Land for sale

Suitable for Educational/Institutional use.

• Set in approximately 66.28 acres of Leicestershire parkland.
• Currently arranged as a school.
• Grade II listed Manor House and Augustus Pugin designed Chapel
• Sports facilities including 2 cricket pitches, 4 hockey pitches and 25m swimming pool
• In all 43,557 sq. ft. (GIA) comprising 33,543 Sq. ft. of permanent buildings and 10,014 Sq. ft.
• 66.28 acre site which includes 32 acres of agricultural land
• For sale freehold with vacant possession

Originally built as a landmark family home for Ambrose Phillips de Lisle in 1833, the property has more recently been operated as Grace Dieu Manor School. The main building and Chapel is Grade II listed comprising a two and part three storey stone rendered brick parapet elevations beneath a series of pitched Welsh and Swithland slate roofs. The chapel was designed by Augustus Pugin who is renowned for his Gothic Revival style of architecture.

Grace Dieu Manor School is located on the edge of Thringstone, a small attractive village in north-west Leicestershire on the edge of Charnwood Forest.
The campus is set back in approx. 66.28 acres of parkland, just off the Ashhby Road (A512), which passes through Thringstone and the neighbouring village of Blackbrook.
The M1 corridor is located to the east of the site, Ashby Road (A512) leads to junction 13 of the A42 approximately 5 miles to the west. East Midlands airport is 7 miles to the north.

Marketed by: Knight Frank, Institutional Consultancy