Enjoy a rewarding start in your new Retirement Living Plus home with your service charge covered for one year, plus a £500 Bistro Credit*. It's our way of helping you settle in and make the most of your new lifestyle.

*T&Cs apply
  • Available now

Retirement properties for rent and Shared Ownership in Lichfield, Staffordshire

Call 0800 201 4811 now or sign up for updates to find out more about these superb new retirement homes in Lichfield, Staffordshire.

This attractive Retirement Living Plus development in lovely Lichfield includes 28 one bedroom and 37 two bedroom retirement apartments for sale, many with private balconies and all sharing beautiful communal facilities. These retirement properties in Lichfield are located in the heart of this historic city, so you’re close to a number of facilities and amenities, including pubs, restaurants, supermarkets, a pharmacy, an optician, a medical practice and a dentist. Central Lichfield is a great place for a spot of retail therapy too, as the quaint streets are lined with high street chains and independent boutiques.

Retirement Living with a big plus

Our properties for rent and Shared Ownership in Lichfield, Staffordshire offer you the complete privacy of your own spacious apartment, but with a friendly community outside your front door – and assisted living services to support you too.

Independence combined with support 

  • There’s a friendly manager on-site 24/7 
  • An hour’s domestic support each week is included – but you can have more if you want it. 
  • Tailored personal care should you need it.  

Apartments designed with you in mind 

All these retirement homes are cleverly designed with smart yet stylish features, like easy turn taps, to make life easier now and in the future. Low maintenance, warm and elegant, with the latest security and safety features built in, most of our homeowners enjoy cheaper bills. Parking is available and well-behaved pets are welcome

Key development information

Stowe Place

View on map Rotten Row, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6JE View on map

Opening hours: Wednesday to Saturday 10:30am–4pm

0800 201 4811

Shared Ownership 75% example share/no rent

  • 2 beds from £277,500

Rent

  • 1 bed from £2,930 pcm

See all properties and prices

Our service charge explained

Retirement Living Plus benefits

  • Domestic support – one hour of cleaning (or similar) per week is included and we have a range of additional cleaning and laundry services available.
  • Low maintenance – with the bigger jobs, like gardening and window cleaning, taken care of there’s more time to enjoy the good things in life.
  • Tailored lifestyle support – if you need a helping hand now, or in the future, we can support you with personal grooming, shopping, convalescence and more.
  • Sociable – full independence in your own home, with your own front door, a welcoming community and lots of activities– so loneliness is never a problem.
  • Sociable – full independence in your own home, with your own front door, a welcoming community and lots of activities– so loneliness is never a problem.
  • Beautifully designed apartments – with lifts to all floors, walk-in showers, contemporary easy-to-use kitchens–and plenty of storage.
  • A chef-run bistro/restaurant – serving subsidised seasonal fresh food daily in a stylish and sociable setting. Friends and family are welcome too.
  • Shared space and amenities – including a guest suite to make hosting simple, a communal lounge and lovely landscaped gardens.
  • Independent but secure – you’ll feel safe and sound with a 24/7 emergency alarm and friendly staff on-site day and night.

Development highlights

  • Central location in historic and charming Lichfield with excellent local amenities
  • Beautiful contemporary retirement properties available to buy or rent
  • Lovely landscaped gardens for evening cocktails and lazy afternoons with friends
  • On-site chef-run bistro with ever changing seasonal menus plus barista coffee and cake
  • On-site chef-run bistro with ever changing seasonal menus plus barista coffee and cake
  • Communal lounge and function room for parties, anniversaries, events and socialising
  • Manager onsite 24/7, plus tailored domestic support and personal care on tap should you need it
  • Community feeling with a calendar of events, clubs and activities to suit all interests
  • A hotel-style guest suite makes having friends and family to stay a breeze

Key features Key features for Stowe Place retirement properties

  • Balconies
  • Guest suite
  • Camera entry system
  • Landscaped gardens
  • 24 hour staffing
  • Pets allowed
  • Car parking
  • Lounge Wi-Fi access
  • Lifts to all floors
  • House/Estates Manager
  • Care and lifestyle services
  • Close to amenities
  • Communal lounge

Explore retirement properties at Stowe Place

Stowe Place interactive site plan

Interactive site plan

These retirement homes are available for rent and Shared Ownership

We’ve got a choice of flexible options to suit your lifestyles and financial circumstances. Your friendly Sales Consultant can help you choose the right one for you, so you can start planning life in your lovely new home.

The properties at this development are leasehold properties with a term of 999 years from and including 01/01/2022

You can rent a retirement home on this development. Renting is an easy, flexible and quick way to enjoy life in a McCarthy & Stone community. Did you know? When you rent the Service Charge is paid by the property owner, not by the tenant.

