{"id":11138,"date":"2025-07-15T07:59:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/11138\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T07:59:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:59:05","slug":"a-contemporary-palladian-pile-stuffed-with-surprises-hits-the-market-for-6m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/11138\/","title":{"rendered":"A contemporary Palladian pile stuffed with surprises hits the market for \u00a36m"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a new twist on an old saga: a Palladian pile on the market in deepest Gloucestershire<\/a>, supported by ancient beams, laden with antique chandeliers, clad in wisteria. Except Daisy Green is no fixer-upper, doomed by rising damp, abandoned by despairing aristocrats. The new listing from Blue Book Agency<\/a> was built 15 years ago by the late architect Martin Branston for an adventurous designer and her husband as a foil for the minimalism of the day. The asking price is \u00a36m<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Inspired by 18th-century Georgians and the principles of harmony and proportion espoused by Andrea Palladio<\/a>, John and Susanna White<\/a> embarked on the project with a yearning to experiment. They visualised the new build with character and wit, from custom furnishings and wallpapers from Susanna\u2019s burgeoning interiors practice, Whiteworks<\/a>. Set in 116 mature acres, including 90 acres of Cotswolds<\/a> farmland, they conceived a timeless fa\u00e7ade embracing the finest points of Palladian architecture, leading into a fantastical world concealing mod cons and conveniences.<\/p>\n

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\u2018John and I were inspired by the idea of combining practical, modern amenities with the elegant external beauty of English Palladian architecture, whose tall sash windows and ceiling heights can provide glorious light-filled internal living spaces,\u2019 says Susanna. \u2018We didn\u2019t want grandiosity \u2014 we wanted something joyful, full of wit and character. A grown-up doll\u2019s house, if you like.\u2019<\/p>\n

To achieve their ends, the couple collaborated closely with local craftspeople and reused reclaimed materials and furnishings. The evocative entranceway opens to a double-height foyer with stone flooring, dramatic countryside views and a wrought-metal staircase by Matt Livsey Hammond<\/a>. The elaborate period plasterwork is balanced by a modern steel eat-in kitchen on the raised ground floor, with an Esse oven and cosy lounge. It fits in seamlessly with the timeless design of the house, carefully crafted over three years.<\/p>\n

In the other direction from the kitchen is a magnificent formal space bathed in light from shuttered windows. A Georgian mantelpiece once belonging to Cecil Beaton<\/a> sits at one end, reclaimed from his Redditch House. The long room is furnished in period antiques and a glorious hand-painted tiled mural by Priscilla Kennedy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The first floor is arranged around five bedrooms, each with an en-suite or private bathroom, one with another painted-tile scene by Priscilla Kennedy. The principal suite has a mezzanine dressing room accessed by a chinoiserie-metal balustrade, leading to a roof terrace with views across the estate. At the lower-ground level is a purpose-built wine cellar.<\/p>\n

Just north of the historic market town of Wotton-under-Edge, the grounds benefit from a 1990 four-bedroom farmhouse, an adjacent barn and an artist\u2019s studio, where Whiteworks was born. Located across a cobbled courtyard from the main house, the outbuildings have their own kitchens, bathrooms and lounge spaces. A modern gothic-inspired summerhouse on the land serves as a year-round greenhouse, and a wildlife pond offers views beyond to the Tyndale Monument<\/a>. Grazing the working farmland are 150 Herdwick sheep, managed by a local farmer.<\/p>\n

\u2018When we started building Daisy Green, Whiteworks hadn\u2019t yet taken shape,\u2019 says Susanna. \u2018As the house grew, so did my creative practice. Daisy Green became a living studio: a place to play, test, refine. Now it\u2019s time for the next chapter. With Whiteworks thriving, we\u2019re ready for a new project and to hand Daisy Green over to someone who will love it as much as we have.\u2019<\/p>\n

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