Guide Price £600,000 to £625,000
Shalem House is a fine Grade II* Listed early 17th Century stone town house set in beautiful communal gardens in the centre of this popular market town.

Description

Shalem House comprises a fine Grade II* Listed early 17th Century town residence, providing three or four bedroomed accommodation with rooms useable and adaptable for home office accommodation, spacious living space and a wonderful sitting room with a vaulted ceiling. The property has south facing, private, walled and enclosed garden areas, a garage and domestic outbuildings. The property has the use of managed gardens within the historic stone walled Friary complex which was restored and remodelled in the early nineteen eighties incorporating Shalem House, a town cottage and four high value apartments.

A summary of the accommodation includes on the ground floor; the reception hall, study previously used as a fourth bedroom, dining room, inner hall, sitting room area, spacious 18' kitchen, drawing room with a Victorian influence, utility room and cloakroom. A winding open tread staircase leads to; a galleried landing and through a corridor the master bedroom suite with shower room. There are two double bedrooms at first floor level, a second shower room and a winding corridor leading through to the magnificent first floor sitting room with stone fireplace inscribed 1635, shuttered mullion windows, a vaulted ceiling and panels in the fireplace recess. Central heating is gas fired.

The Friary has a wealth of history, it is situated on the site of a vanished house of Observant Friars circa 1507 and then the Austin Friars circa 1554. The property is described in some detail by Nicholas Pevsner in his book entitled The Buildings of England. Pevsner wrote his article prior to the conversion of the property in the late 1980's and describes the building as 17th century in its earlier part, remodelled in 1770 and further alterations carried out between 1868 and 1877. The building is in part blue lias stone with Victorian part built in brick under a tiled roof.

The property is Leasehold for a term of 999 years from 01 January 1982. Subject to a ground rent and service charge. Deed of Variation 15 February 1989 includes the greenhouse as part of the 999 year lease. The second enclosure of the garden area/potting shed is registered under Title Number NG315159, this part is freehold. The Friary Management Company Limited maintains the grounds and communal area. This includes the communal garden and walled area. The service charge currently approximately £500 per quarter. The buildings insurance is separately assessed as the leaseholders responsibility.

Shalem House comes to the market, for the first time in over forty years and is undoubtedly one of the finest, unique and most interesting properties in NewarkOnTrent.

Location

The Friary is situated in the central core of Newark town centre and the conservation area. The excellent town centre facilities, the wonderful Georgian market square, the fine St Mary's Church and 12th Century castle by the riverside and Newark Northgate train station are all just a small walking distance from the property

Newark On Trent is situated on the A46, A1 junction with the main East Coast railway line rail services to London Kings Cross in just over 75 minutes. Newark Castle Gate railway station provides regular rail services to Lincoln and Nottingham. The A46 is a dual carriageway road to the outskirts of Leicester and the M1 motorway. The town has excellent shopping facilities including vibrant town centre boutiques, cafes, restaurants, together with a Waitrose store, Aldi, Morrisons, Asda and most of the multiples represented in the retail parks.

Square Footage: 2,724 sq ft