Pay in 4 is a form of credit, so consider whether you can afford the repayments as use of the product may impact your credit score. The original elm floorboards were in great condition and helped inform the pink and brown colour palette of this room. From its perch on top of the Cotswolds escarpment it commands extraordinary views over an exquisite landscape below. The curtains are in pink ticking fabric from Tinsmiths, the chair was picked up at a warehouse sale at Soho House and the Moroccan striped rug is from Penelope Chilvers. Author Katy Campbell and photographer Mark Nicholson take us on a tour of the villages and rolling hills of the Cotswolds as they uncover some of the most charming and inspirational homes in the region: a chocolate box cottage, an exquisite old rectory, a Georgian farmhouse, a quintessential manor house, an historic stately home, and more.

It is home to a handsome National Trust manor house, famed for its Arts and Crafts garden and it is also the location of a house owned by Robin Smith Sulger which is itself an exemplar of the Arts and Crafts style. I wanted something authentic and in its original state, rather than something that had been modernised. Examples of this include: setting your privacy preferences, logging in to your Savills account, or filling in forms.

Property expert Katy Campbell and acclaimed photographer Mark Nicholson offer an insider’s look at the Cotswolds’ most charming and inspirational private homes. After renovating her own homes (including a previous house in the Cotswolds), friends started asking her for help with theirs. The Persian rug was bought in Cape Town, the pink antique chair is from Station Road antiques and the ottoman is from OKA. Pipers Hill is a wonderful country home set in its own stunning grounds with 14 acres just outside the lovely market town of stow on the wold. Over a chair picked up from a Soho House furniture sale is a rug designed by Penelope, and here her daughter loves to feed her baby son, enjoying the view from the window.

It is a beautiful visual feast, providing inspiration and insight into the quintessential Cotswold country home. The featured homes, along with their adjacent gardens, were chosen not only for their architectural beauty but for their stunning interiors, which range in style from classical English country retreat to chic contemporary dwelling. Perhaps the most charming room in the house is the parlour that won Penelope and Steve over when they first viewed it. A Pooky lamp and two ceramic Katryn Moye candlesticks found at Tinsmiths stand on top of a Biedermeier cupboard, under an Emma Hardy photograph of Spanish Cowboys bringing rare breed wild houses down from the mountains. With their distinctive honey-colored stone walls, set amongst rolling hills and beautiful countryside, the decor of these houses expresses inspirational ideals of English country style that readers will love to explore and emulate.With their distinctive honey-colored stone walls set amongst rolling hills and beautiful countryside, the décor of these houses expresses inspirational ideals of English country style that readers will love to explore and emulate. A carved wooden tribal stool come from Cameroon and a little English bobbin table sits in the corner. So many of this genre of book the photographs take pride of place but with this book the writing equals the beautiful photographs and is informative, witty and a well balanced to sit alongside the splendid images for each property. Clinging to the side of a hill high above the villages of Broadway, Buckland and Laverton is the ancient, stone-built hamlet of Snowshill. Follow the stairs back up and you reach the bright master bedroom wing, which boasts seven original leaded windows and half-timbered walls.