Sheepscombe House, Gloucestershire

Sheepscombe House, Gloucestershire

This place is a beauty, the sort of postcard-perfect country house that people earmark when buying a lottery ticket. It ticks all the clichéd boxes expected from a honey-hued, wisteria-draped Georgian residence.

The façade is mesmerisingly symmetrical, with regimented sash windows overlooking the Cotswolds countryside. The pale-grey-painted Devol kitchen is straight from a Pinterest board, with a double butler sink, four-door Aga and brass-knobbed, French-style oven. The attached garden room is flooded with sunshine during the day and becomes especially pretty at night when the fairy lights are on.

The rest of the house is substantial (there are five big bedrooms, a grown-up double sitting room and massive cinema room), but it feels fantastically comfy: Aubusson-style rugs, deep-cushioned sofas, animal hides and battered leather club chairs against a backdrop of the owner's extensive modern-art collection.