Little visited and under-appreciated, Northleach is a lovely little market town of half-timbered Tudor houses, imposing merchants’ stores and late-medieval cottages. There’s a wonderful mix of architectural styles clustered around the gorgeous market square and the narrow laneways leading off it, but the highlight of a visit is the Church of St Peter and St Paul, a masterpiece of Cotswold perpendicular style. The large traceried stained-glass windows and collection of memorial brasses are unrivalled in the region.
Near the square is Oak House, a 17th-century wool house that contains Keith Harding’s World of Mechanical Music (860181; www.mechanicalmusic.co.uk; admission £5; 10am-6pm; ), a fascinating museum of self-playing musical instruments, where you can hear Rachmaninoff played on a reproducing piano.
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