6 bedroom detached house for sale

Cross Green Farmhouse boasts wonderfully light, spacious and well-proportioned accommodation requiring modernisation. Standing prominently within its plot with awe-inspiring views across to Rodney’s Pillar, Cross Green Farmhouse offers immense scope and opportunity for a new purchaser.

The property provides excellent versatility, lending itself to both comfortable everyday living and larger scale entertaining, with a blend of smaller cosier rooms and larger reception spaces. Characterful features are present throughout the house including exposed beams, high ceilings, multi paned wooden windows and quarry tiles.

Two primary reception rooms radiate off a welcoming entrance hallway which has an elegant staircase rising to the first and second floors. With a double aspect, the part panelled drawing room has an open fireplace with cast iron surround and decorative tile slips. The dining room features a magnificent inglenook fireplace housing a wood burning stove. Laid with quarry tiles, the kitchen is fitted with a range of wall and base units with steps leading down to utility room and WC. A snug/playroom and door to the cellar completes the ground floor accommodation.

Over the first and second floor are six double bedrooms serviced by three bathrooms. The house has an easy flow of rooms with a secondary staircase further linking the three floors.

With two points of access, the property is approached over a sweeping gravelled driveway providing parking for several vehicles.

The house stands surrounded by mature trees and established shrubbery with a large expanse of lawn to the rear. Outbuildings include two brick built stores and a corrugated iron garage with access from the lane. There is the opportunity to rent approx. 2.5 acres of paddocks in close proximity.

Cross Green Farmhouse is conveniently placed on the fringes of Shrewsbury with unrivalled views over the Berwick Estate and open countryside. The historic County Town of Shrewsbury has an extensive range of shopping, leisure and social facilities including the new theatre, Theatre Severn, the Quarry Park, which holds a number of events throughout the year, notably the world famous flower show. There is also a wide selection of restaurants.

The house is ideally placed for a good selection of state and private schools including The Corbett Secondary in Baschurch, Shrewsbury School, Shrewsbury High School for Girls, along with Packwood and Prestfelde prepatories.

The A5 is a short distance away and provides road links to the North West via Oswestry and to the east via Telford to Birmingham. There is a rail service available in Shrewsbury. Airports are available at Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham.