Property description
* A wonderful family house in a delightful Shropshire village surrounded by farmland * Individual, attractive 4 bed, traditional detached * Elevated position next to the little cricket club * 5 reception rooms! * Large lounge with inglenook fireplace * Conservatory * Dining room * Family room * Study * Master bedroom with ensuite bath and shower room * Guest suite with ensuite bath and shower room * 2 further double bedrooms * Family bathroom * Gorgeous landscaped private gardens all round * Link detached double garage with utility area * Gas central heating * Timber double glazed windows * Potential for conversion of one side of the downstairs to ancillary accommodation * In the unlikely event that more accommodation be required, there is a further possibility for conversion of the garage to two storey separate annex subject to planning permission or for infill extension into the terrace.
Lilleshall lies between the towns of Telford and Newport and dates back to Anglo Saxon times. There is a monument, a cricket club, a tennis club, a church and a primary school as well as the famous nineteenth century hall which was converted in the last century for sports and recreation use, situated about a mile from the village itself. It is now the Lilleshall Hall National Sports Centre, once the site of the Football Association youth academy, and now the home of British gymnastics and archery. Lilleshall Hall Golf Club is also in the grounds of Lilleshall Hall. The village is eminently accessible for the motorway network via the M54 and commuting to Wolverhampton and Stafford easily achievable by the main trunk roads.
Viewed from the road through the large wooden gate and framed by the delicate foliage of the mature trees bordering the driveway, the property really is exceptionally pretty. Part brick and part pale rendered walls with a central gable, give the front façade a very attractive and characterful appearance, all cocooned by beautiful landscaped gardens behind an expansive paviour driveway. The love and attention that has been bestowed on this house by the current owners during their occupation, some 12 years, is plain to see. A curved brick retaining wall tidily demarcates the huge paved forecourt and drive, and, topped by meticulous shaped flowering shrubs and evergreen bushes together with the full height hedging all round, helps to provide a particularly private and secluded garden. This house ticks every box: plenty of well proportioned and generous accommodation (with adaptation for live-in relative/lodger easily achievable), a natural flow of accommodation with the reception rooms, interlinked by double doors, offering separate functions and a fabulous entertaining space overall. In summer months, the splendid central courtyard at the back comes into its own, and because of its size and sheltered position makes an ideal spot for al fresco dining and even a dance floor en plein air! With many rooms being dual aspect, the house is not only flooded with light, but also benefits from views of the glorious garden from every angle. The lovely lounge with the huge inglenook brick fireplace is a beautiful room with surprisingly grand dimensions and quite possibly the pièce de résistance of the house. Plenty of room for a variety of furniture and even a grand piano here!
A spacious entrance hall is the central pivotal point, and from here the rooms branch off in a very practical layout. The welcoming ambience is palpable immediately: stripped pine doors and a reclaimed pine farmhouse kitchen, terracotta tiled floor and rustic beams afford the house a timeless quality and homeliness that epitomises an English country house, whilst benefitting from all the conveniences and comforts that modern day construction and technology enable; the character continues to the upstairs where the very slightly vaulted rooms, round a charming galleried landing offer comfortable and well-arranged accommodation.