An aerial view of Well Cottage in Ledwell showing the thatched roof, walled garden and greenhouse, surrounded by Cotswold stone neighbours

Gallery

A look around Well Cottage — from the thatch and the well outside to the Aga, the inglenooks and the walled garden within.

In pictures

Every corner of the cottage

Morning coffee in the garden, lazy afternoons in the armchairs, supper by the Aga and a nightcap by the fire. The cottage in the light it was made for.

Aerial view over the thatched roof of Well Cottage and the quiet hamlet of Ledwell, Oxfordshire, in morning light

The honey-stone, thatched front of Well Cottage with its namesake stone well beside the garden gate on the village lane

The front of Well Cottage in morning sun: honey-stone walls, thatched eaves and the cottage well in the foreground

Morning coffee on the garden terrace at Well Cottage, with the walled garden and stone walls in soft early light

A row of earthenware mugs hanging on the Aga rail, ready for the first cup of the morning

The cream four-oven Aga in the kitchen of Well Cottage, warm in the morning light with the stone wall behind

The full kitchen of Well Cottage in morning light: cream cabinetry, Aga, oak-topped island and quarry-tiled floor beneath a great oak beam

A jug of fresh garden flowers on the kitchen worktop, morning daylight through the cottage window behind

The old pine kitchen dresser at Well Cottage, laden with crockery, pewter jugs and painted pottery

The oak farmhouse table in the kitchen laid for breakfast, with the Aga glowing in the background

The living room of Well Cottage in full daylight: low oak beams, stone inglenook fireplace, pale sofas and prints lining the walls

Two pale blue armchairs facing one another in the living room, below a low-beamed ceiling and framed Cotswold prints

The stone inglenook fireplace in the living room, flanked by bookshelves and original oak beams overhead

A deep cottage window in the living room looking out to the lane, with a reading chair set beside it in the afternoon light

The snug at Well Cottage: a low-beamed room with exposed stone walls, a wing chair beside the stair and a small fireplace

A small cottage window in the snug, the sill dressed with a plant, light filtering through the thick stone wall

The library at Well Cottage: floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, a harpsichord against the far wall and a writing desk under the window

A close view of the library wall at Well Cottage — shelves of over a thousand books, spines faded to warm colours

A small chamber organ and vintage harpsichord in the library at Well Cottage, music sheets on the stand

The king bedroom with dramatic dark oak beams across a sloping ceiling, a framed local map and crisp white linen

The king bedroom at Well Cottage in daylight, with painted shutters, beamed ceiling and a chest at the foot of the bed

The super-king bedroom in bright morning light, eaves curving overhead and the bed made with white linen

The twin bedroom at Well Cottage under whitewashed beams, with a shuttered window and two single beds on a stripped pine floor

The single bedroom tucked under a great curved timber, with a bookshelf built into the stone wall and a small cottage window

The upstairs bathroom at Well Cottage: a roll-top bath under a sloping beamed ceiling, pedestal basin and shuttered window

A wide view of the walled garden at Well Cottage in summer, with the croquet lawn, flower beds and dry-stone boundary wall

The long croquet lawn of Well Cottage stretching back to the stone wall, with the garden room and flower borders on either side

A game of croquet underway on the sunlit lawn of Well Cottage, mallets and hoops set out on the short grass

A croquet set laid out on the sunlit walled lawn of Well Cottage, mallet and coloured balls ready on the grass

Terracotta pots and climbing plants along the stone wall of the Well Cottage garden terrace in afternoon sun

The wooden greenhouse in the Well Cottage garden, with seedlings on the bench and the walled garden beyond

A full hydrangea in bloom against the honey-stone wall of the Well Cottage garden in late summer light

The dry-stone garden wall at Well Cottage lit in warm sunset gold, the sky behind fading to amber

The walled garden lawn of Well Cottage in the long golden light of a summer evening, shadows lengthening across the grass

The garden dining table at Well Cottage in late afternoon light, set for a long summer lunch against the stone wall

The walled garden with a croquet lawn, mature shrubs and a glimpse of the cottage garden room in afternoon light

The garden dining area against a dry-stone wall in low evening sun, with the gas barbecue and potted plants nearby

The oak farmhouse table at Well Cottage set for dinner, wine glasses and candles, the Aga warm in the background

The kitchen at Well Cottage in the evening: warm lamplight on the cream cabinetry, the Aga glowing, the table cleared after supper

The living room of Well Cottage by lamplight: soft glow on the beamed ceiling, cushioned sofas and a fire laid in the inglenook

The snug by lamplight at Well Cottage, the wingback chair glowing warm beside the stone fireplace in the evening

The inglenook fireplace in the snug at Well Cottage, logs stacked to one side and the fire lit against a dark evening

The library at Well Cottage in the evening, lamplight warming the bookshelves and a desk lamp pooling light on the writing table

The super-king bedroom at Well Cottage by lamplight, eaves curving overhead and the bed dressed for sleep

Well Cottage at dusk, its windows glowing warm amber against the deep blue evening sky and clipped garden hedges

The walled garden of Well Cottage at night, the dark silhouette of the stone walls against a deep evening sky

The garden dining table set under festoon lights at night at Well Cottage, warm against the honey-stone walls

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