Properties of the Week
15 October 2008: This week's stunning collection of country pads includes a former mill standing in peaceful countryside, an historic farm cottage set over three floors and an attractive cottage in the Shropshire hills.
Cruckton House in Ford Heath, Shrewsbury, is an outstanding country house with beautiful landscaped gardens and paddocks. There's a reception hall, drawing room, dining room, sitting room, kitchen and breakfast room, games room, study, conservatory, utility, master bedroom with en suite, seven further bedrooms (one en suite), a family bathroom and attic rooms. It also has an annexe comprising reception, dining room, sitting room, bedroom, bathroom and boot room, while the grounds include garaging, stabling, a potting shed, greenhouse, courtyard, kitchen garden and tennis court. Price £1.15m through Strutt & Parker on (01743) 284200.nextpage
New Mills in Hinton Lane, Pontesbury, is a superb former mill situated in peaceful Shropshire countryside. Features include a kitchen/breakfast room, cloakroom, reception hall, utility, music room and dining room, sitting room, first floor drawing room, four first floor bedrooms, family bathroom, master bedroom suite, two further second floor bedrooms and a superb range of stone outbuildings with potential for conversion. Outside there are also paddocks, landscaped gardens, woodland, orchards and three ponds. Price £795,000 through Strutt & Parker on (01743) 284200.nextpage
The Old Ffinnant at Trefeglwys is a stunning, listed, close-studded timber framed and stone country house dating back to the 1600s, packed with charm and character. Set over three floors, plus a wine cellar, it includes an entrance hall, drawing room, dining room, superb kitchen/breakfast room, great study and side entrance hall, four first-floor bedrooms (one en-suite) and a family shower room, two further second-floor bedrooms, two attic rooms, utility room, cellar and separate WC. Price £595,000 through Morris, Marshall & Poole on (01686) 626160.nextpage
Sycamores Cottage in Beguildy, near Knighton, is a beautiful country cottage nestling in the idyllic Shropshire hills. Thought to date back some three hundred years, the home offers superb kitchen/dining room with Aga, dining room, garden room, impressive sitting room with high vaulted ceiling, downstairs bedroom and en suite shower room, galleried landing, two further bedrooms and a bathroom. The gardens are adjoined by fields on all four sides. Offers around £335,000 through Nock Deighton on (01584) 875555.nextpage
High Onn Manor in Church Eaton, near Shifnal is a charming Georgian country house with an annexe and spectacular views. Built in 1779, it retains many period features like quarry tile floors and beautiful fireplaces. The house stands in a glorious elevated position and briefly comprises a reception hall, three reception rooms, a study, kitchen and breakfast room, boot room, store room, cellar, seven bedrooms, a bathroom and two attic rooms. There is also a one-bedroom annexe with a kitchen/sitting room, while the mature gardens extend to around 4.28 acres, including a paddock. Price £650,000 through Savills on (01952) 239500.
