Stately home on market for £925,000
A country home near Bridgnorth dating back to the 19th century is on the market for nearly £1million.
The Georgian House is a secluded stately home located within the prestigious Apley Park estate.
Estate agent Berriman Eaton is looking for offers of around £925,000 for the three-storey property, which was commissioned by Thomas Whitmore in 1811 following the Napoleonic Wars. The Whitmore family were iron founders and the property was designed to emulate a romantic castle overlooking the River Severn.
The mansion is more than 7,000 sq ft and combines contemporary and classic features of the original property. It has six bedrooms, including four en suite, a drawing room, open plan kitchen with mezzanine rooms forming a library/study and sitting area, and two grand reception rooms.
The hall has an original restored staircase leading to a galleried landing with high ceilings and restored sash windows and its private driveway is around a mile from the village of Norton.
The private gardens are to the front with views over Apley Park. All residents have use of the communal grounds and Apley leisure facilities, including an indoor pool, gym and outdoor tennis court.
Bruce Attwood, manager of Berriman Eaton in Whitburn Street, Bridgnorth, said today: "The Georgian House instantly strikes you upon entering the impressive reception hallway with its high ceilings, vast windows, sweeping staircase with numerous features, and doorways leading to fantastic reception rooms.
"The kitchen is sleek and contemporary in design, having an open plan feel with galleried seating area above, located in Apley Hall's original kitchen quarters.
"Every room in the house has extremely generous proportions and the front rooms have wonderful views over the Apley estate land and surrounding countryside."
The layout of the park was carried out in around 1820 to the design of landscape architect William Webb. Apley Hall is believed to be the inspiration behind many of PG Wodehouse's novels, including Blanding's Castle, as he enjoyed a brief stay there.
The surrounding Apley Park is an area of special landscape character, overseen by Apley Estates, which seeks to preserve the privacy of the landscape around the hall.
