A hall that was partly built by the naturalist Thomas Eyton special home for a family wishing to live in beautiful Shropshire parkland.
Eyton Hall, in Eayton upon the Weald Moors, Telford, is a Grade II listed property that has been sympathetically extended and restored.
Thomas Eyton, a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin, built the central five bay portion of the hall by enlarging an 18th century hunting lodge of three bays.
The east and west wings were added later in the century.
It has a stuccoed and symmetrical front façade with colonnaded elevation and pediment bearing the Eyton coat of arms
The front door opens to a hallway that has an unusual vaulted ceiling with pillared supports and a Minton tiled floor.
It opens to a wide central hallway off which are the reception rooms.
These are well proportioned rooms with high moulded ceilings, deep sash windows and stunning fireplaces.
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The drawing room is of particular note with its Italian marble fireplace and wide bay of windows.
In the luxurious kitchen/breakfast room there are units that have been fitted by Christians of Nantwich.
It has a four door electric Aga range and to the wide south-facing terrace.
The dining room has a polished wood floor, marble fireplace, an arched display recess and French windows to the terrace.
There is also a library and garden room and extensive cellarage.
A sweeping staircase leads upstairs to a landing off which there is a master bedroom with dressing room and en suite bathroom.
It has four further bedrooms and a family bathroom.
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Both the master suite and bathroom have Clive Christian fittings.
The East Wing is currently incorporated in the main house but could be adapted to provide secondary accommodation.
It has a separate access which opens to a back hall, off which are the secondary kitchen, laundry room and pretty sitting room.
A staircase leads to the guest bedroom, en suite bath and shower room and a further bedroom.
At the back of the house there is a range of traditional outbuildings, a double garage with loft space above and a traditional barn with the original loose boxes.
There is potential to adapt a courtyard area into a range of stables if required.
The grounds/parkland extend to 25 acres. Further land is available by separate negotiation,
To the front of the house is a wide paved south facing terrace with views across sweeping lawns flanked by rhododendrons and woodland, over the ha ha to the parkland beyond.
The woodland has walkways, a feature pool and boasts a number of specimen trees planted at a time when Victorian pleasure gardens were in vogue. They offer all year colour and interest.
The recently refurbished barn complex has a number of rooms which could be used as either an office or leisure complex.
In a corner of the woodland is the former Lodge Cottage which has planning permission to restore .
Eyton upon the Weald Moors is eight miles from the market town of Newport and 13 from Stafford.
VIEWING INFORMATION
AGENT: Balfours
TEL: 01743 353511
WEB: www.balfours.co.uk
GUIDE PRICE: £1,650,000