1 Horseshoe Cottage is a typical Cotswold stone cottage overlooking Lower Swell’s quintessentially English village green and War Memorial. As you step through the front door of the cottage, you’ll immediately feel the care and high specifications that the owner has used to modernize the cottage. Everything from the royal blue velvet sofa to the lighting and crisp bed linens exudes good taste, comfort and style.

The cottage has a delightful English cottage garden, with a lawn and Bramley apple trees (guests are welcome to use the apples), a seating area and a brick barbeque with a grill.

Lower Swell is a small Cotswold village (population 400), just over one mile from the historic market town of Stow-on-the-Wold and 17 miles to Cheltenham. Surrounded by open countryside, the village is the perfect location for walking. Take a circular walk around the surrounding villages and back to Lower Swell or cross the fields to nearby Bourton-on-the-Water – a walking distance of about five miles.

Full Property Description

Ground Floor

Entrance Hall

Step through the outside door into the porch/hallway where you will find the key box and room to leave muddy boots and shoes.

Head through into the:

Living Room

The cottage has a delightful and cosy Living Room with a wood burner, a three-seater royal blue sink-in sofa, armchair and a large beanbag. Guests have use of a Smart TV with an Amazon Firestick.

From the Living Room go down two steps and through an original oak door into:

Kitchen/Dining Room

To the right is a fully equipped kitchen (see ‘Facilities’) with induction hob, oven, dishwasher, pretty Quaker-style units and plenty of wooden work surface for preparing and cooking meals. To the left is the Dining Area overlooking the village green, with a rectangular table and seating for five.

Utility / Laundry Room

Just off the Living Room, at the bottom of the staircase, is a handy Utility Room with washing machine, dryer, ironing board/iron, long work surface (good for storing luggage), and storage area, where the owner keeps the travel cot, highchair and stairgate.

A vacuum, mop and broom are stored in the under-stair’s cupboard.

Upstairs

A moderately steep staircase, with a handrail, leads up to three bedrooms – all with sisal carpeting – and the Family Bathroom.

Bedroom One

The master bedroom looks out over the garden and local fields – a view guests can enjoy from the dear little window seat. The white walls and natural sisal carpeting are complemented with a king-size bed with a soft grey fabric headboard, two bedside tables, with unusual spotlight reading lamps, a hanging rail, storage baskets and a full-length mirror.

Bedroom Two

The cottage’s second double bedroom has a soothing grey-white-yellow pallet and is furnished with a double bed, a bedside table with a globe reading lamp, a double wardrobe and full-length mirror.

Bedroom Three

Looking out over the village green, this bedroom has a single bed, partly under the eaves, and is ideal for younger guests or smaller adults. The bedroom has a chair for clothes and a pretty Art Deco-style bedside light.

Family Bathroom

The bathroom has a full bath with over-bath shower, a wash basin, vanity unit with mirror, a dual-flush toilet and heated towel rail.

Outside

Immediately outside the front door is a small garden patio. Directly opposite is a wooden garden gate, which leads through to a very pretty garden with a seating area, lawn and mature trees and a brick barbecue and grill.

Nearby Stow-on-the-Wold is a thriving Cotswold market town which, along with Moreton in Marsh, is perhaps the best known of the small Cotswolds towns. This popular town stands on a 700-foot high hill at a junction of seven major roads, including the Roman Fosse Way, perhaps a reason why it was the site of the last battle of the English Civil War in 1646. Stow has a sophisticated collection of shops and restaurants – including The Porch House Hotel, reputed to be the oldest inn in England, dating back to 947 AD.

Nearby attractions include Daylesford Farm (4.5 miles), Soho Farmhouse (18.5 miles), Cotswold Farm Park (4.5 miles), Cotswold Wildlife Park (14 miles), Birdland (5 miles), Broadway Tower (4 miles) and Snowshill Manor.