Longville In The Dale, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, TF13
Guide price £825,000 | 5 bedrooms | 1.71 acres

In a stunning location Stanway Cottage is set in just under 2 acres in an Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty and enjoys lovely views to the surrounding farmland. Extended and improved over the years Stanway Cottage is a spacious and flexible five/six bedroom country home with oil fired central heating, double glazing and solar panels. EPC D.

Ground Floor


Introduction
Stanway Cottage is located on a quiet lane near Shipton in the Corvedale, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the valley between Wenlock Edge and the Clee Hills. The medieval town of Much Wenlock is 8 miles away and has a good range of local facilities, Church Stretton & The Long Mynd is 8 miles to the west, Bridgnorth is 12 miles distant and historic Ludlow is 15 miles to the south. In a stunning location the cottage is set in approximately 2 acres and enjoys lovely views to the surrounding farmland and Rickhouse Coppice to the south. Extended and improved over the years Stanway Cottage is a spacious and flexible country home with oil fired central heating, double glazing and solar panels.

Ground Floor
Approached from the lane a gate opens to the driveway which provides ample parking and turning space.The main entrance door opens to a tiled Hall with Cloaks cupboard off and an internal door to the garage. The Dining Room has two double glazed windows overlooking the gardens, a paned glazed door to the Sitting Room and a small overhead storage cupboard.The Breakfast Kitchen is the heart of the home appointed with a range of wall and base units with granite worksurfaces. With inset sink unit and ample space for appliances. The Stanley oil fired range provides heating and hot water. With wood effect flooring and double glazed windows to front and rear. A door opens to the Utility Room which has wood effect flooring, plumbing for washing machine and dishwasher and a double glazed window to the rear. Off here is a Cloakroom with wood effect flooring, wash basin inset to vanity unit and wc. There is a double glazed window to the front.


The Study/Reception Room is a spacious room with double glazed window to front and sliding UPVC doors opening to the rear gardens.Leading from the Breakfast Kitchen a door opens to the Sitting Room, a lovely room with double glazed window to the front, fireplace with wooden lintel and fitted Clearview wood burning stove. Off here is a useful Pantry. The Inner Hall has a glazed door opening to the rear Porch, a useful under-stairs cupboard and a further door opening to the Second Siting Room. A light and airy room with double glazed window to front, fireplace with wooden lintel and fitted wood burning stove and UPVC double glazed doors opening to the rear patio.

First Floor
On the first floor off the Main Landing is the Bathroom which is appointed with a white suite of bath with electric shower over and fitted screen, wash basin and and wc. Chrome heated towel radiator, part tiled walls and double glazed window to front. Airing cupboard off.There are four good sized Bedrooms accessed from the main Landing, Bedrooms Five and Six currently are inter-connected but could easily be completely separate. There is storage cupboard.An Inner Landing leads to Bedroom Four and the Main Bedroom Suite. This has a range of built in wardrobes and leads to a spacious En Suite Bathroom. With a freestanding bath on clawed feet with shower attachment over, separate shower cubicle with power shower, wash basin and wc. Tiled floor and part tiled walls.

Outside
The Double Garage has light and power points.The gardens are delightful, thoughtfully planted with a range of mature shrubs and trees and backing on to open farmland. Enjoying stunning views, the brook winds its way through the gardens. There is a brick built garden store and a greenhouse. Level lawns and a paved terrace, ideal for outdoor entertaining. The meadow to the north has raised beds, wooded area a variety of fruit canes and trees and a polytunnel.

What our vendors say
"It was the location of Stanway Cottage which sold it to us," say the current owners. "We fell in love with the picturesque views and feeling of tranquillity. To this day, as I come over the top of the Wenlock Edge and see the house nestling in the valley below, I feel at home. On winter nights you can see the house lights on if someone is home. Coming home from holidays abroad, we are amazed at how green everything is.""The house itself needed a lot of repair and redecoration work doing to it," the owners continue, "so since moving in we have enhanced it both inside and out. Although we haven't made any great structural alterations to the property, we have altered and modernised the kitchen, replacing a coal-fired Aga with an oil-fired Stanley and making structural changes to fit it in. We have also modified the access to one bedroom. Overall, the house is a spacious family home whilst still being cosy.""Outside, we have added a patio outside one lounge and added solar panels onto the roof," the owners continue. "For a keen gardener there is a lot of potential to grow vegetables, which we have only dabbled in, along with flowers. We acquired a meadow and wooded area to the side of the house and put in raised vegetable beds, a 30ft polytunnel, new apple trees, a plum tree and a shed. There are also mature raspberry, loganberry and blackberry plants together with some redcurrant and blackcurrant bushes."Indeed, the gardens are nothing short of idyllic. "In the summer, you have direct sunlight in the garden until well after 9pm," the owners say. "At night, because we have virtually no light pollution, the night skies are wonderful. We love the sound of the stream that runs through the garden bubbling away to send you to sleep or wake up to. We also have wooded areas for children to play in or to camp with their friends. The grounds are home to a whole host of wildlife. If you are quiet, hares will come within two feet of you, and we regularly see rabbits, deer, and the occasional fox or hedgehog, with bats and birds swooping low over us. In bed at night, it is so relaxing to listen to the owls hooting outside."This is the ideal home for everyday life and entertaining alike. "When our daughters were young, we would have large family Christmases at home with both sets of grandparents and an aunt staying for a few days, using up every bedroom," the owners say. "We have also hosted a post-wedding celebration for close family in the garden and also 50th and 60th birthday parties for over 40 people in the house and garden. We can accommodate up to 6 cars onto the drive and another two in the garage, as well as using the meadow as additional parking space for larger gatherings. With two lounges and two other rooms downstairs, there is plenty of space for family to spread out."The local area has much to recommend it, too. "We have three good small primary schools within a ten minute drive and two good secondary schools a 15 minute drive away in Much Wenlock and Church Stretton," say the owners. "There is a shop 10 minutes' drive away, and a number of village halls also within a 10 minute drive which hold various social events. From the house you can walk out the door and go in any direction across fields, always surrounded by wonderful views. We are just off the Jack Mytton Way walking route, but there are no end of other footpaths to choose from, too. We are below the Wenlock edge and my daughter who is studying Archaeology and Palaeontology has seen countless fossils by the nearby disused quarry!"