Reservation deposit* £150.00

An Assured Periodic Tenancy on a retirement rental gives you legal protection, meaning that if you abide by the conditions of your tenancy, you can live in the property for as long as you like. If you wish to move, you can serve two months at any time during your tenancy.

Contact us online or call 0800 201 4811 for more information about our retirement rentals.

If you’d like to move into a McCarthy & Stone retirement rental, we’ll ask you to complete a Rental Application Pack and an Income and Expenditure form. These give us the information we need to do standard background checks. You’ll be asked for proof of income, savings and/or pensions, along with copies of your last three months’ bank statements. You’ll also be asked to provide identification documents that comply with the latest Government Right to Rent regulations.

Contact us online or call 0800 201 4811 for more information about moving into our retirement rentals.

Yes. You pay a deposit to secure your rental retirement property which is offset against your first month’s rental payment. A Tenancy Deposit, equivalent to five weeks' rent, will need to be paid when your tenancy begins.

Contact us online or call 0800 201 4811 for more information about deposits.

All payments for our retirement rentals are due on the 1st of each month and must be paid by direct debit.

Contact us online or call 0800 201 4811 for more information about our retirement rentals.

You can buy part of your home and pay rent on the rest, so you can move in and enjoy the benefits of the McCarthy & Stone lifestyle without committing to outright purchase. The Shared Ownership scheme is run in conjunction with a government backed scheme.

  • You can enjoy the McCarthy & Stone lifestyle without paying the full purchase price.
  • Buying a percentage share of the property allows you to manage your finances to cater for possible future needs.
  • If you buy 75% of the value of the property, there is no rent to pay on the outstanding share. 
  • You could claim up to £500 a year to help with essential repairs in the first 10 years.

With this scheme, you can purchase up to 75% of the value of your property – and if you own 75%, you won’t pay any rent on the outstanding 25% share. If you purchase a lower share of the property, you will pay rent on the outstanding share. It provides a more affordable way to buy one of our retirement properties.

McCarthy & Stone’s Older Persons Shared Ownership is run in partnership with a government backed scheme and is ideal for those who want to enjoy the McCarthy & Stone lifestyle without paying the full purchase price. OPSO means you can purchase a share of 75% or 50% of the overall property value.

  • If you choose to buy 75% of the property, you won’t have to pay rent on the outstanding share.
  • If you buy a 50% share you’ll pay an affordable monthly rent on the remaining 50%. It is only available on select properties. 

To qualify for Older Person’s Shared Ownership, you need to be 55 or older. Additionally, there will be age criteria for the McCarthy & Stone retirement development you want to buy in. Apart from that, the main criteria is that you must own only one property and have a household income of less than £80,000 (£90,000 in London).

Find out more about Older Persons Shared Ownership

No. We offer a wide selection of Older Persons Shared Ownership properties across England. However, not every McCarthy & Stone development offers Older Persons Shared Ownership and not all properties at every development are eligible. If you want to know whether a specific development has Shared Ownership available you can message us online or call our friendly Sales Consultants on 0800 201 4811

McCarthy & Stone (Shared Ownership) Limited will become your landlord on the share you don't own.

Before entering into an Older Persons Shared Ownership agreement we recommend that you obtain independent financial advice so you know what your new home will cost and that you can afford it.

If you'd like to take up our Shared Ownership offer, we require you to have a financial assessment with an Independent Advisor. This is to make sure you can afford the ongoing costs now and if your circumstances change. We will put you in contact with an advisor who has experience of Shared Ownership schemes and can assess your eligibility.

You should plan for some one-off costs associated with your purchase, including, but not limited to the following:

• Reservation deposit (which is deducted from your final purchase)

• Solicitors Fees and disbursements

• Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) in England.

Your solicitor will be able to tell you if the tax applies and how much it will be

• Estate Agent fees if selling a current property

 
 

On-site car parking and disabled parking for homeowners and guests is usually available but varies depending on the individual retirement village or development.

Any questions about parking? Call 0800 201 4811 or contact us online.

With Older Persons Shared Ownership you are eligible to claim up to £500 a year to help with essential repairs for ten years. This covers items in the home that supply water and electricity such as basins, baths, toilets and also cables, but not fixtures, or appliances such as ovens or washing machines. Pipes and drainage items for heating and hot water are also included. Find out more about Older Persons Shared Ownership.

 

How much is the service charge?

Buying?

Standard service charge model*

Pay a regular weekly cost and a 1% contingency fee when you sell your property.

