7 bedroom house

Stretton Lower Hall is an impressive family residence just 5 miles from the popular village of Malpas. It has an abundance of period features both inside and out, including a Victorian servants staircase, beamed inglenook fireplace, original doors and ceiling beams.

On the ground floor is a drawing room with an open fireplace, a sitting room with a woodburner set in an inglenook, a dining room, and a kitchen/breakfast room with an oil fired Aga. There is also a utility room with an adjoining cloakroom, understairs storage and access to the large sandstone cellar.

On the first floor are 4 bedrooms (1 with en-suite shower room). There is also a bathroom and separate w.c.

On the second floor there are 3 further bedrooms and a family bathroom. This floor is currently laid out as a self-contained apartment, with a kitchen/breakfast room (bedroom 7) and a sitting room with stunning beamed eaves ceiling. The secondary staircase gives independent access to the rear hall.

The Cottage offers self-contained accommodation for multi-generational living or rental opportunities. It has a good sized kitchen with walk-in pantry, a dining room, sitting room, downstairs family bathroom, and bedroom with dressing room and door out to the private garden. On the first floor are 2 further bedrooms and a large landing/study area.

Stretton is a delightful South Cheshire hamlet with charming local attractions including the historic Stretton Watermill. There are excellent leisure facilities including Carden Park Hotel & Spa that offers two Championship Golf Courses and wonderful local walking and cycling routes.

Tilston has a highly-regarded primary school, which is a feeder for Bishop Heber High School. Prominent local independent schools include Ellesmere College, Moreton Hall, and The King’s and Queen’s Schools in Chester. The area is well-served by road with access to the major commercial centres of the North West via the M53, M56 and M6 motorway networks. Chester Railway Station offers services to London Euston in 2 hours.

At the front of the property is a west facing garden with a superb weeping ash, and lawns which sweep south around the Hall and down to a mature kitchen garden with box hedging. The grounds also include a 2 acre paddock with hard standing available for the erection of stables.

The large courtyard provides parking for multiple vehicles, and on this stands The Barn and The Piggeries. The Barn has store rooms and a garage/log store on the ground floor and a converted 1 bedroom apartment on the first floor. Subject to the necessary planning consents, both buildings could be converted to provide further ancillary accommodation.

Marketed by: Strutt & Parker, Chester