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Overseale House

Derbyshire

Superior bed and breakfast accommodation in the heart of the English countryside.
This beautiful eighteenth century country house is also open for public viewing during the summer months.
 

Overseale House is a fine George II Grade 2* Country House. It was probably built around 1770-80 but when its present owners Mr and Mrs Robinson bought the house in 1996 it had fallen into disrepair. When they bought Overseale House, offering AA rating four star bed and breakfast accommodation seemed a lot of hard work away. They have painstakingly restored it to its former glory with careful consideration to preservation of original features and period colours and decoration.

The house boasts eight bedrooms plus three bathrooms running along a central corridor which extends the full length of the house. There are three separate landings. Each bedroom has a different style of decoration and individual fireplace.

The main kitchen is the original kitchen and still has its original wall cupboards. The four-oven aga range is used for cooking and heating water. The room at the rear of the kitchen would have been the servant's kitchen and incorporated a bread oven.
 

The Dining Room's main feature is its late Georgian fireplace and its original windows with rare side catches. The cornice is very distinctive and an excellent example of the type decoration found in stately homes of this period. The room is framed by its mahogany doors which are accentuated in this room by the Barbadian mahogany dining table.

The sitting room dates from 1760 and is the most original feature of the house. The windows are an astonishing 240 years old. The curtain valences were lost for years but were recently discovered under sacking in the outhouse, after a year-long restoration they are a testimony to the beauty and opulence which the house was originally intended for. The wooden floors are also in excellent condition and have been left partially exposed. The fireplace dates from 1801 with a replica grate and is still used as a working coal fire. Come and have a look for yourself and see the beautiful chandelier which dates from 1900 and is thought to be French, gaze out of the window and see the Clifton, Campville Church, the highest village church spire in the country.

The cellars in Overseale House are not, in fact completely underground, they would have functioned as the servant's sitting area, the butler's pantry and a store area. Two of these rooms are still under restoration. The Lower South Wing is also still under development, it consists of two large rooms and an en-suite bathroom.

To come and see the splendor of this eighteenth century English stately home for yourself click on the ringing telephone link for contact details and find out more about public viewings or come and stay in the house in one of its magnificent rooms and live like an eighteenth century house guest for a weekend. Click on the coins for our reasonable bed & breakfast rates.

View from the gardens