Gatcombe Park

Gatcombe Park is the country residence of Anne, Princess Royal located between the villages of Minchinhampton and Avening in Gloucestershire, England. Built in the late 18th century to the designs of George Basevi, it is a Grade II* listed building. Although it is a royal residence because it is home to the Princess Royal, it is privately owned.

Gatcombe Park is located between the villages of Minchinhampton and Avening in the county of Gloucestershire in South West England. Some of Britain's royal family have lived locally. Highgrove House, the family residence of Anne's brother, Charles, Prince of Wales, is located six miles away in Doughton, near Tetbury, and Anne's first cousin once removed, Prince Michael of Kent, owned nearby Nether Lypiatt Manor for several years.

The manors of Minchinhampton and Avening formed the basis of the later Gatcombe Park estate. After the Dissolution they were granted to Lord Windsor, whose family sold mostly undeveloped land by that date comprising them to Philip Sheppard in 1656.

The core hillside land of the former estates, which was chiefly within the parish bounds of Gatcombe, was left in the will of Samuel Sheppard, who died in 1770, to his brother Edward.

Accordingly, a new manor house was built from 1771 to 1774 for Edward Sheppard, a local clothier. The house and estate were purchased in 1814 by the successful speculator and theoretical economist David Ricardo, MP, and altered to the designs of George Basevi (a relation), c. 1820. It features Bath stone construction, and comprises five main bedrooms, four secondary bedrooms, four reception rooms, a library, a billiard room and a conservatory; staff accommodation and its steep-sloping grounds are a separately liste (Grade II) parkland.

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