9 bedroom detached house

Almington Hall is a handsome upstanding Georgian country house with west facing views over its gardens and pastureland down to a beautiful lake, bounded by mature woodland.

While in need of modernisation, the house has elegant accommodation with impressive reception rooms and high moulded ceilings, sash windows and beautiful fireplaces. They lead off a welcoming central hallway, also with an open fireplace and a striking staircase leading to the first floor landing. Along with the formal drawing room and dining room, there is a cosy sitting room with doors to the garden and adjoining study with deep sash windows. Through a swing door, the back hallway leads to a large utility room, as well as a secondary staircase, cloakroom and access to the extensive cellars, also accessible from the rear courtyard. Beyond the hall, the kitchen extends into a breakfast room with French doors opening to the garden. To the rear is a pantry, stores and wood pellet boiler room. In addition to this there is an oil fired boiler.

Below the ground floor there are extensive cellars with access from the yard at the rear of house and also from within the house.

Upstairs, the principal bedroom, with beautiful far reaching views, has an en suite bathroom and dressing room. Across the landing are three further bedrooms and a bathroom. Off the back landing is a further bedroom and en suite shower room. The back stairs continue to the second floor with three further bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, sitting room, linen cupboard and storerooms. From this floor, there is also access on to the roof.

Gardens and grounds
Approached by a sweeping driveway, the house stands in an elevated position with sweeping lawns, mature borders and an all-weather surfaced tennis court to the front. Beyond is pastureland extending down to a spring fed lake which is flanked by mature woodland. A courtyard with separate road access is found adjacent to the house with attractive redbrick coach houses, stables and a former groom's cottage.

Accessed via a spur from the driveway and close to the stables and yard is a large field of approximately 7.5 acres with a separate road access on the northern boundary, mature oak trees and an additional small pool.

Across the lane is a fruit orchard to the south and a fully enclosed walled garden to the north east, along with an additional paddock with road access.

Energy performance certificate
Rating F

Tenure
Freehold

Services
Two wood pellet boilers, one oil burner. Mains water and electricity, private drainage via a septic tank.

Local Authority
Newcastle-under-Lyme

Council Tax
Band H

Situation
Almington Hall stands within a small village/hamlet, about two miles northeast of the North Shropshire town of Market Drayton, on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border. It is surrounded by unspoilt countryside while being within commuting distance of Shrewsbury, Chester, Telford, Midland business centres and the M6 (14 miles, junction 15). There is an excellent mainline rail service from Stafford (London - Euston 1 hr 20 mins). Regional airports include Birmingham, Manchester and East Midlands.

Distances
Market Drayton 2 miles, Shrewsbury 20 miles, Telford 21 miles, Stoke on Trent 17 miles, Stafford 20 miles, M6 (junction 15) 14 miles

Directions (Postcode TF9 2PL)
From Shrewsbury take the A53 to Market Drayton and having skirted the town continue for about 1.5 miles before taking the right-hand turn by a thatched cottage. Continue down the lane and at the T junction turn right. The front entrance to Almington Hall lies after a short distance on the right and before the left turn to Hales.
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