Magnificent... and yours for £7.5m

WHEN wealthy cotton and silk merchant Henry Theodore Gaddum returned from his travels around the East Indies he bought five acres of land at Bowdon and commissioned the building of Oakley.
 
This gentleman’s residence, now Grade II-listed, has survived the years and is now one of the most splendid private houses in the area.
 
Where others have been converted into apartments or the grounds sold off for development it stands as grand today as when it was built but it has been sympathetically updated and improved over the years, mainly by the current owners who after eight years here have decided to leave.
 
Agent Anthony Jevons from Jackson-Stops & Staff, said: “The house is a true rarity and has been maintained and improved to immaculate standards by the current owners.
 
“It is big – 10 bedrooms in the main house – but it is eminently liveable in and the garden room is truly wonderful. There are also two separate guest accommodations in the grounds.
 
“I don’t believe there is an anything else like it with this size of garden and grounds anywhere else in Bowdon.
 
“There has been a lot of interest from successful business people right across the region.”

Oakley is on the market for £7.5m. For more details call 0161 928 8881

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