Pear Tree Farm
Cotwalton, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8TA
Guide Price
£1,200,000
Residential Tags: Farmhouse
Property Tags: Equestrian, Moorings, Water Frontage
Land Tags: Paddock
Summary Details
- First Marketed: May 2022
- Removed: Date Not Available
- Residential Tags: Farmhouse
- Property Tags: Equestrian, Moorings, Water Frontage
- Land Tags: Paddock
An enchanting Elizabethan farmhouse together with a range of barns with permission for residential conversion, set in 2.25 acres in the idyllic hamlet of Cotwalton.
Situation
Pear Tree Farm is located within the pretty hamlet of Cotwalton, close to the canal town of Stone. Located just 1.9 miles away, Stone offers a range of local shops and restaurants, with a regular Farmers Market, and various events taking place such as The Stone Festival in June and Stone Food and Drinks Festival in October. Aston Marina is located on the edge of Stone and offers mooring and dining facilities. Stone also has an active social calendar which includes many events and classes at a range of sports clubs including hockey, cricket, tennis and golf club. The famous Trentham Garden Estate is approximately 7.4 miles away and offers delightful walks, boat trips, and plenty of shops and restaurants to choose from, along with an extensive diary of events, whilst Trentham Golf Club which is an Open Championship Qualifying course and one of the finest in Staffordshire is also close by.
Pear Tree Farm is very well placed for access to the regional road network. The A34 provides a swift connection to the M6 with junction 15 being just 8.5 miles distant for northbound journeys to Cheshire and Manchester and junction 14 is 7.9 miles away for southbound journeys to Birmingham and the West Midlands. A few miles to the north is the A50 offering the easy link to the M42 and M1. Train services run to London Euston from Stafford with journey times from 1 hour 21 minutes whilst trains to Manchester Piccadilly take just 56 minutes and less than 40 minutes to Birmingham New Street. There is an excellent range of schooling within the immediate area and a selection of these include Oulton First School, St Dominic’s Priory School, Alleyne’s Academy, Christ Church Academy, Denstone College, Yarlet School, and Stafford Grammar School.
Description
Pear Tree Farm is a most attractive Elizabethan farmhouse which was lovingly restored from a derelict state by the current owners, who have been the property’s custodians for the past forty years. Set around a traditional courtyard, there are a range of brick and tile barns which benefit from consented planning permission for conversion into four residential dwellings. Pear Tree Farm is surrounded by its own land, which extends to 2.25 acres, and benefits from glorious views across open countryside beyond. The land and buildings, together with Pear Tree Farm’s location close to several excellent bridleways make it a good choice for an equestrian buyer. Barn A, which is located to the north east of the courtyard offers four well proportioned stables, each with split stable doors and two with corner hay feeders.
Farmhouse
A driveway from the lane leads into the yard areas adjoining the farmhouse. The farmhouse itself sits in an elevated position with almost all spaces enjoying far reaching views, whilst large gardens wrap around the house itself. The farmhouse has been extended over the years and now offers flexible accommodation that could be adapted in a number of ways, for a variety of uses.
Entered via a wide door, the entrance hall provides a bright and spacious welcome with its original exposed oak timbers infilled with reclaimed brickwork which creates a unique feature. The living room is a vast, triple aspect space which is an excellent entertaining area, with a large inglenook fireplace offering the ideal focal point. Accessed via a wide staircase, the dry stone cellar offers an excellent and large space which would be ideal for a variety of uses and can store in excess of 400 bottles via wooden wall racks. The dual aspect sitting room also leads off the entrance hall and provides a delightful informal space which can also be accessed off the kitchen. The kitchen is a bright space with a range of floor cabinetry as well as an original Range which provides both central heating and cooking facilities. Leading off the kitchen is the conservatory, which enjoys delightful views across the adjoining gardens. An excellent range of ancillary rooms are accessed off the kitchen and include a boot room/utility area, cold store and wood store. The vast utility / boot room area benefits from a range of wall and floor cabinetry, as well as space for a variety of appliances. This area of the house benefits from its own external access, as well as boarded first floor space and could therefore be utilised in a variety of ways including an annexe or home office (subject to the necessary consents).
