The Times: 'A Wedgwood mansion rescued for £1 is for sale at £3.5 million.'

'Barlaston Hall near Stoke-on-Trent was rescued in the Eighties by Save Britain’s Heritage and has been restored to its 18th-century glory.'

'It was known as the £1 house — but to even call it a house was a generous description. In 1981 Barlaston Hall, an 18th-century manor near Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, was a ruin with no future.

'Having been run into the ground by the pottery company Wedgwood — which had owned it since 1937 and used it as a factory and homes for its workers — it had been left empty and rotting from 1961. There was water pouring through the roof and chronic subsidence issues.

'However, with Wedgwood applying for permission to demolish, the home was rescued by Save Britain's Heritage, a charity set up in 1975 by a group of architectural historians committed to rescuing historic buildings.'

'Save, led by Marcus Binney, a former journalist passionate about Britain’s historic buildings, bought the house for £1 and rescued it, reroofing and underpinning the structure. “If Barlaston can be saved, no other major country house need be forsaken,” Binney said at the time.

'Since its period on life support, Barlaston has flowered unrecognisably. In 1992 it was bought by the Hall family, who continued its refurbishment before selling it to Cameron Dick, 53, and his wife, Clare Gilchrist-Dick, 51, in November 2020 for £2 million.'

An abundance of incredible original features remain in this Grade I Listed home with Wedgwood pedigree. Ornate plasterwork is punctuated by soaring windows that look to the lavish gardens and landscaped beyond, and Barlaston Hall is on the market with Jackson-Stops Alderley Edge with a guide price of £3,5000,000.

https://www.jackson-stops.co.uk/properties/19252024/sales/alderleyedge

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