Villa Vista Heythrop Park
Heythrop, CotswoldsOverview
Midcentury lines in 440 acres of parkland
Villa Vista is a midcentury house in its own private corner of the 440-acre Heythrop estate, just outside Chipping Norton and six minutes from Soho Farmhouse. Where most of the Cotswolds trades in exposed beams and honeyed stone, this does something else: clean midcentury lines and a warm 1970s-California palette, reached down a private road through mature woodland and open parkland.
It sleeps up to eight across four individually styled bedrooms, and the grounds are generous enough to properly disappear into.
Highlights
What makes it special
Midcentury, not Cotswold stone
Clean lines and a warm 1970s palette, in a house set down a private road in its own corner of a 440-acre estate.
A wood-fired hot tub and a sauna
Both set apart among the trees, a little walk from the house, which is what makes them worth using after dark.
A sunken fire pit and a roof terrace
The fire pit sits at the end of its own garden path; the roof terrace has sun loungers and the evening light.
An outdoor kitchen that gets used
A gas barbecue and a Gozney pizza oven beside a dedicated outdoor dining area, just outside the indoor kitchen-diner.
Six minutes from Soho Farmhouse
Five miles by road, with Diddly Squat seven, Blenheim eight and Daylesford twelve.
Four bedrooms, each different
A master with a terrace and double shower, a corner king, a zip-and-link twin, and a small room with a fine window.
Inside the home
Where every room tells a story
About the space
Wood-fired hot tub, sauna, sunken fire pit, roof terrace
Inside
The kitchen-diner is the middle of the house and is built for a group: a long breakfast bar, double ovens and a separate utility room, with patio doors opening straight onto the garden so cooking and eating slide easily outside. The sitting room has a working fireplace, relaxed seating and the same easy run onto the terrace, and tends to be the room nobody wants to leave once evening sets in.
The four bedrooms each have their own character. The Master occupies its own private terrace, with a super king bed, twin sinks, a walk-in wardrobe and a double shower finished in pink tile. The Corner Bedroom is a king room with built-in wardrobes looking out over the terrace and grounds. The Twin can be made up as two singles or zipped into a super king. The Littlest Bedroom is smaller but full of character, with a feature window over the garden and its own dressing table. A third bathroom with a deep bath, walk-in shower and double vanity serves the remaining rooms, and a butter-yellow tiled cloakroom sits close to the main living space. A private study, fitted with a proper desk and an armchair, handles anyone who needs to dip into work.
Outside
The grounds are the real point of the place. A sunken fire pit sits along its own path through the garden, and a private roof terrace with sun loungers catches the evening light above the rooftops. Tucked among the trees a little further out, a wood-fired hot tub and a traditional sauna give you a genuinely quiet corner to disappear into after dark.
The outdoor kitchen carries the theme on from the one inside: a gas barbecue and a Gozney pizza oven beside a dedicated outdoor dining area.
Where you’ll be and what to do
Villa Vista sits within the Heythrop estate's own private parkland, down a private road, which makes it genuinely peaceful without putting the Cotswolds out of reach. Soho Farmhouse is five miles away, Diddly Squat Farm Shop seven, Blenheim Palace eight and Daylesford Organic twelve, with Chipping Norton, Burford and Bourton-on-the-Water all a short drive further out. There is a restaurant within walking distance. Heathrow and Birmingham International are the nearest airports.
The Cotswolds