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This offers an extremely attractive country estate spread over 30
acres of grounds. The Grade II listed Hall has been sympathetically restored
to the highest standards over the last 15 to 20 years and enjoys a fabulous
position close to the Peak District National Park. The estate is a mix of
extremely well- presented residential and commercial property. The Main
Hall includes fabulous living accommodation and a sumptuous leisure suite.
There is a commercial wing supporting a wedding business with further
accommodation and its own historic cedar-clad chapel complete with wedding
licence. Further to this there is a commercial office suite and an array of
outbuildings including a former Nursery school

Subject to planning there is a host of options for buyers to exploit within the
private parkland setting, yet convenience is on your doorstep with Matlock and
Darley Dale being nearby. A rare opportunity and one not to be missed.

It offers the main residential accommodation
although the hall could be fully opened to become one grand home again. The
ground floor offers a superb entrance porch leading to a very impressive reception
hallway with hand carved original staircase. There is a magnificent drawing room,
superb recently added orangery, a formal dining room, a useful study, a delightful
sitting room, a magnificent library and a butler’s kitchen. There is a bespoke large
living kitchen with hand-crafted units by Mark Wilkinson which enjoys the benefit
of a smaller intimate sumptuously appointed dining room with further access to a
cocktail bar.

SELLER INSIGHT
The beauty about living in parkland is that we get to see the seasons
change all around us. We’re surrounded by beautiful old trees, some
of which are hundreds of years old having been brought here by horse and
cart by the famous Victorian engineer, Sir Joseph Whitworth. I think spring
is my favourite season of all when the grounds wake up and the thousands of
snowdrops and daffodils make their welcome appearance,” say the owners.
“We came to have a look at the house one dark and dismal Saturday morning in
October 2002. The beautiful house and parkland opened up in front of us and I
instantly fell in love with it. We viewed it properly on the Sunday, purchased it on
the Monday, and that was that! It was impossible to live in at the time as it was an
absolute wreck, so we moved our motor caravan on site which became our home
whilst the extensive renovations took place.”
“I had a vision right from the beginning of a family home where we could welcome
our children, grandchildren, and friends, so the hard work quickly began in
earnest to create our dream. Previously a boarding school for 200 boys, the
renovation threw up all kinds of exciting finds, including original inlaid doors
hidden away under 10 layers of paint, rooms that we didn’t know existed, fizzy
pop bottles under the floorboards, jars of honey secreted away in corners and
cupboards, pineapple tins, and a piece of lead on the roof where one of the
students had scratched his name. The ex-headmaster lived nearby and he told
us tales of going upstairs after lights out to be greeted by the smell of the boys
eating pineapple chunks, hence the squirreled away sweet treats.”
“Stancliffe Hall is a joyous party house that comes to life when filled with happy
guests having fun. We’ve celebrated some lovely milestones here, including a
21st birthday where Lesley Garrett came to sing and we partied into a night filled
with music and marquees on the lawn. The walls date back to the 1500s in places
and they’re so solid and thick that we don’t hear a thing, even when we have 120
people partying at the back.”
“It’s amazing how the light changes throughout the day in the gardens. We’ve
kept it more traditional closer to the house before it changes into parklands as
it works for us and we love how it looks. We enjoy bracing, hour long walks in
the morning and there are lots of little areas to spend time in peace and quiet,
including next to the swimming pool where we soak up the afternoon sun.”
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My favourite room has to be the library as it’s filled with my extensive book
collection, sentimental trinkets, and family photos, all of which mean the world to
me. It’s a cosy and warm room where I love to sit with a good book. I sat in there
writing every night when I was studying for my English Literature degree as
there’s nowhere better to focus the mind than in a room filled with books.

So much more to find out and has different options too like splitting the land and paying less.