2014年8月7日 星期四

The 123-acre estate besides Gatcombe Park country home is up for sale

    It’s a stunning former hunting lodge in its own right - but also gives you the chance to make friends with some rather regal neighbours.

The ’Hansel and Gretel’ cottage in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, sits centrally within its own 123 acres and is on the market for £850,000.

And it is located next to Princess Anne's 730-acre Gatcombe Park estate, where Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall moved in January 2013.


Pretty: The 'Hansel and Gretel' cottage in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, sits centrally within its own 123 acres and is on the market for £850,000
The 'Hansel and Gretel' cottage in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, sits centrally within its own 123 acres and is on the market for £850,000

Available: It is built of local Cotswold stone under a cut stone roof, and is said by estate agents to have 'huge potential to be renovated, extended or replaced'
Available: It is built of local Cotswold stone under a cut stone roof, and is said by estate agents to have 'huge potential to be renovated, extended or replaced'


Inside: The house has a main sitting room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom and store to the ground floor, with two bedrooms and a bathroom on the top floor
Inside: The house has a main sitting room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom and store to the ground floor, with two bedrooms and a bathroom on the top floor

Aerial view: The property is located next to Princess Anne's 730-acre Gatcombe Park estate, where Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall moved in January 2013
Aerial view: The property is located next to Princess Anne's 730-acre Gatcombe Park estate, where Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall moved in January 2013.


The property, called Hazelwood Cottage, is said to have been a former hunting lodge and originally formed part of the Gatcombe Park estate.

It is built of local Cotswold stone under a cut stone roof, and is said by estate agents to have ‘huge potential to be renovated, extended or replaced’.

The estate agents Hamptoms International said that 'there are endless opportunities with this charming property'
Position: It is located two miles from the market town of Nailsworth and five miles from Stroud, which has a train connection to London Paddington
Position: It is located two miles from the market town of Nailsworth and five miles from Stroud, which has a train connection to London Paddington


The woodland has previously been used for commercial logging. It also has a large numbers of wildlife including pheasant, roe deer and rabbits.

It is located two miles from the market town of Nailsworth and five miles from Stroud, which has a train connection to London Paddington.

The Princess Royal's house on the Gatcombe Park estate stables Zara's horses and is where she trains both racehorses and her three-day eventers.

The house and farming estate were bought by the Queen in 1976 for her daughter and the husband Captain Mark Phillips.

Now Anne lives in the large manor house with her second husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, while Mark is in the adjoining Aston Farm with his second wife.


Next door: The Gatcombe Park house and farming estate were bought by Queen Elizabeth II in 1976 for her daughter and then-husband Captain Mark Phillips
Next door: The Gatcombe Park house and farming est
ate were bought by Queen Elizabeth II in 1976 for her daughter and then-husband Captain Mark Phillips


The Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips, 30, rides Silver Lining V at the Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire in August 2011
Horse: Zara Phillips rides Silver Lining V at the Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park (top) in 2011, and is seen (bottom) with Glenbuck at the same event in 2008

On the estate: The British Open Horse Trials Championship at Gatcombe Park in August 1992
On the estate: The British Open Horse Trials Championship at Gatcombe Park in August 1992


Princess Anne at Gatcombe Park with daughter Zara in September 1984

The Princess Royal at Gatcombe Park in August 2003
Royal home: Princess Anne at Gatcombe Park with daughter Zara at Gatcombe Park in September 1984 , and the Princess Royal there in August 2003 


Family: Anne (far left) lives in the large manor house with her second husband, Sir Timothy Laurence (near left). They are pictured with Zara and Mike Tindall (right)
Family: Anne (far left) lives in the large manor house with her second husband, Sir Timothy Laurence (near left). They are pictured with Zara and Mike Tindall (right)


Zara and Tindall moved onto the estate last year, after selling their £1.2million white stucco marital home 20 miles away in Cheltenham.

Despite buying their home shortly after their wedding, in July 2011, Zara had always kept the home she previously lived in on her mother's estate.

And moving back made the estate even more of a family affair - with Zara's brother Peter, his wife Autumn and their two daughters, also living there.

Zara - who is 15th in line to the throne - and Tindall had their first child, Mia, on January 17. She is 16th in the line of succession.

The estate agent for the property - available for 'offers in excess of £850,000' - is Hamptons International.

Source: dailymail

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