_Ston Easton Park: Could you be the new owner of this historic country house hotel near Bath?

Guide price: £6,000,000

Cutting a handsome figure in the folds of Somerset countryside amid parkland and landscaped grounds, classic Georgian good looks are worn on the sleeve at this 250-year-old Palladian mansion.

Operating as a country hotel since 1978, the 4-star, 20-bedroom hotel, moments from the Mendip Hills AONB, is offered with vacant possession and represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create something magical borne of a clear vision for its future. 

Closed for trading, the hotel is currently being used as a filming location for prime time period dramas.

With plenty of scope to value-add, enhance the venue, guest experience and wedding business, the hotel will appeal to an array of buyer profiles to include existing hoteliers looking to expand their portfolios or domestic and overseas investors keen to capitalise on the strong demand for private leisure business across the South West of England.

Should new owners wish, the property could be reverted into a private country home with C3 (Residential) use already in place.

Internally, the past is very much present with staggering original detailing and period features offering a window to a bygone era of English architecture and home building.

Of particular note are the decorative ceilings, fireplaces and door cases complemented by classic country house furnishings.

The public areas provide an interlocking maze of dining rooms that can be used for either weddings, events and dining. Towards the east is the Stair Hall, Yellow Dining Room and cocktail bar. The west side of the Mansion House houses Sorrels restaurant, a painting room, library and private dining room.

The lower ground floor comprises the original Edwardian kitchen, a games room, billiards room, garden room, studies and stores with a central hall that provides access to the gardens and grounds.

The property currently offers guests 20 classic, individually-designed guest bedrooms, arranged over
the ground, first and second floors.

There is scope to provide further dimensions to the business via the conversion of the existing disused Grade II* Listed Coach House that benefits from planning permission to create a substantial function suite, which will only enhance the overall business offering and provide the new owner with an additional income stream.

Additionally, the Grade II Listed, 3-bedroom Gardeners Cottage with river frontage could either be used as further guest bedrooms or as a self-contained offering. Historically this has proved popular for families. 

Ston Easton has gardens and landscaped grounds - laid out by the great 18th century English landscape designer Humphry Repton - of around 12 acres and the remains of a park of between 30 acres.

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