The Avenue, Peplow, North Shropshire

The Bowling Barn is a handsome red brick family home offering more than 1,800 sq ft of light-filled flexible accommodation arranged over two floors, sensitively converted to provide an elegant and practical family and entertaining environment with quality fixtures and fittings and neutral décor throughout. The accommodation flows from a welcoming through reception hall with flagstone-tiled flooring, a useful cloakroom, a fitted utility room with Belfast sink and wooden work surfaces and a walk-in larder which benefits from doors to the rear to two aspects, and briefly comprises a dual aspect sitting room with bespoke storage, full-height glazing, a feature fireplace with woodburning stove, French doors to the forecourt and a door to an inter-connecting family room with a door to the rear aspect. The ground floor accommodation is completed by an L-shaped kitchen/breakfast room with feature flagstone flooring, a range of contemporary wall and base units, complementary work surfaces and splashbacks, modern integrated appliances, space for a good-sized table and bi-fold doors to the front terrace.

Stairs rise from the reception hall to the vaulted first floor which features a wealth of wooden flooring throughout and provides a front aspect principal bedroom with built-in storage, a fitted dressing area and an en suite shower room and two further double bedrooms, both with en suite shower rooms, numerous skylights throughout flooding the area with natural light.

Local Authority: Shropshire Council
Services: Mains electricity, air source heat pump, solar panels, private water, private drainage (which we understand may not comply with current regulations).

Set at a right angle to the road and having plenty of kerb appeal, the property is approached through a five-bar gate over a gravelled forecourt providing private parking for multiple vehicles, including ample space to park a caravan. The generous well-maintained stock-fenced garden lying to the front of the property is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by well-stocked flower and shrub beds and features a vaulted 45 ft weatherboarded outbuilding housing a shed with French doors to the garden and three further storage areas, one with a door and another with French doors to the garden, the whole suitable for a variety of uses and a gazebo-covered path leading to a vegetable garden with greenhouse and raised beds together with a paved front aspect terrace enclosed by timber planters accessible from the kitchen, the whole ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining and enjoying far-reaching views over surrounding pastureland.

Peplow is a picturesque rural hamlet located to the south of the historic village of Hodnet, recently named by The Times as “Britain's poshest village”, which offers a good selection of day-to-day amenities including a church, local shopping, a pub, Post Office, GP surgery and primary school, all surrounded by open countryside including Hodnet Park. Local villages including Stoke-on-Tern and Ollerton offer a wider range of facilities, and more extensive shopping, service, leisure and recreational facilities can be found in Market Drayton, Newport, Telford, Whitchurch and Shrewsbury. Communications links are excellent: Hodnet benefits from regular bus services between Market Drayton and Shrewsbury, the A442 links to the A41, A53 and A5, giving access to major regional centres, the M54 and motorway network, Prees station offers regular services to central London and Birmingham International Airport provides regular domestic and international flights.

The area offers a good selection of state primary and secondary schooling together with independent schools including Haberdashers’ Castle House, Acorn Wood, Wrekin College, The Old Hall and Prestfelde.