Poplar House

Gloucestershire. Sleeps up to 12

Within a gorgeous luxury development, Poplar House is bright, beautiful and only one of a handful of properties to be built on its own island. How much fun is that! This fabulous, four bedroom home can sleep between 8 and 12 guests, depending on whether you use the children’s rooms to full capacity.

Poplar House is accessed via a small footbridge which leads you to the front door. The house benefits from a lovely westerly facing aspect over the tranquil Howells Mere Lake. Poplar House is built over two floors with open plan living spaces on the ground floor. The house benefits from almost fully glazed side and rear elevations taking full advantage of the sensational lake views. With so much glass, the living spaces are illuminated beautifully and feel light and airy. There are gorgeous, warm wooden floors throughout. The interior is incredibly stylish with wonderful, comfortable furnishings. The decor is mainly white, grey and blue with lovely added colour accents. A variety of sofas, love seats and chairs surround the modern log burner and enjoy the spectacular views. A television and a selection of DVD’s are provided for your entertainment. There is also a small round table, perfect for playing cards or family board games. Close to the kitchen area and with doors to the decked terrace, the dining area also benefits from floor-to-ceiling glass doors and windows. This house dazzles in sunlight! The kitchen is fantastic with masses of glossy white cupboards, wonderful appliances and a central island with stools. The whole living space is incredibly social, perfect for large groups. There is also a handy cloakroom which is also home to the washing machine and dryer. The ground floor deck offers alfresco dining with a view and a top-notch gas barbecue.

The bedrooms can be found on the first floor. The spacious master boasts a super kingsize bed, a charming vaulted ceiling, a beautiful ensuite bathroom and a balcony with delightful lake views. There is also a children’s bedroom with bunk beds, a child’s bed and another truckle bed that can be pulled out and used if necessary. The room sleeps four children, though they may enjoy quite a lot of late night chatter! It also boasts an immaculate fully tiled ensuite bathroom. The lakeside king bedroom enjoys a small balcony with lake views. Finally, there is a double bunk high sleeper arrangement. There is a double bed underneath the high sleeper. Again four can sleep here though the high sleeper is only suitable for older children. The smart family shower room to share.

This exclusive, gated Cotswolds development just south of Cirencester offers an incredible range of facilities and activities for the whole family. It boasts stunning landscapes, nine lakes, two rivers, lakeside trails and hundreds of acres of lush green space. The development is prestigious, upmarket and offers both supreme relaxation and adventure in equal measures. Families enjoy wonderful water activities, access to an award winning spa which boasts a sauna, steam room and three swimming pools, including indoor, outdoor and a bracing eco-pool naturally filtered by water lilies as well. Visitors to the spa also enjoy gorgeous, luxurious well-being treatments. In addition, there are tennis courts, a library, a ‘restful reading’ lounge, a fabulous children’s playground, restaurant, Technogym and a handy shop. With so much on offer for all ages, this is the perfect place for multi-generational holidays and meeting up with friends. It is no real surprise that many families book to come year after year.

Poplar House enjoys a very special lakeside location on an island within a gated resort in the heart of the Cotswolds. Just south of Cirencester, guests enjoy many entertainment options within the development as well as being located on the doorstep of fabulous Cotswolds attractions. Villages and towns such as Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold, Tetbury, Cirencester, Malmesbury and Lacock are all close by and the regency pleasures of Cheltenham and the Georgian glories of Bath are less than twenty miles away.

Bourton-on-the-Water, like most of the Cotswolds, lies in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is the Venice of the Cotswolds with beautiful bridges crossing the River Windrush. Gorgeous cosy cafes line the pretty streets together with houses made with enchanting honey coloured Cotswold stone.

Stow-on-the-Wold is a delightful market town, the highest of the Cotswold towns exposed on the 800 feet high Stow Hill at the crossroads with the Roman Fosse Way. The town boasts a fascinating history. At the height of the Cotswold wool industry, it held annual fairs where as many as 20000 sheep were sold at one time. The Market Square is very attractive with its ancient cross, town stocks and an elegant array of Cotswold town houses and shops. You will find many fine antique shops, art galleries, gift and craft shops.

Tetbury is another historic wool town. It is an architectural gem with many of the wool merchant’s houses remaining the same as they were in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Parish Church of St Mary’s has one of the tallest and most elegant spires in the UK. Tetbury is popular for its independent shops including antique shops, vintage and interior shops, exclusive boutiques and the Highgrove shop. Tetbury holds many regular events including the May Day Wacky Races, the Spring Bank Holiday Woolsack Races when contestants carry 65lb woolsacks up and down the 1 in 4 hill, the August Summer Show, the September Food and Drink Festival, the October Tetbury Music Festival and the Christmas Lights Switch-on.

Close by, visitors can enjoy the stunning botanical experience of the National Arboretum at Westonbirt, the glorious Elizabethan Chavenage House used for many famous films and TV series, the beautiful Arts and Crafts Manor at Rodmarton, the 13th century Lacock Abbey and HRH Prince of Wales’ stunning garden at Highgrove. Local equestrian events such as the Badminton Horse Trials, Gatcombe Festival of British Eventing and Beaufort Polo are all popular.

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