livestock and arable farm on offer at £2.55 million

Available as a whole or in three lots through Shrewsbury-based agents Halls, Shellmore Farm, Radmore Lane, Gnosall comprises an architect designed house built in 2013 and an exceptional range of farm buildings built in 2007.

The house and buildings are located in the centre of the arable and pasture land, which has good road access and hosts a prolific farm shoot. Lot one comprises the farmhouse, farm buildings and 157 acres of land, lot two includes 42 acres of arable land and woodland and lot three comprises the pool, log cabin and caravan park. Lots one and two have a guide price of £2.45m while lot three is valued at £100,000.

Enjoying a quiet, rural location two miles from Gnosall, five miles from Newport and six miles from Stafford, the partially oak framed farmhouse has an agricultural occupancy restriction and is well insulated, double glazed, has underfloor heating and a ground source heat pump.

The ground floor accommodation comprises an extensive covered porch, hallway with a feature staircase, cloakroom, open plan fitted kitchen, dining area and lounge, which has an inglenook fireplace, log burner, exposed oak beams and two sets of double doors to the garden. Upstairs, a landing leads to a shower room and three bedrooms, of which one has an en-suite bathroom.

To the side of the house, which has a gravel drive with a separate ingress and egress, is a double garage with a study above. The house is surrounded by paving and the level gardens with floral borders and lawns bounded on two sides by a ha ha to pastureland beyond.

The versatile and adaptable farm buildings were constructed in 2007 by Stan Richards on the opposite side of the council road to the farmhouse on a level site bounded to the rear by woodland and approached through a double gated tarmacadam entrance.

The complex, which is well served by a tarmacadam yard and concrete roads and aprons, comprises a County equestrian range of four stables and two tack rooms, an 80ft x 50ft grain store with a roller shutter door, 140ft x 45ft fodder store, 100ft x 18ft machinery store, 160ft x 106ft general purpose, single span building used as bull beef unit and a 32ft wide lean-to for cattle housing.

There are also two earth walled silage clamps and an underground dirty water storage tank.

The level land, located in a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone, includes around 17 acres of woodland and seven acres of permanent pasture, with the remainder being arable, divided between cereal and grass production from leys. The soil type is principally a good, versatile medium loam and hedges have been kept wide for environmental purposes.

The certified caravan park is set around a beautifully landscaped pool area with a log cabin, which was built in 2006.

Viewing is by appointment with Halls, Shrewsbury on Tel: 01743 450700.