North Staffordshire estate to reopen as children’s home

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Smallwood Manor Hospital in Uttoxeter, North Staffordshire.

Originally designed by Robert Edis and built in 1886, this 48.66-acre estate is centred around Smallwood Manor, a Grade ll listed Elizabethan-style country residence partly refurbished in 2021 to accommodate a children’s hospital and mental health centre. the surrounding grounds accommodate a walled garden, tennis courts, playing fields and artificial turf pitch.

The estate sits in a desirable setting within East Staffordshire, close to the hamlet of Netherland Green, and accessible via a private driveway which leads to the estate. The closest town is Uttoxeter which is 4.8km to the north.

It was previously a private school that ceased trading in 2021 and, although it was partly refurbished to provide alternative care facilities, it subsequently came back to the market in 2024.

Following a sales process with Julie Kitson at Christie & Co, it has been purchased by the independent children’s home provider, Resicare Alliance.

Donna Varley-Turner, Chief Executive Officer at Resicare Alliance, comments, “We are very pleased to have acquired such a beautiful building with such spacious ground. This will enable us to continue our expansion into the SEN sector and build on our successful children's home business.”

Julie Kitson, Director at Christie & Co, comments, “The site will offer children an amazing open space and a building that can offer plenty of classrooms and activity space. Having worked with Resicare on previous purchases, I felt that this property would offer them a unique opportunity to create an SEN school. The site is beautiful, and the additional buildings will allow them to have children’s homes and training facilities. I wish them every success.”

Smallwood Manor Hospital was sold off an asking price of £4,000,000.

The sale was also supported by David Spitzer at BNI Law and Liz Roberts at gunnercooke LLP.

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