The owners of this house in the Cotswolds had converted a much smaller, rather utilitarian house into a lovely large family house to accommodate themselves and their three children.

Much of the work on the house had been carried out by the couple themselves including a great deal of the stone work and they wanted to create a garden around the house, once again carrying out some of the work themselves. The house is on a South facing narrow sloping site with beech woods to the left and right. Beyond, to the South, is a golf course, giving them some lovely trees and shrubs to look at in the borrowed landscape. The aim of the design was to take the eye through the garden, down to a natural pond at the bottom of the hill and across to the golf course.