Woodbank Lane, Woodbank, Chester, Cheshire £1,500,000

Reception hall | 4 Reception rooms | Kitchen/breakfast room | 6 Bedrooms | 3 Bathrooms | Traditional coach house | Stables | Manège | Gardens | Tennis court


Woodbank Hall is believed to date from the 1700’s although it was substantially remodelled in the 1860’s to provide an imposing house of generous proportions. Nearly all the principal rooms have direct views over the gardens and provide some excellent entertaining space.


Woodbank Hall is conveniently situated about 5 miles north of Chester and 12 miles south of Liverpool. It is also within reach of the M53 and M56 making the property also readily accessible to Manchester airport and the M6. The house, which is set in mature gardens and grounds, is accessed down a long tree lined drive off Shotwick Lane or directly from Woodbank Lane. The major cities of Liverpool and Chester provide a wide range of shopping and other facilities including schools, train services to London and various places of interest. There is also a good choice of recreational pursuits in the area including, horse racing at Chester and Aintree, sailing along the Wirral coastline, a number of golf courses including Hoylake, the home of the 2006 British Open, and shopping, a cinema and restaurants at Cheshire Oaks.

The gardens and grounds form a lovely setting to the house. There is a formal walled rear garden with central lawn, a variety of shrubs and trees, an ornamental pond and terraces. To one side is a large summer house with slate roof and adjoining store room. This is currently used as a games room. Adjacent to the boiler room is an outside wc.
The immediate gardens and grounds around the hall extend to about 2.5 acres and include a large lawn interspersed with banks of shrubs and sheltered by mature forest trees, beech and a specimen Wellingtonia. Steps lead down to the sunken dell, which was formally a fish lake. The main area of garden is believed to have been planted at the same time that the house was rebuilt. There is also a tennis court and a vegetable garden. The equestrian facilities are approached directly off the long drive, being situated some distance from the house. They include a modern timber stable block with five stables, tack room and a three bay hay store. Adjoining is parking for horse wagons and trailers. There is an all weather passada ménage and paddocks providing. In the corner of one is a large open fronted two storey field barn. Situated to the north of the house is a traditional coach house and a stable block which form two sides of a cobbled courtyard. The coach house incorporates a garage, part panelled tack/grooms room, store room and a single stable opening to a double stall.