4 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Hall | Drawing Room
- Sitting room
- Dining kitchen
- Utility
- 4 Bedrooms | 2 Bathrooms
- 2 Bedroom cottage
- Summer house
- Barn | Outbuildings
- 8 acres
- EPC rating TBC
Available for the first time in nearly twenty years Mount View offers an exciting opportunity for a new purchaser to live on the rural outskirts of Oswestry in the vibrant hamlet of Melverley. In recent years the property has been significantly extended, enhanced and refurbished in a sympathetic manner resulting in a friendly and light home. Beautifully situated in the heart of the North Shropshire countryside Mount View enjoys views across to the Welsh hills and offers immense opportunity with the main house, detached two bedroom cottage and outbuildings.
Architectural details provide immense interest and character both internally and externally at Mount View. Internally these details include cottage style latch doors, two log burners, wooden floors, classic shaker style kitchen and refurbished bathrooms with white sanitaryware. Externally a rendered façade, wooden style UPVC windows and a slate tiled roof create an farmhouse style charming exterior.
The Farmhouse
Cleverly designed with two porches to the front and rear as well as a useful rear door to the laundry country life throughout the season will be easy. The front door opens to the formal front hall with the staircase rising upwards and door to the superbly proportioned sitting and drawing room. The drawing room is a delightful large dual aspect room, ideal for entertaining with a log burner in a feature fireplace with decorative beam above. The heart of Mount View is the superb and spacious dining kitchen. Distinctly divided into two areas with a large island there is ample space for freestanding dining furniture and peaceful views across the front and rear gardens. The laundry, WC and utility room complete the ground floor. Four large double bedrooms, one with ensuite bathroom and a family bathroom radiate off the landing. All the bedrooms benefit from inspiring views across the grounds to the Welsh hills beyond.
The Cottage
Refurbished in recent years this former milking parlour has been tastefully refurbished and offers an exciting opportunity for relative, staff or renting subject to the relevant consents being obtained. There is a spacious living room with French windows to a garden and terrace, modern fitted kitchen, two bedrooms and a shower room.
Barn
Beautifully maintained with exposed bricks and beams the barn is divided into three spaces with two first floor hobby or storage rooms.
Services: Mains electricity and water. LPG calor gas heating. Broadband is available from SWS. Drainage is to a septic system that was installed in 2021 and we understand complies with modern legislation.
Agents notes: Previously there has been a camping and caravan pitch license for 5 pitches. There is a public footpath across the land to the rear.
Outbuildings and outside
There are a plethora of superb and diverse outbuildings at Mount View offering scope and imaginative uses. These include a wooden summer house with shower, workshop with shower room and washroom and a variety of well-maintained farm buildings including a large carport. These could be suitable for hobbies, livestock and vehicles. Externally, Mount View is set within a wonderful horticultural oasis of mature grounds extending behind the house. A productive fruit orchard, woodland, small lake and paddock are complemented by lawned cottage style gardens to the front and rear of the main house. Al fresco seating and dining areas maximising the sunny aspects throughout the day to enjoy the magnificent views across the Shropshire countryside to the Welsh hills beyond. A large, gravelled driveway leads from the lane either side of the barn offering a plethora of parking and ensuring privacy for the cottage. The acreage extends to 8 acres
Location
Mount View is situated in the popular hamlet of Melverley near to the larger villages of Knockin and Nescliffe. Oswestry offers an excellent range of day-to-day shopping, recreational and educational facilities, and is within easy motoring distance of the larger centres of Shrewsbury, Birmingham and Chester offering more comprehensive amenities. There are excellent state and private schools nearby including Oswestry School, Shrewsbury School, Ellesmere College and Moreton Hall. There is a railway station in Gobowen, providing access to Birmingham, Shrewsbury and London, whilst the A5/M54 provides access to Birmingham and the Midlands, along with regional airports at Birmingham and Manchester.
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