  • £207.93 2 bedroom apartment

Read more about service charge options or call us on 0800 201 4811

Renting with McCarthy & Stone?

Renting? Service Charge paid by the property owner, not by the tenant.

* Service charge cost per week, reviewed annually. Examples show prices available at this development.

Your service charge covers the services and amenities you enjoy at this development for a safe, comfortable, sociable and happy retirement. It includes things like wages for your on-site team, security systems and keeping communal spaces and gardens spick and span—and it’s all provided at cost price.

augustus house retirement properties for sale rent

What is included in the service charge

  • Electricity, heating and lighting (communal areas)
  • Water and sewage (communal areas and apartments)
  • Professional fees
  • Maintenance of building and gardens
  • Emergency call system
  • Building insurance
  • Income from Guest Suite and sundry income
  • Development staff
  • Future maintenance fund
  • Restaurant
  • Domestic assistance
a living room with a couch and a table

You could save thousands of pounds with a move to McCarthy & Stone

From savings on household bills, to avoiding the cost of home adaptions and renovations, with care on hand so you live independently for longer.

Find out more

Key features of our retirement properties

Frequently asked questions

Find out more with our FAQs. Still got a question? Call our friendly team on 0800 201 4811 or get in touch online.

Retirement Living Plus allows you to lead an independent lifestyle with optional assisted living facilities on hand if you need them. Exclusively for those aged 55 and over, you’ll benefit from luxurious and low-maintenance retirement apartments in fabulous UK locations, alongside an on-site restaurant/bistro, a manager on-site 24-hours and the option of bespoke domestic and personal care packages.

Exclusively for those aged 55 and over, Retirement Living Plus developments provide an independent lifestyle with assisted living facilities and additional lifestyle and care services as and when you need them. There’s an on-site restaurant/bistro providing delicious meals every day in a sociable environment and a member of our management team is on-site 24 hours-a-day, 365 days a year to provide reassurance.

  • An hour’s domestic assistance every week is included in the service charge. This is for light cleaning of your apartment. We also offer a range of additional services on a pay as you go basis such as laundry and bedding change, shopping and general errands including prescription collection, help with technology and paperwork and lots more. For those who may need it, we can provide personal care and support packages, these are individually tailored to suit your needs, and can cover any aspect of personal care. We are also here if you’d like and extra companionship or to escort you to your favourite activities. We are registered with the Care Quality Commission and our rates are highly competitive and our staff team fully trained and supervised.
  • Care and support services are delivered by our staff who are employed on-site.
  • You only pay for additional care and support when you  need it. We understand things change in life so you can dial up or down the support you receive from us at any time, putting you in control.

We can arrange a private and confidential Wellbeing Assessment to put a personalised support  plan in place, which means you have all the care and support you need from the moment you move in. Talk to us on 0800 201 4811 or get in touch online to find out more about our flexible care and support packages.

Our Retirement Living Plus assisted living properties include ‘hidden care’ designed so people can age in place in style and comfort. This includes telecare technology so if you choose, we can remotely monitor your wellbeing without being intrusive to your privacy.

Our apartments are designed with waist-height ovens and plug sockets, slip-resistant flooring, hearing loops for the TV and lever taps in the bathrooms, as standard. Our retirement properties are also designed to be usable by people with mobility aids/walkers as well as being easily adapted to be wheelchair users. It’s also just as important that the homes look beautiful and feel homely. We design homes people feel proud and happy to live in where any adaptations are as discreet as possible.

To make life easy:

  • There are lifts to all floors
  • Apartments are fitted with personal emergency alarms, as well as integrated fire alarms and camera entry systems.
  • As well as having a contemporary kitchen in their own apartment, customers can eat at the bistro-style restaurant on-site.
  • There are sociable shared areas, including a homeowners’ lounge, function room and maintained gardens.
  • Our sites offer a calendar of events, clubs and activities to suit all interests.
  • Having guests and relatives stay over is easy as they are welcome to stay overnight in our guest suites.
  • One hour of domestic assistance per week is included in the service charge.
  • Have the security of knowing additional care and support is available from our in-house staff teams, if any, when you want it. 
  • There are staff on-site 24/7 day and night, so always someone here should you need help.

Service charges cover the day-to-day costs of management and maintenance within our retirement developments, such as the heating and cleaning of communal areas, buildings insurance and redecoration. They are tightly regulated by national legislation and must relate to the management services provided within the development, not to construction or repair costs. Our service charges are ‘pass through’ costs which we do not mark up in any way. They are the costs of running your development.

Our service charge varies from development to development reflecting their different sizes and facilities, but they are calculated in the same way across the country.

