4 bed detached house for sale

Maisemore, Gloucester GL2

A rare opportunity to acquire a handsome detached family home in the sought-after village of Maisemore. Dating back approximately 200 years, this characterful property offers versatile living accommodation set within an impressive 1.73-acre plot, featuring established formal gardens, orchards and far-reaching rural views. The extensive grounds provide excellent potential for future development, subject to the necessary planning permissions, while offering an enviable countryside lifestyle. A truly unique family home combining period character, generous grounds, privacy and outstanding rural surroundings.

Accommodation

Accessed via a solid wooden door, the pitched-roof entrance porch provides useful coat storage and leads into the bright dual-aspect study, with a solid wood staircase and understairs storage. The spacious living room features parquet flooring, triple-aspect windows overlooking the gardens, French doors, a picture rail and attractive open fireplace. A cosy sitting room offers a striking brick inglenook fireplace with inset wood-burning stove, bay window seat and garden views, leading through to the formal dining room with parquet flooring and further character features. The traditional farmhouse-style kitchen/breakfast room features a range of wooden units, tiled work surfaces, and space for appliances, with windows to the front and rear, while an adjoining utility area, rear porch, and downstairs WC add excellent practicality.

The first floor offers four bedrooms, including an impressive master bedroom with built-in wardrobes and drawers, triple-aspect windows and wonderful views over the gardens and surrounding farmland, together with a useful en-suite shower room. Bedroom two is a good-sized double with built-in storage, while bedrooms three and four each enjoy pleasant front-facing views. The family bathroom completes the accommodation and features a panelled bath with shower over, wash hand basin, WC and frosted rear window.

Outside

The property is approached via double gates leading to a long driveway, which opens onto a generous parking and turning area. The front garden is predominantly laid to lawn and complemented by mature planted borders, with a pedestrian gate providing access to the property.

The rear gardens are a particular feature, offering a wonderful combination of established planting, colourful flower and shrub borders, a large area of lawn and a charming patio with water feature. Beyond the formal gardens is a productive area with greenhouse and vegetable beds, ideal for those wishing to enjoy a ‘grow your own’ lifestyle. Gated access leads through to the orchard, which is planted with a variety of mature apple and other fruit trees and includes three useful agricultural-style buildings, comprising a red brick and breeze-block garage, timber shed and timber lean-to with corrugated iron roof. The orchard is understood to be designated as a ‘Traditional Orchard’ under the Priority Habitat Inventory, Natural England (1 January 2024). The land benefits from additional access via Blacksmiths Lane and offers significant potential for future development, subject to the necessary planning permissions. The entire plot extends to approximately 1.73 acres.

Double Garage (7.05 x 6.01 (23'1" x 19'8"))

Electric door to the front, pedestrian door to the side, ample first-floor storage accessed via internal staircase, and a good-sized store at the rear with double-door access.

Location

Situated north of the historic City of Gloucester on the west side of the River Severn, Maisemore provides its parishioners with the experience of countryside living alongside the convenience of being located four miles from the city centre. With an active village hall, various country and riverside walks, an authorised Severn Bore site as well as local schooling and post office in the near by village of Hartpury, two miles away.

Material Information

Tenure: Freehold
Council tax band: G
Local Authority: Tewkesbury Borough Council tax band £3,826.90 (2026/27)
Electricity supply: Mains
Water supply: Mains
Sewerage: Mains
Heating: Oil
Broadband speed: Basic 5 Mbps, Superfast 1000 Mbps
Mobile phone coverage: EE, Vodafone, Three & O2