Properties of the Week

51 Church Street, Bishop's Castle, is a traditional stone cottage set in an unusually quiet location just off the main street. Improved and modernised, it still retails much charm with exposed timber beams and stone walls. It has a living room with exposed timber floor, a combined kitchen and breakfast room, bathroom, two bedrooms, a concrete courtyard, adjoining outbuilding and main garden area, which requires landscaping. Price £159,000 through Halls on (01588) 638755.nextpage

Lower Llanoley, Llandrindod Wells, is a detached 'Colt' timber-frame bungalow located around two miles from the Victorian Spa town. Set in a rural position with stunning far-reaching views, the two-bedroom property offers spacious accommodation including an entrance porch, hallway, kitchen, open-plan living/dining room, office/study, garden room and master bedroom with en-suite bathroom. It has large, mature gardens, decking and a workshop. Price £545,000 through John Amos & Co on (01597) 829244.nextpage

The Meadows at Cockshutt, near Ellesmere, offers a range of news-style properties in an idyllic country setting. The development includes three-bedroomed semi and detached houses, four-bed detached and three-bed mews houses, all of which include high-quality fittings as standard. Prices start from £149,950. Call Pochin Homes Plc on (01928) 796220.nextpage

The Old Rectory in Rectory Lane, Llanymynech, near Oswestry, is a pretty, well-maintained village cottage with three bedrooms and an enclosed lawned and landscaped garden. There is also an attached cottage with a good-sized lounge, fitted kitchen/breakfast room, a utility and cloakroom and a family bathroom. Price £220,000 through Morris, Marshall & Poole on (01691) 679595.nextpage

9 Lower Broad Street, Ludlow, is a small but perfectly formed, charming Grade II listed property. It was one of a row of four properties that were purchased and beautifully renovated by the local authority after it gained a grant for their restoration from English Heritage. It has two bedrooms, a family bathroom, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, cellar, wonderful small rear garden which has been beautifully landscaped, timber gazebo and ornamental garden pond. Offers around £275,000 through Nock Deighton on (01584) 875555.