many beautiful buildings dating back as far as the 14th Century. Painswick Churchyard is famous for its impressive array of table tombs and its 99 yew trees about which folklore holds that if a 100th should grow the devil will pull it out.

The Painswick Playgroup and The Croft Primary School are within approximately 250m whilst education options in the wider area are particularly strong in both the private and state sectors with independent schools including Kings School, Wycliffe College, Cheltenham College, Cheltenham Ladies College and Dean Close whilst there are Grammar schools in Stroud, Gloucester and Cheltenham. There are several local shops, galleries, tearooms and restaurants in the village whilst the surrounding towns provide a good range of social, recreational and retail amenities to suit all tastes and budgets. Recreational opportunities in the village include tennis, rugby and bowls clubs with many other groups including badminton and amateur dramatics meeting at the Painswick Centre. In the wider area, events include polo at Edgeworth and Cirencester Park, racing at Prestbury Park, eventing at Gatcombe and sailing at the Cotswold Water Park, together with shooting and fishing on local estates and golf at Gloucester and Painswick Golf Clubs.

Painswick is conveniently located approximately 4 miles from Stroud, 6 miles from Gloucester, 9 miles from Cheltenham and 16 miles from Cirencester. The A46 and A417 offer convenient access to the local towns as well as to both the M4 and M5 Motorways.

Outside
The rear gardens have been landscaped to offer ease of maintenance with a southerly-facing terrace adjacent to the house that opens to lawns bordered by mature shrub beds. Steps lead to an octagonal summer house that overlooks an ornamental pond surrounded by gravel path and formal garden with box hedging, espalier fruit trees and manicured yews.

To the front are further lawns bordered by shrub beds and a generous block-paved parking area adjacent to the attached double garage with electronically controlled doors and eaves storage space accessed via a pull down ladder. "