Celebrities Cotswold Homes

Home of Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

A 17th century manor house(known as Roberts House) at Siddington near Cirencester is now the home of the Bowen family.

The house is the new home of flamboyant design guru Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen who moved there in April 2007 with his wife, Jackie, and their two daughters, having decided to risk all and trade their comfortable family town house in London for a "run down, unloved" Cotswold home which they have now sympathetically modernised.

HOUSE DESCRIPTION

The detached house is a Grade II Listed House, at one time consisted of several separate cottages. Possibly late C16/early C17 wing to east, with large range added mid/late C17 by John Roberts, the well known Quaker who died in 1683; much restored in late 20th century.

Rubble stone, stone slate roof with part of rear internal angle in plain tiles, brick end stacks to main range.
'L'-plan with 2 gables on east side of older section and main front to north-east on later addition, 2 storeys and attic.

Four windows, 2-light leaded stone mullion and transoms to first and ground floors, both with continuous dripmould. Four large gabled dormers with large moulded wooden pediments and twin leaded casements. Four small oval lights in rectangular frames to right hand return.

Projecting rear 2-storey stair tower with 2-light stone mullion and transom to each floor. Older wing to east has large central gable on north side. Door originally to right of this wing, now moved to centre with timber lintel remaining to right. Four-light wood mullion above, and renewed 2-light casement in attic. Scattered metal casements to east side. C17 lead rainwater goods brought from elsewhere. Retains part of original staircase with carved flat balusters.

Interior much altered although sympathetically restored. Very large chamfered beams with carved stops to ground and first floor of Roberts' extension.

Click on links for further details including information about the village of Siddington and the historic house known as 'Roberts House' - John Roberts being the leader of the persecuted Quakers in the mid 1600s.

For more information on this Celeb see - Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

Home of Daniel Chadwick

Sculptor Daniel Chadwick inherited the beautiful Lypiatt Park, a medieval and Tudor manor house in Bisley, near Stroud in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds, in 2003.

His father, Lynn Chadwick, who was also a sculptor bought the house in 1959 and spent nearly 50 years restoring it. He died on 25 April 2003 aged 88 and it is to his foresight that we owe the preservation of the house with the longest history in the area.

The name ‘Lypiatt’ is commonly said to mean a gate over which
deer could leap but which restrained other stock.

The house has origins as far back as 1220 and one of the first owners was Dick Whittington who became Lord Mayor of London. He is said to have obtained the house due to a default on repayment of a loan of £500 he made to the previous owner Phillip Maunsell.

Lypiatt Park was once the home of Sir John Throckmorton, who was related to the plotters Catesby, Tresham and Winter. The Throckmorton family have links with Coughton Court at Alcester in Warwickshire.

Robert Catesby, leader of the Gunpowder Plot, is believed to have met other members of the plot - Francis Tresham, Thomas Wintour and Guy Fawkes there to finalise plans for blowing up the Houses of Parliament on 5th November 1605.

Lypiatt Park has original medieval turrets and is located in 10 acres of gardens. The house and grounds are currently a Private Estate but Daniel Chadwick has put forward proposals to open to the public an area of the park to create a permanent display for his sculpture collection.

Daniel Chadwick also owns the Woolpack Inn, of Laurie Lee fame, at the village of Slad also near Stroud.

For more information on this Celeb see - Daniel Chadwick

Home of Jake Chapman

Conceptual artist Jake Chapman lives with his model wife Rosemary Ferguson near the Cotswold village of Filkins at Furzey Hall Farm, a converted Victorian farmhouse in 9 acres. The couple have totally refurbished the property (which they bought for circa £1.25m in 2006) linking it to the adjacent barn to create one property.

The alterations include the creation of guest accommodation, an open-plan kitchen, dining area and heated swimming pool filled by natural spring water.

The Chapmans are good friends with Kate Moss who lives only 2.5 miles away at Little Faringdon.
See the home of Kate Moss.

The refurbishent project is a perfect lesson in how to incorporate contemporary design whilst still keeping the original appearance. The Architects were Waugh Thistleton of Paul Street, London.

Home of Elizabeth Hurley

Liz Hurley's former home was a 72 acre Cotswold farm and 3 storey farm house in the hamlet of Ampney Knowle near the Cotswold town of Barnsley, 4 miles north east of Cirencester. The house includes a range of outbuildings and tennis court and cost £2.75m.

The house has two large bay windows to the front overlooking the tennis court and a 200 meter private road leads to the isolated property.

The farm is stocked with Gloucester Cattle, Gloucester Old Spot Pigs, Shetland & Lleyn Sheep and some arable cropping. Both Liz Hurley and her farm manager run the farm and Liz has been seen at Cirencester Market personally selling her Gloucester Old Spot sausages.

This home has now been sold for £9m and she has moved to Donnington Hall at Ledbury in Herefordshire.

Donnington Hall - new home of Liz Hurley

For more information on this Celeb see - Elizabeth Hurley

Home of Kate Moss

Kate Moss lives in a 10 bedroom house in the Oxfordshire Cotswold village of
Little Farringdon one mile from Lechlade.

The 50-year-old model is hoping to run her own farm from her country estate in the Cotswolds and has applied for permission to transform the surrounding land.

Kate has been a regular visitor to the Cotswolds since buying the £2 million, 10-bedroom grade II-listed mansion.

For more information on this Celeb see - Kate Moss