
Professional Valuations
Formal Red Book valuations for probate, loan security, succession planning and capital gains tax.


Contact our rural team directly for more information on our services.

Professional Valuations
Butler Sherborn's team of RICS Registered valuers have significant experience in valuing Farms, Estates, Residential and Equestrian property. We can provide formal property valuations in accordance with the RICS valuation standards (“Red Book”) or more informal advice for a wide range of land and property management purposes, across the Cotswolds.
Butler Sherborn regularly carries out property valuations for:
- Secured bank lending
- Probate and Inheritance Tax (IHT)
- Capital Gains Tax (CGT)
- Ownership restructuring
- Matrimonial proceedings
- Purchase and sale
- Litigation
- Stock taking
- Compensation claims
- Expert witness
- Covenants and uplift clauses
Service
Our guiding principle is to put the highest levels of personal service at the heart of our business.
Reach
Leveraging unrivalled local networks, an extensive database, and an associated London office for comprehensive market coverage.
Local Knowledge
Cotswolds Property Specialists: Experts in rural properties, Cotswolds villages, character properties and country estates.
Results
Over £1 billion in property sales - with a track record of swift transactions, accurate guide prices and delighted clients.
Wondering what your property is worth?
Book a confidential market appraisal, with one of our Cotswolds property experts to understand what your property could be worth. Prefer virtual? We can do that too.

Snowdrops in the Cotswolds: A Winter Highlight at Painswick
As winter begins to loosen its grip on the Cotswolds, one of the most uplifting signs of the changing seasons quietly emerges, snowdrops. These delicate white flowers, often pushing through frost-hardened ground, bring a sense of hope and renewal, and nowhere is this more beautifully displayed than the snowdrops at Painswick Rococo Garden.
Snowdrops in the Cotswolds: A Winter Highlight at Painswick
Inheritance Tax and Agricultural Property Relief
This has been a hot topic since the surprise announcements in the Autumn budget of 2024 and has threatened to turn upside down tax planning for farmers and the affordability of succession. The short article below captures the key facts and implications which have been debated from farmhouse kitchen tables up to the Government in Westminster and at every level in between…
Inheritance Tax and Agricultural Property Relief
A Very Happy New Year
Happy New Year! We are all back and fully underway into 2026. It is early days, but properties are already going under offer across all our offices and exchanges are securing homes for excited new owners.
A Very Happy New Year
The New Year Reset: The Cotswolds’ Most Luxurious Spas
If the start of the year calls for rest, renewal and a little indulgence, the Cotswolds delivers in spades. Coupled with rural tranquillity, these havens of relaxation and award-winning spas, are the region’s most restorative places to switch off and reset.
The New Year Reset: The Cotswolds’ Most Luxurious Spas








