A Cotswolds antiques centre that was set to be converted into a Daylesford restaurant is back on the market.

Bamford Property Ltd was given planning permission to convert the Quiet Woman Antiques Centre at Southcombe near Chipping Norton into a restaurant with separate events room in April 2023.

However, the commercial property plus four-bed house  in 1.23 acres of land is now for sale for offers in excess of £1.5million with planning permission.

The main building, which has a small tearoom, was originally built as restaurant in the late 1960s, and became a Happy Eater during the 1980s-90s.

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It has been operating as an antiques centre, where various antique dealers displayed and sold their goods, for about 25 years.

It ceased trading in October 2022.

In  a planning statement Bamford said it wanted to "return the site to its hospitality use, making the most of the existing buildings and structures in place, bringing them up to modern standards in terms of design, performance and hospitality offering". 

The site would be opened up to the east, "allowing the restaurant and event customers the views out to the countryside beyond."

The house, which was the home of the previous owners, would be converted into a shop with a small event space to be used for private dining or meetings on the first floor.

Daylesford Organic founder Carole Bamford, who lives on a 1500-acre estate near Chipping Norton, owns a portfolio of pubs which includes The Wild Rabbit in Kingham, The Fox at Oddington, The Maytime Inn in Asthall Leigh near Burford and The Bell in Charlbury.