Clun Road, Craven Arms, Shropshire

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This enchanting property is situated just stone’s throw away from the centre of the market town Craven Arms, within close proximity to the towns many amenities. Occupying a generously sized plot with a well-proportioned and versatile accommodation offering scope for modernisation and benefitting from active planning consent for proposed extensions and alterations (22/04732/FUL) together with permission for a detached garage (22/05035/FUL), hidden at the end of a private track it occupies a secluded, elevated spot overlooking the town and Shropshire Hills surround. The market town of Craven Arms is a rural market town and parish situated amongst the South Shropshire countryside close to the Welsh borders and The Marches. It is located on the A49 carriageway between Shrewsbury and Hereford and the heart of Wales railway line.

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The town lies in the valley of the River Onny on the edge of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town benefits from a railway station linking north to Shrewsbury, Crewe and Manchester, and south to Ludlow, Hereford, Cardiff and Swansea as well as local bus links. Local amenities include, a Post Office, Nursery and Primary Schools, a Doctors Surgery and Dental Practice, two Public Houses, a large Supermarket and many convenience stores amongst other light commercial businesses. The town is also a visitor destination being nearby to a number of attractions including the Secret Hills Discovery Centre, the famous Land of Lost Content Museum of Popular Culture, the fortified manor house of Stokesay Castle and the picturesque Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Walk Inside

This charming Victorian property, situated at the end of a private drive, is a true hidden gem. Stone steps lead to the double glass front doors, through a transportation back to the 19th Century, with mahogany panelled walls, and art deco style carpeting. To either side, two large reception rooms feature the vast curved bay windows overlooking the front of the property with beams of light flowing in. The first reception room features original oak flooring, as well as open fireplace set within a tiled base mahogany mantle. The main hallway in the centre of the property, provides access to the stairs as well as to the cellar, with the continuation of the art deco carpeting, and the wealth of period features, including original doorbell system, adding a characterful, decorative addition to the space.

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To the side of the property a large kitchen area, decorated in a 60s style, with orange and brown tones throughout, the space offers a shell full of potential for renovation and modernisation. To the side of the kitchen, a timber framed sunroom, with glass surround, offers a blank canvas for developers to restore to their desire. At the rear of the property, two further reception rooms, to the left a large, carpeted space, with ample light perfect for a dining room or entertainment room. To the right a further reception room, with a bay window to the side, as well as wooden flooring, and a restored fireplace housing a Clearview woodburner, set within an emerald tiled base and back, with intricately styled mahogany mantle over top. The ground floor also features a bathroom with both shower and bath, as well as a small WC to the side.

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Ascending to the first floor, a large bedroom sits to the front, partially renovated, with extensive under eaves storage, as well as original oak flooring, a large cleanly decorated space, with the option to finish alterations to one’s own taste. The second bedroom, a cozy space with dormer window with side aspect, allowing a flood of flight, also featuring a door to unconverted storage room, which lends itself to being another bedroom or sanitary space. Current planning permissions allow the floor plan of the first floor to be altered to create two bathrooms, as well as home office, with the attic being split into two further bedrooms. From the ground floor a door under the stairs, leads to another staircase descending to the basement.

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A quarry tiled hallway leads off to rooms either side. The reception room to the right, is an elegantly modernised space, utilising the period features to create a comfortable and stylish space. With oak herringbone flooring, as well as bespoke storage cupboard and shelving, and a large Clearview woodburning stove centre piece, set within an exposed brick base. Attached is the original Butler’s Pantry, with fitted period sideboard. The kitchen space with door and windows facing out to the lawn, fitted with a sink, the space is a shell ready for modernisation and customisation. To the end of the property are three room, each with exposed brick, the two end rooms feature external doors to either side, in need for extensive development, current planning permissions allow this space to be converted into two large rooms, with extension to the side, and wet room in the middle.

Walk Outside

The exterior of the property is an appealing and quaint space, a hidden gem of Craven Arms, located at the end of an unassuming private track just off the Clun Road, with just one neighbour having a right of way along part. The property is bordered by farmland, with its own grass paddock to the front of the property, bound by hedges and stock proof fencing, amounting to approximately 0.9 acres, ideal for livestock, equestrian or amenity purposes. There is a uplift clause on the paddock in light of residential development.

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The tarmac drive is bound by a raised lawn area, scattered with flower beds, shrubs and mature trees with stone steps leading to the lawn and newly laid patio area from the property. The large patio features a stone-based koi pond with fountain, enjoying a picturesque spot in the sunlight, perfect for al-fresco dining and entertainment. Adjoining the patio a small, gravelled kitchen garden fitted with planters, orchard, and a small green house, with steps to the basement door. Truly a spectacular space, with every essence of a traditional English country garden. Before reaching the property, there is a small, wooded coppice halfway up the drive.