TODAY’S COUNTRY LIFE heralds the launch onto the market of two idyllic Cotswold country houses—the Grade II*-listed Edgeworth Manor, near Miserden, and Grade II-listed Rookwoods, near Bisley, Gloucestershire—both once part of the same historic, 1,500-acre manorial estate, but now separate entities, each one overlooking its own hidden valley in one of the most sought-after areas of the Cotswolds AONB. Ed Sugden of Savills (020–7409 8885) and Bruce Tolmie-Thomson of Knight Frank (020–7861 1070) are joint agents in the sale of both properties, quoting guide prices of £20 million for Edgeworth Manor and £10m for Rookwoods.
According to the (1976), lands later known as the manor of Edgeworth were held by Roger de Lacy in 1086, but
