Your 'dream home'... complete with guest house, swimming pool and a tennis court!
- 10th January 2020
An elegant detached Georgian country residence occupying a substantial south facing garden plot in the rural hamlet of Orgreave, showcasing stunning character and beautifully presented interiors, six superb bedrooms and outside space including a detached guest house and leisure facilities including a swimming pool and recently resurfaced tennis court.
Orgreave House & The Cottage, Orgreave, Alrewas - Guide Price £1,695,000
Approached via a sweeping gravel drive with secure gated entrance, Orgreave House and The Cottage have been substantially refurbished and remodelled with upgrades to include reroofing, rewiring, a new heating system including radiators and boilers and a full internal refit to bathrooms and kitchens. The Cottage has also had new windows and some windows within Orgreave House have been replaced where required. Originally dating back to 1700s, this stunning home showcases a wealth of beautifully restored features throughout including intricate plasterwork, original doors and stunning stained glass windows and truly is one of the areas most impressive homes.
The immaculate and traditionally presented interiors are arranged over three floor plus a lower ground floor cellar, offering much flexibility and space both inside and out. To the ground floor, an original pillared porch leads into the grand reception hall, having an original staircase rising to the first floor and doors off into three reception rooms and to an inner hall which gives access to the open plan living and dining kitchen and boot room/utility. A refitted cloakroom is also accessed off the reception hall and a door beneath the stairs leads down to the cellars. A secondary staircase also gives access to the first floor accommodation which is home to four bedrooms, a family bathroom and study. The master suite has been remodelled to incorporate a dressing room and bathroom and the second bedroom also benefits from an en suite and dressing room. The second floor comprises a luxury shower room and further four more bedroom, two of which are currently used as a games room and fabulous cinema room.
Outside, the grounds comprise formal lawns, ample parking and a range of outbuildings, with leisure facilities including a resurfaced full size tennis court, an outdoor pool with a Mediterranean style terrace and an established kitchen garden. Within a courtyard are outbuildings including two garages and a detached guest house named The Cottage, which is home to a further two en suite bedrooms and an open plan living and dining kitchen. The south facing plot totals a generous 1.8 acres overall and presents impressive yet manageable grounds well suited to this regal country residence.
The hamlet of Orgreave is home to an individual collection of country properties and farms and includes the Orgreave Hall Estate, of which Orgreave House was formerly part of. The property lies just minutes drive from the desirable village of Alrewas where amenities can be found to include a popular Butchers’, a number of pubs, take away outlets, doctor’s surgery, dentist and more. Orgreave House lies within an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ school catchment area and there are a superb range of coveted independent schools also nearby including Smallwood Manor, Repton and Lichfield Cathedral. Orgreave is well placed for access to the commuter routes A38, A50 and M6 and rail stations at Burton on Trent and Lichfield Cathedral City provide regular rail links access to Birmingham, Derby and London (in 80 minutes). The International airports of Birmingham and East Midlands are also both within an east drive.
- Stunning Georgian Country Residence
- South Facing Grounds of 1.8 Acres
- Remodelled & Refurbished to include new roof, rewiring, plumbing & boilers
- Wealth of Character & Original Features
- Three Reception Rooms & Study
- Open Plan Dining & Living Kitchen
- Boot Room/Utility & Cloakroom
- Original Staircase & Stained Glass Windows
- Impressive Master with En Suite & Dressing Room
- Guest Bedroom with En Suite & Dressing Room
- Four Further Double Bedrooms
- Games & Cinema Rooms/Additional Bedrooms
- Family Bathroom & Shower Room
- Ample Parking & Electric Gated Entrance
- Range of Outbuildings & Garaging
- Refurbished Two Bedroom Guest House
- Resurfaced Tennis Court
- Swimming Pool & Walled Terrace
- South Facing Formal Gardens
- Local Rail Links to Birmingham & London