8 bedroom character property for sale

An historic Grade II listed country house presently sub-divided, occupying a private woodland setting with land, secondary accommodation and views to the Clwydian Range.
Principal House: Hall; Drawing Room; Dining Room; Victorian Conservatory; Kitchen/Breakfast Room; Cloakroom, 3 Double Bedrooms; Family Bathroom.
Centre Flat; Hall; Sitting Room; Kitchen/Breakfast Room; Cellar; 2 Double Bedrooms; Family Bathroom; Separate w.c.; Access to second floor comprising 5 Attic Rooms.
East Side; Hall; Sitting Room/Dining Room; Victorian Conservatory; Fitted Kitchen; Store Room; 2 Double Bedrooms; Family Bathroom.
Gable flat; Hall; bed/sitting room; fitted kitchen; bathroom
Coach House; Lounge/Hall; Kitchen; Sitting Room; Double Bedroom; Bathroom; Garaging; Stabling.
Formal lawned Gardens; Amenity Woodland; Stream; Walled Garden & Orchard; Pasture; Garden stores & Greenhouse, Extensive gravel parking. In all just under 23 acres (9.31ha)

Segrwyd Hall

Segrwyd Hall is a handsome country house listed Grade II of special architectural and historical importance. It is situated in the heart of the Vale of Clwyd, just over a mile south east of Denbigh and occupies a private position, accessed via a long drive through woodland, from which there are spectacular views over its own land and the surrounding countryside. The property has been in the hands of only two families for the last 500 years and comes to the open market for only the third time in its history

Historical Note

Segrwyd hall is believed to date from the end of the 15th century, albeit with some substantial later a\alterations. The property belonged to Henry VIII who gave ti to Robert Dolben in 1493 in appreciation of his services in the Wars of Rises. The original Grant is believed to be in the British Museum. The Dolben family became an important part of the Denbighshire gentry providing a Bishop of Bangor and Archbishop of York along with several High Sheriffs. In the latter part of the 18th century, the house passed by marriage to the Mostyn family and in 1795 John Mostyn, the 19 year old Squire of Segrwyd eloped to Gretna Green with Cecilia Thrale the youngest daughter of Henry Thrale, the London brewer, and who had been left a substantial dowry under her late fathers will/ She received the dowry at 21 and rebuilt the house for her husband at that time. The lived at Segrwyd until his early death of tuberculosis some 12-13 years later. The property remained with the Mostyns untilt he late 19th century when it was passed upon trust to the Townshend-Wickham family. It was then sold in 1922 into the Storey family. Relatives by marriage of the present family.

Description

Segrwyd Hall is described as a 'medium-sized country house of two storeys and roughly square plan' incorporating an asymmetrical main façade of six bays with a central single story porch and wide outer gables. The house now represents an early 19th century remodelling of an 18th century house.
Segrwyd is probably is probably constructed predominantly of brick with some stone beneath a roughcast rendered elevations all under a hip slate roof with deep eaves, barge boards and high brick chimney stacks. Internally there are numerous period features with elegant sash and French windows, windows shutters, high plaster moulded ceilings and open fireplaces.
From 1949-1980 the main house was sub-divided to provide the Principal House and three self-contained apartments which, together with the Coach House, offer a rare opportunity to acquire an extensive property portfolio suitable fro letting, from which healty income can be derived. Indeed the present owners occupy the principal part of the main house with the remaining units having been let on Assured Shorthold Tennancies. Centre Flat is presently vacant.
Segrwyd Hall does however offer tremendous potential for conversion back to an individual country house, subject to obtaining any necessary consents, with relatively little reconfiguration work required.
Principal House provides comfortable family accommodation with two elegant reception rooms and three double bedrooms.

Principal House provides comfortable family accommodation with two elegant reception rooms and three double bedrooms. Centre Flat and East Side would appear suitable either for a small family or couple, each with one formal reception room and two double bedrooms. Gable Flat is a well appointed bedsit and would be ideal for staff or dependant relative.

The Coach House

The Coach House was converted some 25 years ago and offers spacious accommodation which is predominantly at first floor level together with a lounge hall on the ground floor adjacent to which is a series of garaging and stabling.

Location

Segrwyd Hall occupies and extremely private location at the end of a long drive. It is conveniently placed for both the market towns of Denbigh and St. Asaph both of which offer a wide selection of local services for everyday needs.
There is a comprehensive range of both private and state schools in the area as well as in the historic city of Chester with the Kings and Queens schools.
The Vale of Clwyd is renowned for its pleasant climate and offers numerous recreational opportunities with excellent walking in the Clwydian Range, several golf courses nearby, a number of local shoots and hunting with the Flint and Denbigh.
The property is also conveniently placed for walking, mountain biking and climbing in the Snowdonia Mountain Range as well as the North Wales Coast and Anglesey.

Outside

The property is approached through a splayed entrance and via a long metalled drive through most attractive mature woodland to a gravel parking area on the north-west front. The drive continues through stone gate pillars to a rear yard where the Coach House is situated. Adjacent to the Hall are the formal gardens which are laid to lawn with herbaceous borders to the east, a dwarf stone wall with clipped box and gate into a home paddock. To the rear is a series of garden stores with workshop and greenhouse.
A path leads along the south-west boundary through an area of woodland to a magnificent walled garden within which is an orchards area and vegetable garden. A gate leads to a further wooded area with stile into a 5 acre field which is down to grass and suitable for those wishing to keep horses. At the edge of the field is a pond and small copse. The remainder of the land is predominantly woodland, being a mixture of both deciduous and evergreen through which meanders a stream and pleasant woodland walks.
Drive Cottage is situated at the entrance of the drive and is surrounded by a lawned garden and woodland.

Services

Segrwyd Hall (Principal House, Centre Flat, East Side & Gable Flat)
Private tank drainage (septic tank) - shared between the four dwellings.
Oil central heating in Principal House and Centre Flat.
Solid fuel heating in East Side.
Mains water and electricity.
Electric night storage heating and electric water heating in Gable Flat.
Coach House
Private tank drainage (septic tank).
Oil central heating.
Mains water and electricity.
Drive Cottage
Private tank drainage (septic tank).
Electric night storage heating.
Mains water and electricity.

Outgoings

Local Authority
Denbighshire County Council. Tel. 01824 706 000.
Council Tax
Payable 2011/2012
Principal House Band E £1556.67
Centre Flat Band D £1273.64
East Side Band D £1273.64
Gable Flat Band B £990.61
Coach House Band C £1132.12
Drive Cottage Band D £1273.64

Sitting Room

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Bedroom

The Grounds