COME HOME TO VILLAGE LIFE IN THE COTSWOLDS
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ituated in Tetbury, one of the most attractive towns in the Cotswolds, Steepleton is an imaginatively planned development of 113 apartments. This is a neighbourhood where no two days are the same and people regularly come together to enjoy all that it offers. From doing a spot of gardening to having a bite to eat in the restaurant, it’s all happening at Steepleton.
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ward-winning architects Proctor and Matthews have designed the development to complement the aesthetic of the local area. Its layout draws on the idea of ancient settlements, with a farmstead at the centre and a variety of gardens and walkways that connect the apartment buildings to the restaurant, lounge, spa, gym, and all the areas that bring people together.
1. Outdoor Swimming Pond 2. Restaurant, Private Dining Room and Lounge 3. Spa 4. Gym and Studio 5. Kiosk CafĂŠ and Snug 6. Reception 7. Guest Suites
THE GARDEN VILLAGE
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he nine apartment buildings are structured around a series of interlocking gardens, each with its own character and function. The result is a place where you can be actively involved in gardening or simply take pleasure in walking through the flower-lined paths under the branches of mature trees. The buildings are interspersed with ‘common greens’, which provide splashes of meadow-like colour. The ‘wold courts’ are found beyond these. The gardens are charming wildernesses and the main way of getting about.
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1. Williams 2. Concorde 3. Onward 4. Seckel 5. Orient
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1. Garden court 2. Wold court 3. Common green
LIFE AT STEEPLETON
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stroll around Steepleton will lead you to a variety of places to relax, catch up with neighbours or grab a bite to eat. At the heart of the neighbourhood, an outdoor swimming pond draws keen swimmers for an early morning dip, while the kiosk cafÊ serves the coffee and pastries that follow. A bridge leads across the outdoor swimming pond to the spa, where you’ll find the steam room, herbal sauna and Nordic spa pool. For freshly made, seasonal dishes throughout the year, head to the restaurant. The chef champions local produce and artisanal goods, and will be happy to cater for any private events you might wish to hold. Whenever you have friends or relatives visiting, you can book them into one of the guest suites. Speak to The General Manager to make your booking.
DISCOVER TETBURY
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he thriving market town of Tetbury is home to a range of independent shops and businesses. On Church Street you’ll find a florists, a cheesemongers and a bakery, as well as local favourite the Yellow Lighted Bookshop, which regularly hosts book events and author readings in store. Down the road on Market Place, the Snooty Fox serves local food and drink in welcoming surroundings, and the Veloton Bicycle shop next door combines bike parts and cycle repair services with baristaserved coffee and freshly baked cakes. There are also plenty of convenient services around town, with a post office, doctors, pharmacy and most of the main banks all within easy reach of Steepleton.
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EXPLORING FURTHER AFIELD
Bourton House Garden
Sezincote Estate
Chastleton House
Cheltenham Racecourse
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Gatcombe Park
Tetbury • Highgrove House
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Blenheim Palace Oxford Airport
Tetbury is also well placed to explore nearby towns and cities, with Bristol, Cheltenham and Bath under 45 minutes’ drive away. Trains to London run regularly from nearby Kemble, and Tetbury is just 35 miles from Bristol airport.
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Slightly further afield, the Costwolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is home to hundreds of walking trails, including the 102-mile-long Cotswold Way that passes through quaint villages and unspoilt countryside.
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Cotswold Airport Kemble Train Station
M5 Westonbirt, The National Arboretum
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THE LOUNGE
STEP INSIDE
In addition to the comfy armchairs, the fire and the floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, the lounge has an honesty bar concealed behind some of the cupboard doors, making it the ideal place to catch up with friends over an evening glass of wine.
THE RESTAURANT The restaurant uses produce from local suppliers to offer fresh, delicious meals every day. A flight of stairs leads up to the private dining area and games room. This space can be booked through the General Manager.
CAFÉ & SNUG Grab a newspaper by the front door, a cold drink from the fridge and head upstairs to the snug. This is the perfect spot for a laidback coffee and a catch up on the day’s news.
THE SPA Bridges lead over the outdoor swimming pond to the spa, where the Nordic spa pool and heated loungers look out towards the aquaculture gardens. You’ll also find a herbal sauna and a steam room, and a range of treatments are available to enjoy in the gardens or in your apartment.
