Country House Restoration at Coleorton Hall

Coleorton Hall is a fine Grade II listed mansion house and gardens near Ashby de la Zouche. It was originally designed by George Dance for Sir George Beaumont in the early 1800’s, with a subsequent second storey added by Cockerill in 1848. The hall sits in an important historic landscape with picturesque garden, ponds and woodland. The original garden, known for its literary and artistic associations, inspired Samuel Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Sir Walter Scott and John Constable.

Until recently the site was owned by the National Coal Board and had been unsympathetically developed as its regional headquarters. A scheme has been prepared to convert the hall, stables and other outbuildings to residential use, allowing for rebuilding of the derelict buildings and features of historic value. Within the grounds, a sympathetically designed residential development has been proposed as part of the master plan for the site. The new development will also help to finance the restoration of the gardens and landscape.

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