Georgian house for £2.25m

A classical Georgian country house near Market Drayton has come on to the market with a price tag of £2.25 million.

Stoke Park, at Stoke Upon Tern, is a six-bedroom property with just over eight acres of land.

Belinda Hutchinson Smith, senior sales negotiator with selling agents Savills, said today: "It's extremely rare that a house of this quality comes up for sale - there just aren't very many about in this part of the country.

"This property has a particularly special ambience about it which is helped by an old fashioned, pastoral view over completely unspoilt countryside.

"The current owners have renovated it to its high current standard with excellent new bathrooms and kitchen, all of which are beautifully presented.

"While the house has been restored to contemporary living standards, it retains various historic features such as panelling, intricate cornices, original oak floors and a handsome staircase."

The accommodation also includes an entrance hall, drawing room, sitting room, study, drinks room, dining room, conservatory, cloakroom, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room and cellars.

The master bedroom suite has an en-suite bathroom and dressing room. One of the five further bedrooms also has an en-suite dressing room and bathroom, and there is a further family bathroom and games room.

Outside the listed farm buildings comprise a two-bay carriage house, a general farm building, store room, former cow stores, former staff cottage, lean-to shed, general purpose farm building, traditional barn, single storey barn and three potential stables.

Mrs Hutchinson Smith added: "The gardens and grounds incorporate a water garden with four square ponds, clipped box hedging and well stocked herbaceous borders. There is an orchard garden adjacent to a period garden wall, a high yew hedge and further herbaceous borders, and there is also a lovely stream, beyond which is a large wild flower meadow."

For further information contact Savills on (01952) 239500.

By Henry Carpenter