A staircase rises from the entrance hall to the first floor landing, which offers access to all bedroom accommodation. All four bedrooms are well proportioned doubles, each enjoying views across the surrounding countryside vistas with the dual aspect master bedroom benefitting from an en-suite bathroom, complete with separate shower. There is a second floor space (currently accessible via a loft ladder) that could be used for further accommodation, if required. A large family bathroom with oversized double shower completes the first floor space, whilst there is also a second staircase which leads back down to the kitchen.
Gardens
Mature and spacious gardens wrap around three sides of the farmhouse. The south facing gardens incorporate several specimen trees and herbaceous beds, as well as vegetable garden at the far end. A large terrace meanders around the footprint of the house, whilst adjacent to the house is a brick and tile outbuilding split into two rooms, and offers a useful tool shed and workshop. The tool shed and workshop could offer several alternative uses as required, such as a detached home office (subject to the necessary consents). In front of the farmhouse and adjoining the barns is a large open bay barn, which is currently used a garage to the farmhouse.
Buildings
To the front of the farmhouse is a large, traditional courtyard with barns bordering to the east and north. A further barn is located adjacent to the entrance to Pear Tree Farm, whilst there is also a Dutch barn set within one of the paddocks.
The three brick and tile barns (listed as Barns A, B and C on the attached floorplans) benefit from consented planning permission for conversion into residential dwellings. The proposed units are set out below.
Unit 1 (Barn B) – A detached one bedroom barn conversion with open plan kitchen dining living space, bedroom and separate bathroom. The accommodation will extend to approximately 613 sq ft.
Unit 2 (Barn A) – A two storey, semi detached barn conversion with entrance hall, guest WC, kitchen diner and separate living room, whilst the first floor accommodation will offer a master bedroom with en-suite, second bedroom and bathroom. The ground floor accommodation will extend to approximately 998 sq ft.
Unit 3 (Barn A) - A two storey, semi detached barn conversion with entrance hall, guest WC, kitchen, dining room and separate living room, whilst the first floor accommodation will offer three bedrooms and bathroom. The ground floor accommodation will extend to approximately 1,022 sq ft.
Unit 4 (Barn C) – A detached one bedroom barn conversion with open plan kitchen diner, separate living toom, utility, guest WC and master bedroom with en-suite. The accommodation will extend to approximately 697 sq ft.
Land
Pear Tree Farm sits centrally within a generous plot totalling circa 2.25 acres. The farmhouse is surrounded by a courtyard to the front elevation, and pleasant south facing gardens to the rear. To the east is an orchard paddock, with several mature fruit trees. To the west is a larger paddock with road frontage, and a Dutch barn.
Marketed by: Fisher German, Stafford
Situation
Pear Tree Farm is located within the pretty hamlet of Cotwalton, close to the canal town of Stone. Located just 1.9 miles away, Stone offers a range of local shops and restaurants, with a regular Farmers Market, and various events taking place such as The Stone Festival in June and Stone Food and Drinks Festival in October. Aston Marina is located on the edge of Stone and offers mooring and dining facilities. Stone also has an active social calendar which includes many events and classes at a range of sports clubs including hockey, cricket, tennis and golf club. The famous Trentham Garden Estate is approximately 7.4 miles away and offers delightful walks, boat trips, and plenty of shops and restaurants to choose from, along with an extensive diary of events, whilst Trentham Golf Club which is an Open Championship Qualifying course and one of the finest in Staffordshire is also close by.
Pear Tree Farm is very well placed for access to the regional road network. The A34 provides a swift connection to the M6 with junction 15 being just 8.5 miles distant for northbound journeys to Cheshire and Manchester and junction 14 is 7.9 miles away for southbound journeys to Birmingham and the West Midlands. A few miles to the north is the A50 offering the easy link to the M42 and M1. Train services run to London Euston from Stafford with journey times from 1 hour 21 minutes whilst trains to Manchester Piccadilly take just 56 minutes and less than 40 minutes to Birmingham New Street. There is an excellent range of schooling within the immediate area and a selection of these include Oulton First School, St Dominic’s Priory School, Alleyne’s Academy, Christ Church Academy, Denstone College, Yarlet School, and Stafford Grammar School.
Description
Pear Tree Farm is a most attractive Elizabethan farmhouse which was lovingly restored from a derelict state by the current owners, who have been the property’s custodians for the past forty years. Set around a traditional courtyard, there are a range of brick and tile barns which benefit from consented planning permission for conversion into four residential dwellings. Pear Tree Farm is surrounded by its own land, which extends to 2.25 acres, and benefits from glorious views across open countryside beyond. The land and buildings, together with Pear Tree Farm’s location close to several excellent bridleways make it a good choice for an equestrian buyer. Barn A, which is located to the north east of the courtyard offers four well proportioned stables, each with split stable doors and two with corner hay feeders.
