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B ROOKLANDS H OUSE PIPE GATE, MARKET DRAYTON, SHROPSHIRE TF9 4HA

Nantwich 10 miles • Chester 31 miles • 27 miles • Stafford 19 miles • M6 7 miles Stoke on Trent 11 miles • 11 miles • (All mileages are approximate)

An impressive country house with exceptional accommodation and captivating grounds including outstanding equestrian facilities and a small lake as well as an additional cottage

Accommodation and amenities Reception hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Music room • Sitting room Kitchen Breakfast room • Back hall • Office • Boot room • Laundry and Scullery • Butler’s pantry • Cloakroom x 2 • Cellars Master bedroom with bathroom and dressing room • Three further bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms on the first floor Two bedrooms on the second floor • Linen room and store room

Grooms Cottage Kitchen Breakfast room • Sitting room • Downstairs cloakroom • Two bedrooms • Family bathroom

Outside Stable yard with 6 looseboxes and tack room • Garaging • Outbuildings • 4 acres of landscaped gardens Small lake • 9 acres of paddocks

Total acreage: 13.5

Balfours LLP Windsor House, Windsor Place, Shrewsbury SY1 2BY 01743 353511 balfours.co.uk

1 Situation Brooklands is approached via electric gates along a sweeping drive. The nearby village of has a post office and public house, general store and bakery. Nearby is the well known The Swan with the Two Necks. The nearby towns of Woore, , and Market Drayton provide an extensive range of local shopping, educational and recreational facilities. Garden Centre and Onneley Golf Club are nearby. The larger towns of Chester, Shrewsbury, Crewe offer further cultural, educational and leisure facilities with both Shrewsbury and Crewe having mainline Intercity rail links to Manchester Birmingham and London. Stafford, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent are also within commutable distance and have good motorway and rail links. The house whilst situated in the country is well placed for commuting to a number of business centres. Along with enjoying easy access to Stafford, M6, and Crewe communications are excellent to the and the national motorway network which gives access to Birmingham, Manchester and East Midlands airports.

2 3 Brooklands House Originally Georgian with later extensions, the property benefits from wonderful original features such as the beautiful ceiling rose in the Entrance Hall whilst maintaining a functional large family house with modern features. The house offers elegant accommodation which has a feeling of light and space owing to the high ceilings and large windows featured in all of the reception rooms. As well as the reception rooms, the tremendous Kitchen breakfast room enjoys views over the gardens. The house has an excellent finish throughout and is in very good condition. From the entrance hall the main reception rooms are accessed. The drawing room, dining room and music room, all have large windows, open fireplaces and high ceilings. The remainder of the ground floor accommodation includes a sitting room, kitchen breakfast room with a gas AGA and a wonderful wooden glazed extension, boot room, scullery, utility and butler’s pantry as well as two cloak rooms. From the hall a curved staircase rises to the first floor with a handrail. The first floor accommodation is set around a long, light landing where there are four bedrooms, four bathrooms and dressing room. There is a further set of stairs leading to the second floor where there are a further 3 rooms. A further staircase also descends to the ground floor, providing a second stairway to the main house.

4 5 6 Outside There are 4 acres of formal gardens including a tennis court and summer house area, as well as a rose garden and a small lake. Adjacent to the house is a range of outbuildings and further barns. The courtyard provides extensive brick stabling including 6 loose boxes, tack room and hay store as well as extra garaging. There are several paddocks totaling 9 acres and an all weather (type) ménage with floodlights. The land runs down to the lake where there is an abundance of wildlife.

The Grooms Cottage This is a two bedroom cottage adjacent to the house connecting to the stable block which is currently used as a holiday let. It comprises of a breakfast kitchen, sitting room, and two first floor bedrooms with a family bathroom. It also has a private garden.

7 12 General Services: Mains water and electricity. Shared, private drainage. Oil fired central heating. Council tax: Brooklands is listed as Band G. Postcode: The postcode of the property is TF9 4HA. Local Authority: : 0345 678 9000 Fixtures and fittings: Fitted carpets are included in the sale. All other fixtures, fittings and furniture such as curtains, light fittings, garden ornaments and statuary are excluded from the sale. Some may be available by separate negotiation. Wayleaves, rights of way and easements: The property will be sold subject to and with the benefit of all wayleaves, easements and rights of way, whether mentioned in these particulars or not. EPC rating: Brooklands House: E Grooms Cottage: C

Directions From Nantwich take the A51 towards Woore. Continue through Woore and Irelands Cross. After Irelands Cross, the property can be found on the right hand side after approximately 0.7 miles, clearly signposted. Exit Junction 15 M6 motorway. Take the Shrewsbury Important notice road A53 for 5 miles passing through Whitmore then Balfours, their clients and any joint agents have prepared these particulars in good faith to give a fair description of the property, and give Baldwin’s Gate till joining the junction at A51. Turn notice that: 1) They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property. These particulars do not right (direction Nantwich) and continue for 2 miles. form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2) All areas, measurements and distances At Shropshire sign Brooklands House on left, see are approximate. The text, photographs, floor plans and other plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should electric gated entrance. not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Balfours has not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Particulars dated: February 2014. Photographs dated: July 2013.