Live like a lord at grand hall near Wolverhampton for £75k
Ever fancied living in the grand surroundings of Patshull Hall? Well now you can - and it could cost you just £75,000.
An apartment at the Grade I sprawling estate near Wolverhampton is to go under the hammer next month.
Parts of the hall used as a wedding venue are currently up for sale after the business went into administration last year, owing £2.7 million and leaving couples without a wedding venue.
The apartment, which covers four floors, is one of several residential homes that form part of the estate. But it is part-finished and will need work to make it habitable.
Ron Darlington, partner at auctioneers CP Bigwood, said: "The apartments have been there for some time but this one is not finished.
"The price of £75,000 reflects the fact it is an auction and the likely buyer will also have to spend money to make it liveable.
"It is a unique property and is a chance to live somewhere stunning.
"Somebody will probably buy this for themselves as opposed to be looking to sell it on."
The apartment could provide up to four bedrooms.
It is approached via a long driveway from the gatehouse, showing the extensive surrounding parkland. The premises are towards the
rear of the mansion, approached via a private courtyard with secure gated access.
There are a number of interconnecting rooms, together with an original oven, which requires complete modernisation.
Outside, the property overlooks the hall's inner courtyard and has the benefit of surrounding parkland.
Reputed to be one of England's largest listed buildings, Patshull Hall is a substantial Georgian mansion situated on the Staffordshire/Shropshire border in Burnhill Green.
Designed by renowned architect James Gibbs for Sir John Astley around 1750, the house replaced an original moated 13th Century manor house set in a medieval deer park.
Shortly after completion, the estate was acquired in 1765 by Sir George Pigot on his retirement as Governor of Madras. Pigot engaged England's finest landscape architect, Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, to landscape a magnificent park of some 340 acres.
During the 20th Century, the house had variety of uses, including that as a rehabilitation centre in the 1940s, an orthopaedic hospital and a private school. In 1990, the estate was broken up with many acres sold off for the creation of the adjacent Patshull Park hotel and golf course.
The house subsequently fell into serious disrepair and for a short time even appeared on the English Heritage list of buildings at risk. In the late 1990s it was restored and become a well-loved wedding venue until its collapse last year.
