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Stephen Bayley's Introduction

When I saw the plans, my immediate impression was... unbelievable. I thought this can't be The Cotswolds. It must be California or Switzerland or anywhere else on the globe where good, modern architecture seems to happen naturally. But I was wrong. It is believable and it¹s really happening in Gloucestershire.

Masterpiece architecture is exciting enough wherever it is built, but there's something extraordinary here. We are in the deeply conservative English countryside. For too long the culture of the country has been sentimental and backward-looking: quite literally afraid to change.

Jeremy Paxton has assembled a team of more than 30 of the World’s leading architects and they are prepared to work on individual commissions to create a unique piece of architecture on the Estate for you and your family.