Costs in Retirement Living Plus developments are higher than in Retirement Living developments to reflect the increased staffing costs, the provision of care and lifestyle support packages, and the table-service restaurants/bistros provided on-site.

Call 0800 201 4811 or contact us online to find out more about our service charges.

Yes. Most of our retirement developments are more than happy for you to move in with a well-behaved pet – most of our retirement rentals are pet friendly too. Call 0800 201 4811 for details, contact us online or read more about our pet-friendly policy.

Meet the team at Stowe Place

icon

Jake

icon

Emma

Manager

Our managers are on-site 24/7 to ensure communal areas and gardens are well maintained, services are delivered, and for your peace of mind.

Retirees walking through a Beacon Park in Lichfield.

Retirement living in Lichfield

The welcoming community of Lichfield has plenty to offer retirees seeking an active lifestyle. With historic architecture, a stunning cathedral, and all the amenities of a modern city, you can enjoy the best years of your life on these cobbled streets.

Local retirees enjoy:

  • The bustling city centre, with plenty of surrounding shopping opportunities for essentials and treats when you fancy them!
  • Fascinating historical and educational sites, like the birthplace of Samuel Johnson, the home of Erasmus Darwin, and a fair share of museums – perfect for solo exploration or a day out with the grandkids.
  • Easy access to the surrounding Staffordshire countryside, including Beacon Park and Cannock Chase National Landscape – both ideal for walking enthusiasts.
More information about Lichfield

Community news

From homeowner stories to events and fundraising, read the latest news from in and around Stowe Place.

What's on at Stowe Place

Join us for our upcoming events

Open House Event

You’ll meet our friendly team and have the opportunity to chat to some of the homeowners who already call Stowe Place home.

Whilst you’re here, you may wish to take a tour of our stunning show properties and discover the McCarthy & Stone lifestyle for yourself.

Open House Event

RL_Lifestyle_Event_Image-2 jpg
, to
Rotten Row, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6JE

Join our open house event and enjoy light refreshments on the patio. Don't miss out, this is our last remaining property for sale.

You’ll meet our friendly team and have the opportunity to chat to some of the homeowners who already call Stowe Place home.

Whilst you’re here, you may wish to take a tour of our stunning show properties and discover the McCarthy & Stone lifestyle for yourself.

Summer Open Day

Whether you're just exploring your next chapter or have already fallen in love with one of our stunning homes, this is the perfect opportunity to experience the lifestyle, meet the team, and discover why so many people are proud to call our community home.

Summer Open Day

RL_Lifestyle_Event_Image-2 jpg
, to
Rotten Row, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6JE

Take the tour of the development and enjoy light refreshments on the patio.

Whether you're just exploring your next chapter or have already fallen in love with one of our stunning homes, this is the perfect opportunity to experience the lifestyle, meet the team, and discover why so many people are proud to call our community home.

Special offers

Find the latest promotions and seasonal special offers here

a group of people sitting at a table with food

Summer Moving Offer: Service charge covered for a year

Enjoy a rewarding start in your new Retirement Living Plus home with your service charge covered for one year, plus a £500 Bistro Credit*. It's our way of helping you settle in and make the most of your new lifestyle.

a couple of women eating at a table

Part Exchange for a fast and hassle-free sale

With Part Exchange, you'll have a cash buyer for your home. There’s no estate agent fees and no chains. Just a guaranteed sale at a great price - so you could be enjoying the McCarthy & Stone lifestyle sooner.

To find out more please call 0800 201 4811.

a table with a plate of food and a remote

Apartment of the Month - Apartment 55

Apartment 55 is the last remaining two bedroom apartment at Stowe Place.

Located on the upper floor, this beautifully presented apartment features a large private balcony, creating the perfect space to relax and enjoy the outdoors. Finished in a neutral colour palette, it offers bright, comfortable living with everything you need for a low maintenance lifestyle and comes complete with curtains and light fittings so you can feel right at home from the moment you move in.

Smooth Move

Smooth Move

Nobody expects moving home to be easy, but we’re here to help you every step of the way; from the moment you make a reservation, through to the day you move in. Our Smooth Move service ensures everything goes like clockwork, which includes helping with the cost*.

To find our more please call 0800 201 4811.

Similar retirement developments nearby

Looking for pre-loved?

Browse our range of beautiful pre-owned retirement properties in Lichfield

Please note that images are for illustrative purposes only. Images may include upgrades and optional extras which may be available for you to purchase at an additional cost. Please click here for further explanations. Floor plans and pricing are accurate at time of publication. Floor plans are for guidance purposes only and are subject to change. Prices may fluctuate depending on market conditions and availability.