Habberley, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

The property
Westcott Birches is an attractive detached period family home offering almost 1,400 sq ft of light filled, flexible accommodation arranged over a single floor. The property has been configured to provide an elegant and practical living and entertaining environment, maximising the stunning woodland views. Originally built for the manager of the old disused Huglith mine, the bungalow with its fibre cement roof offers deceptively spacious accommodation. It has been sensitively modernised to combine high ceilings with quality fixtures and fittings and neutral décor throughout

The accommodation flows from a glazed entrance porch and reception hall with flagstone-tiled flooring and useful storage. It is arranged around an extensive L-shaped open plan kitchen, drawing and dining room. The kitchen has flagstone-tiled flooring, a range of Shaker-style wall and base units, complementary wooden work surfaces and splashbacks, a generous breakfast bar and modern integrated appliances. It opens into a 26 ft drawing and dining room, configurable to the purchaser’s own requirements, which has aesthetic ceiling beams, wooden flooring, a feature exposed brick fireplace with space for an electric woodburning effect stove , and patio doors to a garden terrace. Doors from the drawing/dining room open to further rooms including a gym, glazed entrance porch and bedroom. The gym has tiled flooring, large picture glazing to three aspects and a door to the driveway. The utility room has flagstone-tiled flooring, complementary Shaker-style units and wooden work surfaces and Jack and Jill access to a modern en suite shower room. A front aspect double bedroom also enjoys Jack and Jill access to the shower room.

The accommodation is completed by an L-shaped dual aspect principal bedroom with Jack and Jill access to a contemporary family bathroom, also accessible from the reception hall, which benefits from a bath and separate shower enclosure.

The property is approached through a six bar wooden gate over an unmade driveway leading to private parking. The garden surrounding the property provides numerous seating areas, extensive mature natural planting, areas of gently sloping lawn, several brick-built stores, woodland paths leading to historic stone structures and paved and concreted terraces, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining. The site of the garden is an old copper mine which was worked during the 19th Century then as a barytes mine in the 20th Century. The historic boiler house chimney and mine shaft are prominent features within the grounds. The mine shaft is screened by bamboo plants and securely fenced for safety. The garden is well stocked with many rare plants and special species.

The whole garden is screened by mature woodland and offers far-reaching views over surrounding Nature Reserve countryside and the Shropshire Hills beyond.

Agent note: There is a disused mineshaft on the land which has been fenced off. Please speak to the agent for more information, however buyers are advised to make their own enquiries.

Viewings: Strictly by appointment only.

Located to the south-west of Shrewsbury, the property is adjacent to the Stiperstones National Nature Reserve which sits within the Shropshire Hills National Landscape. Nearby Habberley village has a church, village hall and pub. Pontesbury, one of Shropshire’s largest villages, has a church, public hall, independent shopping, GP and dental surgeries, a Post Office, library, pubs and nursery, primary and secondary schooling. More comprehensive amenities are available in Shrewsbury.

Transportation links are excellent: the inter connecting A49 and A5 link to the M54, giving access to major regional centres, Telford and the motorway network beyond, and Church Stretton and Shrewsbury stations offer services to regional centres in both Wales and England including London.

Nearby Schools
• Pontesbury CofE Primary School
• Church Stetton School
• St Lawrence CofE Primary School
• Mary Webb School and Science College
• St Thomas & St Anne CofE Primary School