£625,000
Yarrow End House Station Street, Bishops Castle, Shropshire, SY9 5DD
This distinctive, beautifully presented and deceptively proportioned detached family residence occupies a substantial and privileged central location within a popular rural market town with easy access to all its’ amenities and beyond. The property benefits from traditional attributes, modern conveniences and extensive grounds, together with adaptation opportunities and rural views across the rooftops. EPC ‘TBC’.
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Property Type
Detached House -
Bedrooms
4 -
Bathrooms
2 -

Reception Rooms
2 -

Council Tax Band
E
Property Description
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Yarrow End House is a charming and characterful four-bedroom detached family house, located on a central, desirable street with traditional cottages and town houses, within the highly desirable market town of Bishops Castle on the Welsh/Shropshire border. The property boasts traditional features such as picture rails, stain-glass windows and fireplaces, situated within a sizeable plot provided spacious and private front and rear gardens complemented by a tranquil summer house / home office. Whilst having a detached single garage and generous parking to the front and being in a prime location for walking access to local amenities, schools and views over the picturesque surroundings.
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Bishops Castle is an ancient town, which dates back to 792 AD and is situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), but unfortunately the castle from which it derives its name is no longer in existence.
Bishops Castle is a lively market town, and has many facilities including a primary and secondary school, leisure centre, small cottage hospital, dentist, doctors, restaurants, public houses (one of which brew their own beer), petrol station and a wide and varied range of independent shops and boutiques. There is a good bus link to Shrewsbury every day, with local rail links at Broome, and Craven Arms.
Walk Inside
As you enter the floorboarded hallway, the warm tones create an inviting atmosphere with access to a carpeted stairway on your right and a picture railed walls leading you from the stained-glass windowed door towards the convenient downstairs WC featuring a basin and toilet. To the left of the hallway lies the living room, a spacious retreat characterized by its high ceilings and the large Victorian bay window at the front which floods the room with natural light, whilst a decorative fireplace, complete with a Clearview wood-burning stove, serves as a cozy warm focal point. Further down the hall, the floorboarded dining room creates an inducing charm, highlighted by a large bay window providing ample natural light, to create a warm ambiance.
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A cozy fireplace complete with a wood burning stove promises warmth during winter gatherings. Adjacent to the dining room, the kitchen unfolds, featuring the same beautiful floorboards that flow seamlessly through the home. Bespoke handmade kitchen units offer both style and functionality, completed with granite worktops and a stainless-steel built-in sink which overlooks a large bay window to the side. The kitchen also boasts an inglenook fireplace that houses a Calor gas and electric range style cooker. With space for a fridge/freezer, plumbing for a dishwasher and French doors that open to the rear patio, it is not only practical but designed for entertaining. The attractive garden room leads from the kitchen, a bright and airy space connecting the indoors with the outdoors with expansive glazing above half-height walls allowing natural light into the space and French doors connecting both the front of the property to the back.
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Adjacent to the garden room, the utility boasts practical tiled flooring, with windows to the rear, built-in shelves for convenient storage solutions and plumbing for a washer and dryer. A door from the utility leads to a well-appointed shower room, continuing with the tiled theme it includes a modern WC, corner wash basin and shower cubicle all surrounded by fully tiled walls that enhance the rooms contemporary feel
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Ascending the carpeted stairs, you are greeted with a spacious landing adorned with picture rail walls, and a radiator. A door to the bathroom, which features functional vinyl flooring, a WC, panelled bath equipped with a shower overhead and a stylish wash basin, heated towel rail and vanity cupboard. A window to the side allows natural light to filter in complemented by a stunning stained glass window feature creating a splash of colour.
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From the landing the doors open to three inviting double bedrooms, each carpeted for comfort as well as all housing feature bay windows and the two rear bedrooms also containing charming fireplaces. From the landing, carpeted stairs lead to a second floor, with a unique double bedroom nestled in the eaves, with skylights illuminating the space and eaves storage on both sides for practical storage.
Walk Outside
As you approach the property off Station Street, turning onto the large private tarmacadam driveway, passing through the framed wooden gates you find a neatly placed timber-framed under tile single garage to its side, with a verdant front lawn area which is bordered by mature hedges which provide both privacy and natural beauty, whilst taking in the stunning views of the area around the Long Mynd. The front door is nestled beneath a brick-laid arched porch offering a warm welcome.
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Nestled in the picturesque landscape of the Shropshire Hills the rear garden opens with colourful flowerbeds and shrubbed borders dotted around the edge of the property. At the far end of the garden stands a charming, tiled summer house, equipped with electricity and a wood burning stove, inviting for relaxation or potential office workspace. A spacious patio area extends from the back of the kitchen providing an ideal spot for entertaining, alfresco-dining, and also relishing the serene aspect it provides.
Yarrow End House Station Street, Bishops Castle, Shropshire, SY9 5DD
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