Leading Midlands contractor Morris Property has won a significant contract to build an elegant country house in Staffordshire, complete with external swimming pool, walled garden and orchard.

Harley Thorn House, a Georgian-style four-bedroom property near Stone, has been commissioned by private owners who wish to retire to the rural location.

It will feature a first-floor drawing room to give views over the countryside, a ground floor garden room, three bathrooms and a lift from the stone flag entrance hall to the first floor.

Work on the two-storey red brick and stone home has started this month and is due to for completion in mid-2021.

The property will replace a former farmhouse which was in a poor state of repair. A small outbuilding will be retained as a plant room and store and provide a bat loft for bats who roost at the site.

James West, Chief Operating Officer, at Morris Property, said: “We take pride in delivering quality developments, working with clients to realise their dream homes. This will be a substantial and elegant home with the kind of facilities and attention to detail that makes a home truly special.”

Craftsmen from Morris Joinery will produce all the windows and doors, and a feature oak staircase, as part of a £200,000-plus investment in bespoke joinery at the house.

Shrewsbury-based Morris Property is part of a fifth-generation family business group working in property investment and management, new build residential and commercial developments and restoration schemes.

For more information about Morris Property and its range of services, please call 01743 234234, email [email protected], or visit www.morrisproperty.co.uk