Farmhouse
A driveway from the lane leads into the yard areas adjoining the farmhouse. The farmhouse itself sits in an elevated position with almost all spaces enjoying far reaching views, whilst large gardens wrap around the house itself. The farmhouse has been extended over the years and now offers flexible accommodation that could be adapted in a number of ways, for a variety of uses.
Entered via a wide door, the entrance hall provides a bright and spacious welcome with its original exposed oak timbers infilled with reclaimed brickwork which creates a unique feature. The living room is a vast, triple aspect space which is an excellent entertaining area, with a large inglenook fireplace offering the ideal focal point. Accessed via a wide staircase, the dry stone cellar offers an excellent and large space which would be ideal for a variety of uses and can store in excess of 400 bottles via wooden wall racks. The dual aspect sitting room also leads off the entrance hall and provides a delightful informal space which can also be accessed off the kitchen. The kitchen is a bright space with a range of floor cabinetry as well as an original Range which provides both central heating and cooking facilities. Leading off the kitchen is the conservatory, which enjoys delightful views across the adjoining gardens. An excellent range of ancillary rooms are accessed off the kitchen and include a boot room/utility area, cold store and wood store. The vast utility / boot room area benefits from a range of wall and floor cabinetry, as well as space for a variety of appliances. This area of the house benefits from its own external access, as well as boarded first floor space and could therefore be utilised in a variety of ways including an annexe or home office (subject to the necessary consents).
A staircase rises from the entrance hall to the first floor landing, which offers access to all bedroom accommodation. All four bedrooms are well proportioned doubles, each enjoying views across the surrounding countryside vistas with the dual aspect master bedroom benefitting from an en-suite bathroom, complete with separate shower. There is a second floor space (currently accessible via a loft ladder) that could be used for further accommodation, if required. A large family bathroom with oversized double shower completes the first floor space, whilst there is also a second staircase which leads back down to the kitchen.
Gardens
Mature and spacious gardens wrap around three sides of the farmhouse. The south facing gardens incorporate several specimen trees and herbaceous beds, as well as vegetable garden at the far end. A large terrace meanders around the footprint of the house, whilst adjacent to the house is a brick and tile outbuilding split into two rooms, and offers a useful tool shed and workshop. The tool shed and workshop could offer several alternative uses as required, such as a detached home office (subject to the necessary consents). In front of the farmhouse and adjoining the barns is a large open bay barn, which is currently used a garage to the farmhouse.
Buildings
To the front of the farmhouse is a large, traditional courtyard with barns bordering to the east and north. A further barn is located adjacent to the entrance to Pear Tree Farm, whilst there is also a Dutch barn set within one of the paddocks.
The three brick and tile barns (listed as Barns A, B and C on the attached floorplans) benefit from consented planning permission for conversion into residential dwellings. The proposed units are set out below.
Unit 1 (Barn B) – A detached one bedroom barn conversion with open plan kitchen dining living space, bedroom and separate bathroom. The accommodation will extend to approximately 613 sq ft.
Unit 2 (Barn A) – A two storey, semi detached barn conversion with entrance hall, guest WC, kitchen diner and separate living room, whilst the first floor accommodation will offer a master bedroom with en-suite, second bedroom and bathroom. The ground floor accommodation will extend to approximately 998 sq ft.
Unit 3 (Barn A) - A two storey, semi detached barn conversion with entrance hall, guest WC, kitchen, dining room and separate living room, whilst the first floor accommodation will offer three bedrooms and bathroom. The ground floor accommodation will extend to approximately 1,022 sq ft.
Unit 4 (Barn C) – A detached one bedroom barn conversion with open plan kitchen diner, separate living toom, utility, guest WC and master bedroom with en-suite. The accommodation will extend to approximately 697 sq ft.
Land
Pear Tree Farm sits centrally within a generous plot totalling circa 2.25 acres. The farmhouse is surrounded by a courtyard to the front elevation, and pleasant south facing gardens to the rear. To the east is an orchard paddock, with several mature fruit trees. To the west is a larger paddock with road frontage, and a Dutch barn.
Marketed by: Fisher German, Stafford
Land Registry Data
- No historical data found.