Situated in the quintessentially English Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Shipton Court dates from c 1603. It is a Grade II* Jacobean mansion house built originally for the Lacy family. It was bought and remodelled in 1663 by the Reade family and again by Frederick Pepper in 1900. Pepper added both a new residential wing and a service wing and also commissioned a drastic renovation of the interior. Essentially, much of the Jacobean interior was removed and today, the main house is distinctly Edwardian in character.

One of Shipton Court’s most appealing features is its gardens. These were landscaped in the early 1900s and refined by the leading garden designer James Pulham, whose other commissions included the gardens at Buckingham Palace.