Stanton House Hotel

STANTON FITZWARREN • •

A HIDDEN GEM IN THE HEART OF THE A CLASSIC COUNTRY MANOR HOUSE BEAUTIFUL WILTSHIRE COUNTRYSIDE WITH A CONTEMPORARY TWIST Highlights

A WONDERFUL 78-BEDROOM COUNTRY HOTEL SET IN 11 ACRES

JUST NORTH OF MAJOR TOWN AND CLOSE TO THE M4

NET TURNOVER £2,229,970 FOR YEAR END 31 MARCH 2019 – OVER 50% FROM ROOM SALES

A WELL-ESTABLISHED BUSINESS WITH INTERNATIONAL APPEAL

£4,950,000 – FREEHOLD

STANTON HOUSE HOTEL • STANTON FITZWARREN • SWINDON • WILTSHIRE • SN6 7SD tanton House is an incredibly attractive Stanton Fitzwarren is an ancient and picturesque The present owners are a subsidiary of the former manor house set in gorgeous village with a Grade I listed parish church, set just Honda Motor Company, hence the Japanese landscaped gardens overlooking a lake and north of the bustling industrial centre of Swindon influence, and was developed to accommodate Smanages to combine accessibility with seclusion. on the edge of the Cotswolds. Stanton Lake Park employees and guests of the nearby Honda factory. The tree lined avenue provides the perfect gateway can be accessed through the hotel’s grounds and With the factory due to close in July 2021, the from the busy A361 out of Swindon to the calm boasts a Green Flag award, extensive woodland, owners are looking to sell the property. serenity of the hotel and the 74-hectare country a large lake and was the site of a Roman Villa. park and nature reserve that borders the grounds. The hotel enjoys excellent transportation links, with the M4 only 10 minutes drive away, providing The 78 bedrooms are spread between the old Manor ready access to both Bristol to the West and House and the latterly added accommodation Reading to the East, with Heathrow Airport a mere block, sympathetically matched to the original 70 miles drive away. building in Cotswold stone. Unsurprisingly, it proves popular with business travelers to nearby The readily accessed A419 provides an easy Swindon and given the stunning setting is also route through to the Cotswolds and Cheltenham, well placed for the leisure market for which the the A420 similarly easy access to Oxford. This lovely buildings and superb accessibility makes gives the hotel a tremendous advantage in it well placed. targeting a range of sources of business.

STANTON HOUSE HOTEL • STANTON FITZWARREN • SWINDON • WILTSHIRE • SN6 7SD THE Property

The detached property is built of Cotswold stone with the former manor building having been largely re-constructed in the 1930’s and the bedroom block during the conversion to the hotel in 1992 with the buildings linked together by a mainly glazed, two-storey section including a conservatory extension. Accommodation is set out on ground and two upper floors in both buildings, with basement cellar. It is not a listed building.

PUBLIC AREAS

The reception area is accessed through the glazed link between the old and new buildings and includes a cloakroom and ladies’, gentlemen’s and disabled persons’ toilets. A lounge and bar area can be found on the first floor of this section, along with a small business room. To the rear of the reception area is the Conservatory providing lounge and bar for around 40 people and doors to the garden.

Within the original building there are three meeting/function rooms, each with lovely original features and they are as follows:

The Cedar Room, seating 24 and including a patio; The Thyme Room, seating 10 boardroom style and including a patio; The Wisteria Room, with room for 30. There is also The Rosemary Restaurant and Bar which overlooks the lake and although generally used at present for 70 covers can take up to 110. The Jasmine Japanese Food Shop adjoins the restaurant.

Along a further linked passageway the hotel’s main function room can be found. The Lilac Room can accommodate up to 110 guests and is often used for Weddings and large conferences. Further toilets can be found within the link, as well as access to a courtyard. Arranged on the first floor adjoining the Lilac Room is the Yakiniku @ Mount Fuji Restaurant that provides authentic Japanese food in traditional surroundings and seats about 32.