THE GYM Catering for a range of fitness levels and exercise preferences, the gym features state-of-the-art equipment and offers numerous classes, including yoga and aerobics. There is also the option for personal training if you’d like to opt for some tailored workout programmes.
THE APARTMENTS
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he one, two and three bedroom apartments at Tetbury have open-plan living areas with sliding doors that lead out onto private balconies or terraces. Overlooking the living areas, the kitchens are well equipped with fully integrated appliances, plenty of storage space and large worktops. The light and airy bedrooms have intelligent storage solutions and large windows that make the most of natural light. The fully tiled bathrooms are fitted with heated towel rails and either a bath or a walk-in shower.
FLOORPLANS & SPECIFICATION APARTMENT KITCHENS
APARTMENT BATHROOMS
Oven
Vanity washbasin
Hob
Basin tap
Integral ovens are fan-assisted with a stainless steel finish. Each kitchen is fitted with a four-burner ceramic hob with rotary controls.
Integrated dishwasher
Bathroom basins are fitted with a deck-mounted, single-lever mixer tap in a chrome finish.
Bath taps and shower head
A single-drawer dishwasher is fitted at an appropriate, ergonomic height for ease of use.
The chrome finished bath taps are thermostatic with an additional hand-held shower kit.
Integrated fridge-freezer
Wall-mounted shower set
A fridge-freezer is integrated into each apartment’s kitchen. The auto-defrost fridge has a 250-litre capacity and the freezer holds 75 litres.
Kitchen sink
Each bathroom is fitted with a fixed-head, thermostatic-controlled shower finished in chrome, with a hand-held attachment.
Living room 14ft x 10.9ft
Heated towel rail
Kitchen 12.6ft x 14ft
The shower screen is full height and made from toughened glass.
Kitchen sink mixer tap
Contemporary, chrome towel rails are heated for added comfort and convenience.
Washing machine
Every apartment has its own concealed 6kg, 1200rpm washing machine with LED display.
Tumble dryer
A 7kg capacity, concealed condenser dryer with reverse tumble action is fitted in the utility cupboard.
Kitchen units
Each kitchen’s fully fitted units are custom-designed with shaker-style cabinets and porcelain white fronts with J range pull handles.
Worktop
The kitchen work surfaces have a rolled-edge laminate in Sonoma Oak finish.
Worktop lighting
Concealed LED lighting is fitted to the underside of the overhead cupboards for added convenience.
Microwave
A 26-litre microwave in a stainless-steel finish is integrated into each kitchen.
Splashback
Valencia White Gloss Domus tiling has been used for the splashback surface.
Flooring
Floors are Havwoods Engineered Oak Aventine with matt lacquering.
Apartment area 644.8 sq. ft
Shower screen
One bedroom apartments have single sinks, while two bedroom apartments feature a large and small sink combined. All are undermounted and made from stainless steel. The kitchen sink features a deck-mounted Franke Bern mixer tap with a single, swivel-spout lever in polished chrome.
ONE BEDROOM
Washbasins feature semi-recessed basins with overflow.
Toilet-roll holder
Bedroom 12ft x 11.1ft
WC
Bathroom 8.1ft x 8ft
The chrome toilet-roll holder complements the rest of the bathroom fittings. These are wall-mounted, with a rimless design. The flushes make use of water-saving technology.
Cistern and lever flush
Cisterns are concealed for a modern finish and the flushes are wall-mounted.
Bath
Baths are white enamelled with an anti-slip finish.
Bath panel
All bath panels are fully tiled.
Shower tray
Apartment bathrooms have low-threshold shower trays for easy access.
Grab rail
Easy-to-use shower handles feature in every bathroom.
Bathroom cabinet
Fully mirrored, fully lit bathroom cabinets are modern and functional.
Tiling and finish
Floor-to-ceiling tiling gives the bathroom a modern and easy-to-clean finish.
TWO BEDROOM DUPLEX
TWO BEDROOM Apartment area 810.5 sq. ft
Apartment area 1128 sq. ft
Living room 13.9ft x 11.1ft
Living room/ kitchen 15.4ft x 23ft
Kitchen 13.9ft x 12.4ft
Bedroom one 10.7ft x 9.1ft
Bedroom one 15.4ft x 8.9ft
Bedroom two 10.7ft x 8.7ft
Bedroom two 11.1ft x 9.6ft Bathroom 8ft x 6.6ft Ensuite 8ft x 8ft
Cloakroom 7.9ft x 6.6ft Bathroom 8ft x 5.9ft
Introducing PegasusLife
PegasusLife is a business on a mission to fundamentally rethink and reinvent the places and ways in which we live as we get older. The company is currently in the process of developing 30 sites across the UK.
