STOW-ON-THE-WOLD

Designing a bespoke kitchen in and around Stow-on-the-Wold is always a privilege for the Guild Anderson design team.  Stow-on-the-Wold is a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, on top of an 800-foot hill at the junction of seven major roads through the Cotswolds, including the Fosse Way, which is of Roman origin. The town was founded by Norman lords to absorb trade from the roads converging there.

The large Market Square testifies to the towns former importance.  Most of the buildings around the market square dated from the 18th to 19th century including St Edward’s Hall (the present-day library). At one end stands the ancient cross, and at the other the town stocks, shaded between an old elm tree.  Around the square are an elegant array of Cotswold town houses and shops.

Stow is an important shopping centre and is known for its many fine Antique shops, Art galleries, Gifts and Crafts and is a centre for Walking the Cotswolds countryside.

Famous gardens to visit nearby include Hidcote Manor, an Arts and Crafts-inspired garden with intricately designed outdoor spaces in the rolling Cotswold hills.

Kiftsgate Court Gardens is situated above the village of Mickleton in the county of Gloucestershire, England, in the far north of the county close to the county border with both Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The gardens, famed for its roses, are the creation of three generations of women gardeners.

Sezincote sits at the heart of a traditional, family-run estate covering 3,500 acres of rolling Cotswold countryside stands a 200-year-old Mogul Indian palace, set in a romantic landscape of temples, grottoes, waterfalls and canals reminiscent of the Taj Mahal. Sezincote is credited with influencing the design of the Brighton pavilion after a visit by The Prince Regent in 1807.