12 bed detached house for sale

Stourbridge Road, Stanmore, Bridgnorth, Shropshire WV15

Stanmore Hall is a magnificent and notable country house, which blends its historic Georgian elegance with modern living. Stanmore has a beautiful front façade, with an impressive, pillared entrance. Once owned by the renowned Whitmore family of Shropshire the Hall formed part of a large country estate and built to the designs of jw Hugall with ornate French influences. Since then, the Hall has reduced in size having lost its original servants wing but gained modern extensions whilst retaining its classic façade. In recent years the property has been extended and extensively refurbished, and it now offers spacious accommodation along with a large leisure and wellness complex.

Accommodation is arranged over four floors. A grand entrance, flagged, hallway serves as the centerpiece of the home. From here, three of the primary reception rooms can be accessed, the morning room, elegant drawing room and great room. Beyond the great room is the impressive kitchen/breakfast room, billiard room and specularium. Together they offer formal and informal reception space all with generous sizes.

A grand staircase rises to the first floor which provides four-bedroom suites. Most notable is the principal bedroom suite which has a large dressing room and balcony with fantastic views over the grounds. Stairs rise again to the second floor which provides a further four-bedroom suites and two additional bedrooms and shower room. From here a spiral staircase gives access to the discreet observatory with uninterrupted views of the surrounding countryside.

From the great hall stairs lead down to the lower ground floor. Originally cellars they have been extended to provide a large lower ground floor leisure complex comprising, gymnasium, indoor swimming pool with steam room and sauna, cinema room, games room, changing rooms, wine cellars and stores.

A separate annexe can be accessed independently or from the office and provides two bedrooms, shower room and reception/kitchen currently used as a ceramic studio. This provides ideal staff or further office accommodation.

Garden and Grounds
Approached through electric pillared gates the gravel driveway passes an impressive water fountain before sweeping up to the front of the hall with symmetrical lawns to the front. The property is surrounded by extensive grounds comprising by formal lawns, well stocked borders, and a lily pond immediately to the south of the house. The lawns lead down to parkland, to the west of the property and woodland beyond. A breeze house sits in the gardens and provides additional sheltered outdoor entertaining space views of the gardens. The grounds benefit from mature screening and there are several distinctive large Wellingtonia trees. In all the grounds extend to about 8.72 acres.

A large terrace is situated on the southern side of the property with direct access from the kitchen/breakfast room, providing outdoor entertaining space. At the far end is a covered outdoor kitchen area and beyond access to the coach house which provides further storage, set over three floors and features an impressive archway at ground level. The main driveway gives vehicular access through brick pillars to the day-to-day parking area at the side of the hall, where the green house is also situated. A side driveway leads to the triple garage block and continues to the coach house.

Agents note: The property is Grade 2 Listed. There is a right of way that passes through the grounds from points hatched in the plan providing third party access to Stanmore Mews.

Stanmore Hall stands in a private elevated position surrounded by mature gardens and parkland, within 2 miles of the vibrant town of Bridgnorth.

Bridgnorth offers a wealth of amenities including a cinema, boutique shops, cafes and restaurants and an active weekly farmers market. The town and surrounding area offer excellent schooling facilities for all ages in both the state and private sectors. Bridgnorth's sports clubs offer rugby, golf, cricket, tennis, football, hockey, and rowing. Open countryside and Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty are close-at hand, providing excellent walking, cycling and riding routes.

The property is within easy commuting distance of the commercial centres of Wolverhampton and Telford. There are main line train services running direct trains to London from Stourbridge, Telford and Wolverhampton. International airports are in Birmingham, Manchester and East Midlands.

Bridgnorth 1.5 miles, Telford 14.5 miles, Wolverhampton 14 miles, M54 Jct 3 19 miles, M5 Jct 4 22 miles, Birmingham 27 miles, Birmingham Airport 42 miles (Distances are approximate).

Directions (Postcode WV15 6DT)
From Bridgnorth take the A458 Stourbridge Road south signposted to Stourbridge. Proceed along the A458 leaving Bridgnorth and cross over the roundabout with the A454, continuing towards Stourbridge and the entrance to Stanmore Hall can be found after a short distance on the right.

Property Information
Tenure: Freehold

Services: Mains water and electricity and drainage. Oil fired heating central heating throughout with zoned under floored heating to ground and lower ground floors. Solid fuel stoves to Great Room, Drawing Room and Morning Room and underfloor heating to ground and lower ground floor. Climate controlled heating and cooling to three first floor suites, kitchen, gym and pantry.

Local Authority & Council Tax Band: Shropshire County Council, Band H

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