The Coach House, Kemberton, Shifnal

* Village House 5-6 bedroom Character period property providing extensive, flexible accommodation in the centre of a much sought after village * Drawing room * sitting room * dining hall * kitchen/breakfast room * utility room * pantry/cloakroom * 4 bedrooms (1 ensuite) * large office (5th bedroom) * family bathroom * potential guest annex with additional bedroom & bathroom * garage * beautifully landscaped gardens * oil fired central heating *

Situation

The Coach House stands in a quiet lane at the heart of Kemberton, within beautiful, rolling Shropshire countryside. The village has a church, a highly regarded public house and a village hall that hosts a wide variety of activities. Fibre broadband was recently brought to the village and The Coach House currently has a highspeed connection. Whilst enjoying a charming rural location, Kemberton is conveniently situated just a few minutes’ drive away from both Shifnal with its comprehensive range of local amenities and the much larger Telford with its entertainment venues, town centre shops, retail parks and main line railway station. The area is also very well served with an extensive selection of schools.

Communications are excellent with Junction 4 of the M54 motorway just 10 minutes’ drive away. Shrewsbury, the historic market town of Bridgnorth and the city centres of Wolverhampton and Birmingham are also within easy travelling distance.


Description

The Coach House is a substantial country residence of enormous character and style that has been created by the skilful and imaginative conversion of period buildings. The accommodation is a beautiful blend of both formal and informal living areas on the ground floor coupled with extensive bedroom accommodation on the first floor. All of the rooms have high ceilings and either exposed oak beams or purlins or both.

The house also benefits from the potential of having family/guest accommodation on the first floor in part of the house. This part of the house has an additional external door and can be made completely self-contained by locking the internal door from the drawing room. The current owners are using this as Airbnb accommodation.

Accommodation

The house is entered through a fine dining hall which is a superb reception room in its own right and creates a welcoming and inviting approach to the house.

The kitchen/breakfast room is the hub of the house and provides ample space for informal dining. The kitchen has been recently fitted with handmade Neptune kitchen units and integrated appliances (Neff fridge/freezer, dishwasher, fan oven, combination oven/microwave, halogen hob), granite work surfaces and a limestone floor. French windows lead from the breakfast room area into the rear garden whilst a stable door from the kitchen opens on to the lane. Another door from the kitchen leads to a staircase to the first floor and, beyond that, to the sitting room. There is a separate pantry/cloakroom adjacent to the kitchen.

The sitting room is a lovely, informal room and is an ideal family area. It has a newly installed wood burning stove, windows to three elevations and French windows leading out to the rear garden.

The drawing room is classically elegant. A limestone fireplace with a wood/solid fuel burning stove provides the focal point of this light room which has windows to two elevations.

A door from the drawing room leads to a side hall off which are a utility room/boot room and a guest WC. There is also direct access to the garage from this hall together with an external door to the front garden and a staircase leading to the guest/Airbnb accommodation. This accommodation comprises a large sitting room with kitchenette, a well-appointed bathroom and the sixth bedroom. All the rooms have fine exposed timbers and a light aspect with Velux roof lights and windows overlooking the gardens.

There are four bedrooms on first floor of the main part of the house plus a large room off one of these that is currently used as an office but could be a fifth bedroom. The principal bedroom is a very light room with windows to two aspects on the corner of the house and benefits from an ensuite bathroom with a separate WC. The bedroom has extensive built in wardrobes and an exposed timber roof truss. The other bedrooms on this floor share the well-appointed family shower room.

Outside, the charming timbered exterior benefits from a substantial driveway to one side with ample room for parking and access to the double height garage. This part of the garden is laid with a formal box hedge design. At rear of the property, the West facing garden is very private and benefits from a paved patio area. There is also a small courtyard to one side of the house with log storage and a side gate giving access to the lane.