Spring Cottages, Knowbury, Shropshire

Agent: Nock Deighton

Offers: £695,000

Call: 01584 875555

FOR anyone looking for a typical South Shropshire rural lifestyle suitable for equestrian use or for other livestock, and with a passion for wildlife and nature, Spring Cottages has it all. The property is two adjoining homes or one large country residence set in about 14.66 acres of pasture, woodland and orchard.

The panoramic views of the surrounding and distant countryside are unequalled and on a clear day the Malvern Hills and the Brecon Beacons are perfectly visible.

The present occupiers purchased Spring Cottages in 1991 and soon added two sun rooms to the front of the main cottage facing south and taking full advantage of the view. The main cottage was extended again about 10 years ago to extend the kitchen and add a very useful dining/living/family room with a master bedroom and ensuite shower room above.

Within the main cottage is a sitting room with a superb inglenook fireplace with a bread oven and woodburning stove. There are plenty of exposed beams and timbers. The master bedroom has doors leading into a balcony offering lovely views. It also has an ensuite shower room with WC. There are two further bedrooms and a bathroom.

The adjoining cottage has been let by the present owners over the years. It has a sitting room, kitchen, sun room and double bedroom and bathroom. It would make ideal holiday accommodation or an annexe.

The gardens are a delight. There is a large raised sun terrace, a formal lawn and numerous flowerbeds containing a variety of colourful plants, shrubs and bushes. About seven acres of pasture slopes gently at the front of the property facing a southerly direction. There are about six acres of adjoining woodland, an orchard and a further separate paddock.

Within the barn it is possible to create stabling for horses and the garage also has plenty of workshop space. Both are connected to an electricity supply. On the garage roof are photovoltaic panels which, as well as supplying electricity, provide income from electricity generated and fed back to the national grid.