Howard Phillips, Chief Executive Officer Our central idea is that everyone shares an aspiration to live independently within an intelligently designed, socially inclusive environment, supported by an intuitive service offer and an efficient and ethical approach to property management.
A unique approach to property management
John Nordon, Design Director In the design team, our work is about creating imaginative places that foster natural interactions between neighbours. Our approach doesn’t follow a ‘cookie cutter’ style. No two PegasusLife developments are the same. Each one carefully conceptualises the history, architectural character, culture and personality of its location and, most critically, embodies the spirit of the people we believe will want to live in it. We make use of the highest-quality materials and craftsmanship – not just to create beautiful places for people to live, but to protect the future of our customers’ homes and investments. We take the architectural legacy of cities and towns seriously, and we prioritise developing sustainable buildings that are sympathetic to their surroundings.
Lorena Brown, Sales & Marketing Director Our approach to selling is based very much on our core value of transparency. Many of our customers are moving from more traditional freehold family homes and won’t have lived in modern apartments set within communal developments before. There are significant advantages to this way of living; however, it is different. We see it as our responsibility to make sure not only that we’ve communicated what it’s about but also that our audience has understood it.
Working in collaboration with the country’s leading designers, academics, creative thinkers and producers, we ensure that the highest level of detail and quality is brought to all aspects of our developments.
One of the major hallmarks of our approach is the way we’ve considered property management – which we run on behalf of our residents on a not-for-profit basis. Furthermore, when customers purchase a property with PegasusLife, they become shareholders of the developments management company, guaranteeing them voting rights and a say in how their development is managed.
Mark Shirburne Davies, Chief Operations Officer
Clare Bacchus, Customer Experience Director
We strive to meet the needs and expectations of the people who live in our developments now and those who may choose to in the future. Working with partners who share our goal, we look to create places to which people can aspire. From purchasing land through to the planning and construction phase and beyond, we ensure each development is unique, valuable and of the utmost quality.
Our starting point in everything we do is the people who choose to live in our developments. What will they want to do here? What type and style of service is appropriate? What kind of living environment do we need to create to generate the right atmosphere and give people the experience they’re looking for? This philosophy goes right down to the level of detail of considering which plants to include in the gardens and which furnishings to use in the development. It extends through to the type of attitude we look for in the team we recruit to deliver a personal, informal and efficient approach to service.
Our role continues when our developments are up and running. We work in tandem with the next set of delivery partners − our hosts and concierges − to make sure the PegasusLife difference is there for everyone to see, every day.
When we talk about maintenance, we mean much more than a lick of paint or changing a light bulb (although we will, of course, take care of that too). Steepleton has varied and extensive gardens as well as several buildings and water features. Its village aesthetic comes with a set of individual requirements for maintenance, which we’ll make sure are met. This ensures that your investment is secure and you can enjoy living in a well-maintained, visually inspiring environment that improves rather than deteriorates with age. From cleaning the outdoor swimming pond to maintaining the raised garden beds, the approach is tailor-made and detail-oriented. The management company for Steepleton is run on a strict not-for-profit basis. This ensures that work is carried out solely for the purposes of caring for the building and maintaining the quality of the offer and experience of living here for the residents. On purchasing a property at Steepleton, homeowners, together with PegasusLife, automatically become shareholders of the management company, giving you voting rights and a say in how the company is managed and run. When it comes to the operation of the management company, we believe passionately that true transparency is fundamental to maintaining residents’ peace of mind and the management company’s integrity. For this reason we have invested in creating our own digital tool for property management – an online membersonly system, designed to provide you with a detailed understanding of how your money is spent on servicing Steepleton, and to enable you to keep track of expenditure on and investment in the building over time.
If you’d like to find out more about Steepleton and keep up with the latest news, please call or visit:
01666 848 231 steepleton.co.uk
Steepleton, Cirencester Road, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8SA
Steepleton is available exclusively to people over sixty. Information and images concerning layouts, dimensions and floorplans are anticipated only and may be subject to change.