Detached house for sale in Ellesmere SY12, 6 Bedroom

Marcher House is an interesting, unlisted seventeenth-century property. It stands within its mature garden and grazing land extending in all to about 3.5 acres. It offers comfortable and adaptable family accommodation with stunning period features including an impressive inglenook fireplace and exposed beams, some of which have been determined by dendrochronology to date back to the time of the Spanish Armada.

The house lends itself to both family living and entertaining with its dining room featuring the large inglenook fireplace, an adjoining drawing room, and a light and spacious garden room with French doors opening to the terrace and garden. The farmhouse style kitchen has traditional cupboards, a Belfast sink, a range cooker, and an island unit. Leading from the kitchen is a sizeable utility/boot room.

Stairs lead up to the first ?Oor landings off which are four bedrooms, two with en suites, and a recently fitted family bathroom. Further stairs lead up to the second ?Oor which comprises a bedroom/studio off which is a second bedroom studio and two further rooms currently used as storage areas that could be adapted to create further accommodation if required.

Marcher House is situated to the edge of the small North Shropshire village of Lyneal with glorious views over the unspoilt rolling countryside. Rural but accessible, the village is close to the market town of Ellesmere with its range of shops, supermarkets, cafes, pubs and restaurants and noted for its surrounding lakes for walks and sailing.

The area has a number of highly regarded schools both within the private and state sectors including Ellesmere College, Moreton Hall, Oswestry School, Packwood and Shrewsbury schools.

Shrewsbury, Chester and Wrexham are all within easy commuting distance and rail connections can be found at Wem and Shrewsbury with services to Manchester and London. International airports can be found at Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester.

The house is approached through a five bar gate into a large gravel parking area with a detached double garage to one side. Beyond is well hedged grazing land suitable for horses or livestock with water and separate access to the lane. Although left for wild flowers for two years, a dressage arena with drainage can be identified and could be restored with new fencing and resurfacing. To the south of the house is a well-established and beautifully stocked garden.