8+ bedroom detached house for sale in Birdsgrove House, Mayfield, Ashbourne, Derbyshire

8+ bedroom Detached House for sale

Birdsgrove House, Mayfield, Ashbourne, Derbyshire

Grade 2 listed mansion last used as a rest home, former coach house and 2 bedroom cottage

• Website reference: ukps 9113
• Grade II Listed mansion (last used as a rest home), former coach house and two bedroom cottage extending in all to about 13,710 sq ft (1,273 sq m) (GIA)
• Formal and informal gardens, pasture and frontage to the River Dove.
• Suitable for continued institutional use, refurbishment and redevelopment for a range of alternative uses including residential, subject to obtaining the necessary consents.
• Available as a whole or in lots.
• Lot 1: Mansion house with gardens, grounds and former Coach House.
• Lot 2: Hope Cottage.
• Lot 3: Pasture.
• Lot 4: Fishing rights on River Dove and Bentley Brook.
• In all about 11.3 acres / 4.57 hectares.
• Location / communications.
• Birdsgrove House is well situated in a rural position close to the market town of Ashbourne. The property benefits from views over open countryside and sits in landscaped gardens and grounds of approximately 4.6 hectares(11.36 acres).
• The property lies about 1.5 miles to the south west of Ashbourne and is accessed from the A52. Birdsgrove House is within commuting distance of Derby (13 miles), Manchester (48 miles), Birmingham (46 miles) and Sheffield (45 miles).
• Both the M6 (J15) and M1 (J25) motorways are within 20 miles, while Derby train station offers direct services to London St Pancras (1 hour 45 minutes). East Midlands airport is just 34 miles distant.
• The market town of Ashbourne provides for day to day needs, and is also home to a number of specialist retailers. A more comprehensive range of shops, services and recreational and cultural facilities are available in Derby, Manchester, Birmingham and Sheffield. The nearby Peak District and Dovedale provide for beautiful walks and riding whilst there is sailing and other water sports at Carsington Water.
• Racing is at Uttoxeter, and nearby golf courses include Breadsall Priory, Ashbourne and Kedleston. Other local attractions include Kedleston Hall, Chatsworth and Alton Towers.
• There are a number of schools in the area including Repton School, Denstone College, Abbotsholme School and Queen Elizabeth Grammar School.
• For sale freehold.
• Birdsgrove House has since 1946 until its closure last year been used as a convalescent and rest home by the Benevolent Fund of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. The property today provides an exceptional opportunity with its extensive accommodation, outstanding setting and scope for a range of uses and development, subject to obtaining the necessary consents.
• Gardens and grounds.
• The property is set in gardens and grounds extending to 4.6 hectares (11.36 acres). These comprise formal and informal areas, including orchards, pasture, extensive lawns, woodland and frontage to the River Dove. The property has the benefit of fishing rights over the River Dove and Bentley Brook.
• Further information.
• Knight Frank have prepared a Planning Statement which contains more detailed information on the planning history of the property, the Local Plan policies applicable to this property and the initial views of Planning Officers at East Staffordshire Borough Council on the potential for alternative uses and redevelopment. A copy of this Statement is available upon request or can be downloaded from the internet at www.knightfrankglobal.com/birdsgrove

Price: £1875000

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