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Cath Kidston’s rambling, 17th-century manor house, which she shares with her husband Hugh Padgham, is so neatly tucked into a Cotswold fold in Gloucestershire that it is almost invisible to passers-by. It has, however, one very special feature: incredible views to the valley below.

The property had been in the same ownership for

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