When looking for Filkins and Broughton Poggs – one may be looking for two villages but you’ll only find one as they are contiguous. There are a number of enchanting stone houses, several with the characteristic slab fencing. Filkins has a pub, the Five Alls, a village shop, post office and bowls club. A large 18th-century barn is now the premises of Cotswold Woollen Weavers, which set up business there in 1982, and is the last company in the area to uphold the traditions of woollen cloth design and manufacture. Filkins has a theatre club and the former village school is now a pre-school nursery. Filkins has a wonderful outdoor swimming pool with a sunbathing and picnic area which can be enjoyed by villagers and families from surrounding areas for a membership fee. At only 5 miles to the north, Burford’s famous High Street sweeps downhill towards the River Windrush, its medieval bridge and its impressive church, both sides of the street flanked by an unbroken line of historic houses and shops. Little has changed over the centuries, Burford is popular with visitors, both for its beauty and history but also for its shopping and wide variety of places to eat, with a number of restaurants, pubs and teashops but also has a doctors surgery and library. Located just outside Burford, the up-market Upton Smokery Farm Shop caters for all your culinary needs without having to drive into town. Two miles south of Burford is The Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens which exhibits over 260 different species of animals. The park is set in 160 acres of landscaped parkland and gardens. The delightful town of Lechlade-on-Thames lies on the River Thames and is 3 miles to the south. Lechlade has a thriving town centre with a good selection of shops, including many antique-dealers, and an array of wonderful places to eat and drink. If that wasn’t enough, the area is well renowned for not only having some of the most beautiful villages and countryside, but also some of the most fantastic pubs and restaurants the area has to offer. There is a good selection of schools, both state and private in the area. Road communications are fantastic to the A40 which in turn provides access to the M40 to London, and the M5 to the west.

THE HISTORY
The property has a fascinating history. The original, Goodfellows Manor, dated back to 1479. The name of the property has changed over the years, having also been known as Moat Farm and more recently, Goodfellows. In 1920 the property was bought by Sir Stafford Cripps and was extended in 1929. During the Second World War the house accommodated evacuees from Bristol, and was later used as a Land Army hostel. In 1947, the original house almost entirely burnt down. A house was built which incorporated part of the original house in 1971. The property was bought by the current owner’s family in 1987 and has had further additions and improvements, most notably the office block which was built in the late 1980’s and the superb kitchen/breakfast room, built in 2009.