Built by the current owners and completed in October 2019, the house has been designed to have the appearance of a traditional barn, yet having the elegance and comfort expected of modern living and has achieved an A rating EPC. The name originates from the wonderful views that the property enjoys to the rear, over farmland up towards the church and beyond towards the forest.

An oak front door opens into a spacious hallway with a tiled limestone floor running throughout the ground floor with underfloor heating to ground floor rooms.

The kitchen / family / dining room is over nine metres long, fitted with a bespoke kitchen with plenty of cupboards and drawers as well as a large central island with granite worksurface which overhangs to provide a breakfast bar. There is a built in larder cupboard. The kitchen opens into a dining / living space which is glazed between the oak, and has doors opening onto the terrace. A utility and WC / shower room are off the kitchen.

The dining room is open plan off the kitchen and has doors onto the terrace that runs across the rear of the house. The sitting room has exposed oak frame and a Clear View stove set into a raised hearth with oak beam over.

Upstairs there is a large landing with full height windows allowing in a great deal of natural light. The main bedroom has a double bank of fitted wardrobes and opens into the bedroom area with a vaulted ceiling with exposed oak frame. There is an en suite with a freestanding bath and separate walk-in shower. The second bedroom has an en suite shower and there are two further double bedrooms which have use of the main bathroom.

The house achieved an EPC rating of A due to the high level of insulation, the quality of windows that were installed and with heating and hot water run off the air source heat pump which is partly fed by the PV panels fitted into the roof structure of the garage roof.

Outside
A development of just four high quality individual homes that are accessed by a gravelled road that gives access to each of the house's private driveways. Church View Barn has a gated access to the front of the property which provides plenty of parking with an open fronted double carport.

To the rear of the house is a large Indian stone terrace stepping up to a lawn enclosed by a hedge of Hawthorn, Beech and Hazelnut among other native varieties. Over the driveway, is a wildflower border that is part of the property.

Services
Mains water, drainage and electricity. Heating and hot water via air source heat pump. PV Panels fitted to garage roof.

Agents Notes
The vendor of this property is a director of Knight Frank Shropshire Ltd.

Set in the village of Richards Castle, on the Shropshire / Herefordshire border on a small development of just four houses created by Border Oak. The village has a pub and village hall that has many regular events held, with the village of Orleton with two pubs, post office / village stores and primary school being a short drive (1.5 miles) to the south. There is a regular bus service and a school bus collects in the village to take children to secondary school at Wigmore and Ludlow.
The countryside around Richards Castle is mainly farmland stretching up to Hanway Common and leading into Mortimer Forest. There is an excellent network of footpaths and bridleways that provide wonderful walks throughout the area
Ludlow is the nearest market town with a wide range of facilities including local and national shops, pubs, cafes and restaurants. There is a train station which is on the Manchester to Cardiff line.

Distances
Orleton 1.5 miles Ludlow 3.7 miles

Directions (Postcode SY8 4FA)
From Ludlow - entering Richards Castle from the Ludlow side, turn right at The Castle Inn and continue along Castle Road for 0.2 miles and the turn into Border Meadow will be on your right.

From Leominster / Orleton - entering Richards Castle from the Ludlow side, turn left at The Castle Inn and continue along Castle Road for 0.2 miles and the turn into Border Meadow will be on your right.

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