Summerhouse Lane, Longden, Shrewsbury

A striking and most impressive family home providing a fantastic living environment, with stunning gardens and far-reaching views in an idyllic rural locality.

Description - Acorn House is a striking architect designed detached country residence which has been thoughtfully conceived, constructed and maintained to an exceptionally high standard. This superb family home provides over 3000 sq ft of living space with an additional 700sq ft of garaging and storage.

Set in a stunning countryside location with far-reaching views, this impressive five-bedroom detached home offers an outstanding combination of space, style, and flexibility. Designed to embrace its idyllic surroundings, the property is beautifully presented throughout and provides an ideal opportunity for families, professionals, or those seeking luxurious rural living.

Internally, the home features living accommodation that includes numerous flexible spacious reception rooms, providing ample space for both formal entertaining and relaxed everyday life.

At the heart of the home is a striking breakfast kitchen, fitted with contemporary units, which are complemented by quartz worktops and a full range of integrated Neff appliances. Sitting centrally is an impressive island with breakfast bar and integrated Neff induction hob unit with downdraft extractor. Magnificent triple height windows and bi folding doors flood the space with natural light and frame the spectacular views over the beautifully landscaped gardens and the rolling countryside beyond. The ground floor accommodation is completed with a well-equipped utility room, flexible office space and guest WC.

From the main reception hall, a bespoke oak staircase with glazed balustrade rises to the first floor, where four bedrooms can be found, all of which have built in wardrobes and three have ensuite shower rooms, together with a family bathroom. The separate guest suite is accessed via a secondary staircase and contains built-in wardrobes and an ensuite shower room. It should be noted that this room offers potential for a variety of uses, including a cinema/games room.

The property is finished to an exacting standard throughout, incorporating important technical features including CAT5 cabling throughout, together with subtle touches such as remote-controlled half blinds in the Kitchen. The property is approached through automated electric gates, which open onto a large block paviour driveway providing generous parking and leading to the integral double garaging. The garaging has twin remote controlled electric entrance doors, a sizeable storeroom, an internal pod EV charging point and an external Anderson EV charging point.

Gardens & Grounds - Acorn House is set within a beautifully landscaped setting. This remarkable property offers a rare combination of elegance, space and spectacular surroundings. The extensive manicured lawns stretch out gracefully around the home, offering a sense of grandeur and are perfect for family activities or simply enjoying the serenity of the surroundings. A standout feature is the large Indian sandstone sun terrace, a particularly stylish space, ideal for entertaining on any scale from summer barbeques to evening drinks with friends.

The entertaining areas have been thoughtfully designed to enhance both everyday living and special occasions and are all seamlessly connected to the main house. The property enjoys uninterrupted views to the rear over the surrounding countryside creating a truly idyllic backdrop, perfect for those seeking tranquillity.

Location & Situation - Acorn House is positioned on the fringe of the popular village of Longden, adjoining open farmland to the rear and surrounded by beautiful Shropshire countryside. The village itself provides amenities including a shop, popular primary school, church, village hall and private tennis club. The surrounding area offers some lovely countryside for walkers, whilst Shrewsbury itself has an excellent and diverse shopping centre offering a wide range of restaurants and cafes, together with numerous leisure and recreational facilities.

Road: The property is conveniently located just a 15 minutes’ drive from the A5 and M54, which provides easy access to Birmingham in the East and Chester, Liverpool and Manchester in the North West.

Rail: Shrewsbury Train Station is approximately 20 minutes from the property, offering direct links to a number of local towns and cities, with travel times from Shrewsbury Station to London Euston being 2 hs 40 mins.

Air: Positioned only 1hr 15mins from Birmingham Airport and just 1hr 30 mins from both Manchester and Liverpool airports, providing quick and easy access to all European and wider international travel.

Schools: There is a wide range of both public and private schools located locally, including Prestfelde, Shrewsbury School, Shrewsbury High School, Ellesmere College, Packwood Haugh and Lakeland Academy.

Sporting: A wide range of sport and leisure activities are available with golf at Arscott, Shrewsbury and Hawkstone, Horse Racing at Chester and Ludlow, shooting at West Midland Shooting Ground in Hodnet and a large number of local football and cricket clubs within close proximity.

Directions - From Shrewsbury, take the Longden Road past the Priory School and Nuffield Hospital. Continue through the villages of Hook-a-Gate and Annscroft and on arrival in Longden, proceed past the village shop, taking the left turn onto Summerhouse Lane. Follow this country lane for a short distance and the property will be situated on your left hand side.

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Method Of Sale - The property is offered for sale by private treaty.

Tennure & Possession - We understand that the property is of freehold tenure and vacant possession will be given on completion of the purchase.

Services - We understand that the property has the benefit of mains water, gas, electricity and drainage.

Local Authority - Shropshire Council, The Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Tel: .

Council Tax - Council Tax Band - G

Fixtures & Fittings - The property will be sold with the standard fixtures, fittings, and any other items specified in the sale agreement. Any personal items or additional furnishings not mentioned will be excluded from the sale. Please check with the agent for clarification on specific items.

Rights Of Way & Easements - The property will be sold subject to any wayleaves, public or private rights of way, easements and covenants and all outgoings, whether mentioned in these sale particulars or not.

Boundaries, Roads & Fences - The Purchaser/s shall be deemed to have full knowledge of the boundaries, and neither the Vendor nor the Agents will be responsible for defining ownership of the boundary fences or hedges.

Viewings - By appointment through Halls, 2 Barker Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1QJ. Tel: .