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See how verdicts work5-bedroom detached house · SY3 5BJ
Sold STCListed 168 days
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About
Occupying a stunning plot, surrounded by beautifully landscaped gardens, this attractive detached house has been extended and altered over time to provide substantial and well-proportioned accommodation, while offering plenty of potential, and benefitting from extensive driveway parking and a detached double garage.
The property is quietly situated within a sought-after residential area, a short distance from the Royal Shrewsbury hospital, excellent primary and secondary schools, road links via the bypass, and just two miles from the town centre.
All mains services are connected Key Features - * Impressive entrance hall with cloakroom, useful storage, and turning staircase to a light and spacious landing * Lovely living room with a feature fireplace and bay window to front * Well-fitted kitchen with a range of units and space for appliances * Large extended dining room, also having a feature fireplace, with access to both the kitchen and rear porch * The family/garden room is similar in size to the dining room and has glazed double doors to the garden, as well as sliding doors to the conservatory * There is also a study on the ground floor, which could also be used as a play room or versatile additional reception room * On the first floor are five bedrooms, of which four have built-in wardrobes, and a family bathroom with shower * Extending along the rear of the first floor is a balcony with wrought iron railings and views over the garden, accessed via bedroom one * Double glazed windows and gas fired central heating throughout * The fantastic gardens have been beautifully landscaped to comprise areas of lawn, paved terraces, planted borders and mature trees and shrubs, as well as a vegetable plot and variety of specimen plants.
The gardens extend to the front rear, and side offering plenty of useable outdoor space and potential to extend the property if required * To the front of the house is a gated driveway which leads to the rear where there is a detached double garage and useful garden store * Although in need of some general modernisation, this unique and individually designed house has been well-maintained and looked after, with scope to create a fantastic family home * Sold with no upward chain Entrance Hall - Cloakroom - Kitchen - about 4.6m x 2.5m (about 15'1" x 8'2") - Dining Room - about 3.8m x 3.7m (about 12'5" x 12'1") - Living Room - about 4.5m x 4m (about 14'9" x 13'1") - Study - about 3.2m x 3.8m (about 10'5" x 12'5") - Family/Garden Room - about 6.4m x 3.8m (about 20'11" x 12'5") - Conservatory - about 2.8m x 3m (about 9'2" x 9'10") - Bedroom One - about 4m x 3.8m (about 13'1" x 12'5") - Bedroom Two - about 3.7m x 3m (about 12'1" x 9'10") - Bedroom Three - about 2.8m x 3.4m (about 9'2" x 11'1") - Bedroom Four - about 2.5m x 3.8m (about 8'2" x 12'5") - Bedroom Five - about 2m x 2.2m (about 6'6" x 7'2") - Bathroom - Double Garage - Store -
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