7 Bedroom Property for Sale in Nantwich

7 bedrooms
4 reception rooms
Planning permission to extend
Formal gardens & land
Approximately 25.6 acres

Freehold

SITUATION:
Hatherton House enjoys the privacy of beautiful gardens and grounds screened by mature trees, set in peaceful south Cheshire countryside. Rural yet not isolated, the house is within four miles of the historic market town of Nantwich with its excellent range of shops and facilities. There are good communication links with the M6 being 8 miles distant providing access to Midland business centres including Birmingham and Manchester, both with International airports. Crewe Station is within 8 miles with a regular service to London Euston (under 2 hours). The county town of Chester is 24 miles via the A51 trunk road.

DESCRIPTION:
Hatherton House is an exceptional fine Grade II listed Georgian property with attractive gardens and extensive grounds from which to create a parkland setting. While Hatherton House presently offers elegant and comfortable living space the house has been granted planning permission to substantially extend and enhance the property further to include a beautiful orangery.

ACCOMMODATION:
Thought to have been built at the end of the eighteenth century at the height of the Georgian architectural era by John Twemlow with later nineteenth century additions, the house has a beautiful balanced façade with two pedimented gables on the North West elevation. The front door, set into an arched stone surround with a fanlight over, opens to an attractive hallway with a decoratively tiled floor off which lead the gracious reception rooms. A stairway leads to the first floor landing off which is a particularly striking formal drawing room spanning the width of the house. All these rooms benefit from high ceilings with fine moulded plasterwork and impressive original fireplaces well lit by large sash windows. The morning room has French windows opening to an attractive paved terrace and the dining room is conveniently located to the adjoining kitchen.Rooms on the first floor are served by two bathrooms while four further bedrooms and a bathroom are on the second floor.Planning permissionPlanning permission has been granted to extend the house to enhance its present layout which will create a wonderful living kitchen with wide windows opening to far reaching views over sweeping lawns and unspoilt countryside to the south west. It is proposed that the existing first floor drawing room will become the new master bedroom suite with open plan dressing room and bathroom. A further addition of a large south east facing garden room/orangery opens to the formal gardens. The basement has permission for a large games room if required. The plans have been designed by Bower Edleston Architects of Nantwich.OutsideThe house is approached up a gravel driveway to a wide sweep to the front of the house. A further driveway leads round to the two storey brick barn. The house is surrounded by formal lawns with stocked flower beds and a number of mature trees including a glorious weeping chestnut. To the south east of the house is a wide paved terrace with a feature pool and with a wisteria and rose clad pergola. A pathway leads through a arched beech hedge to a rose parterre with gravel paths and and beds enclosed in box hedging in the shape of diamonds, hearts, spades and clubs.Beyond sweeping lawns to the south west, extends the land which is set to permanent pasture from which impressive parkland could be created. The land lends itself to a number of recreational purposes.

DIRECTIONS:
From Nantwich, take the A529 Audlem Road. Pass over the level crossing and the property will be found after about 3.5 miles, on the right hand side.