Wirswall, Whitchurch, Cheshire, SY13

An impressive country house with cottages and land occupying a commanding position in beautiful countryside

Description

Wicksted Hall is a magnificent Arts & Crafts country house with a symmetrical front elevation with a stone porch, stone mullion and oak windows, oak detailing and mellow brickwork. It is a substantial building with impressive entertaining space and extensive leisure facilities, making for a wonderful family home.

It has the feel of a small residential estate with a gate house and a sweeping drive leading through the park to the gardens. Below the house is a walled garden with glass houses and alongside a courtyard with two cottages and ancillary buildings including a triple garage block.

At the front of the house is a parking and turning area and a heavy oak front door and an enclosed porch with double part glazed doors opening into an impressive reception hall. This has part oak panelled walls and a log burner set beneath a stone chimney piece.

The house has a number of impressive reception rooms including an elegant drawing room with a marble chimney piece, a bay window and French doors opening onto the garden. On
the opposite side of the hall is a smaller room used as a library/study with fitted bookshelves and cupboards beneath.

A hallway leads to a dining room with a parquet floor, oak panelling and two bay windows. A door from the hallway accesses the wine cellar.

The leisure suite comprises a swimming pool framed by stone paved flooring with a seating area and a gallery above. Beside the entrance from the hallway is a shower room and a jacuzzi.

The impressive family kitchen has Clive Christian fitted units and an island to one end with a range of integrated appliances and a Viking stove. In the centre is a dining area and at the far end a sitting area with a log burner. Off the kitchen is a back hall, a pantry and WC and a conservatory linking to a laundry room.

Stairs lead from the reception hall to a wide landing serving the first floor bedrooms. These include a magnificent master suite with Clive Christian wardrobes and other fittings, a fully fitted dressing room with a central seat and access to a balcony and an en suite bathroom.

There are a further five bedrooms on the first floor and three bathrooms. In addition double doors open into a section with a WC and linen room, a hobbies room, a games room and gallery above the pool.

On the second floor is further versatile space with a series of four rooms and a bathroom.

The house is set in delightful gardens which in most part are framed by mature trees. They have extensive lawned areas along with more formal parts incorporating clipped yew hedging and specimen shrubs and plants. The walled garden is a prominent feature of the property along with a potting shed and two substantial glass houses.

The Gate House
The Gate House is a delightful building echoing the style of the main house. On the ground floor is a sitting room, kitchen, utility room and bathroom and on the first floor two bedrooms.

1 & 2 Wicksted Cottages
A pair of semi detached cottages on the south western side of a courtyard beside the walled garden. Both properties have undergone a scheme of modernisation and provide three bedroom accommodation. There are garden areas to the rear. To the far end are two buildings providing storage and additional garaging.

Location

Wicksted Hall is a substantial country house in a beautiful and peaceful rural position in South Cheshire, close to the Shropshire county boundary. The property is less than 2 miles from the market town of Whitchurch and 20 miles to the south of Chester.

Whitchurch is a busy market town with a good selection of shops, supermarkets, high street banks, church, a doctor’s surgery, pubs and restaurants. Additionally, the county town of Chester offers a more comprehensive range of services together with out of town retail parks.

Schooling in the area is well provided for notably at The White House in Whitchurch, Ellesmere College, Moreton Hall, Shrewsbury School and at both King’s and Queen’s in Chester.

On the recreational front there are numerous sports clubs locally including Cholmondeley Cricket Club, golf at Hill Valley, horse racing at Chester and Bangor-on- Dee and motor racing at Oulton Park. The Swan at Marbury is a very well regarded
pub.

Square Footage: 13,734 sq ft