STANTON HOUSE HOTEL • STANTON FITZWARREN • SWINDON • WILTSHIRE • SN6 7SD LETTING BEDROOMS

78 Letting Bedrooms (46 single, 7 twin, 25 double). 7 bedrooms are situated in the original old manor house, with the rest in the newer building. All bedrooms have en suite facilities, 74 with shower over the bath, including a few rooms with corner baths, and four have separate baths and showers.

The high proportion of single bedrooms suited the trade for which our clients owned the hotel and new owners may wish to reconfigure them to provide more double occupancy rooms.

STAFF ACCOMMODATION

On the second floor of the old building are three single staff bedrooms with shared bathroom and WC.

SERVICE AREAS

Kitchen, wash-up area, still, pot-wash area. Two walk-in cold stores, dry goods store, staff room, staff WCs, reception office, three other ground floor offices, large second floor office. Laundry room for guests, housekeepers office. Beer cellar, underground cellar. Outside are various storage sheds and compounds.

LEISURE

A former swimming pool has been floored over and this space is now the Lilac Room.

OUTSIDE

The hotel occupies a site of around 11 acres which slopes down away from the road towards the south and west. The grounds are largely laid to lawn and attractively landscaped. They include an orchard, rose garden and formal gardens from the original manor house, reputedly laid out by Gertrude Jekyll, including a gazebo. The entrance drive leads to about 120 marked parking spaces.

STANTON HOUSE HOTEL • STANTON FITZWARREN • SWINDON • WILTSHIRE • SN6 7SD Floor plans are for guidance purposes only. GROUND FLOOR

GROUND FLOOR

MIDDLE FLOOR TOP FLOOR

STANTON HOUSE HOTEL • STANTON FITZWARREN • SWINDON • WILTSHIRE • SN6 7SD The Site

This site plan is for guidance purposes only. Interested parties will need to satisfy themselves on the precise boundary.

STANTON HOUSE HOTEL • STANTON FITZWARREN • SWINDON • WILTSHIRE • SN6 7SD DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL SERVICES PRICE

While there have been no recent planning applications Swindon Borough Council. Tel:01793 45500 £4,950,000 for the freehold complete with goodwill and for further development of the site, plans were drawn trade contents (according to inventory), excluding personal Mains electricity, gas, water. Private drainage that has up for development of the site in 2007. These were for items. Stock at valuation. capacity to handle further development . Gas fired heating, a detached block of 28 bedrooms and an extension air conditioning to restaurant and all meeting rooms except to the hotel altering the reception area, and creating a the Thyme Room. FINANCE new restaurant, ballroom and 12 further bedrooms plus reconfiguring part of the existing hotel as a leisure suite. Colliers International and Knight Frank LLP are able to assist prospective purchasers by introducing sources LICENCE The main restaurant was previously two storey in height of finance if required. Whilst we do not charge the and extension over it once again should be straightforward. Premises licence and Wedding and Civil Ceremony buyer for this service, we may receive an introductory Premises Approval commission from the lender or broker involved. The hotel owns the access road to the Church. This runs adjacent to an area of land formally described as ‘the orchard’ (now treeless). There may be some scope, subject TRADE TO VIEW to necessary consents, for a small residential development Management accounts for the year ended 31 March 2019 All appointments to view MUST be made through the along a section of the road nearest the village on land show net turnover £2,229,970 with over 50% from room vendors’ agents who are acting with sole selling rights. owned by the hotel. sales. The amount of trade from Honda has been reducing over recent years. www.stantonhousehotel.co.uk

STANTON HOUSE HOTEL • STANTON FITZWARREN • SWINDON • WILTSHIRE • SN6 7SD STANTON HOUSE HOTEL

DIRECTIONS

M4 (J15) 6.7 miles Reading 42 miles

Swindon 5.5 miles Bristol 48 miles

Oxford 27.7 miles Heathrow 68 miles

Cheltenham 30 miles

From J15 of the M4 take the A419. After around 5 miles, take the A361 toward . In 4 miles take The Avenue turning on your left towards Stanton Fitzwarren. Before the village you will find Stanton House Hotel on your left.

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STANTON HOUSE HOTEL • STANTON FITZWARREN • SWINDON • WILTSHIRE • SN6 7SD