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£2,750,000
6 bed house for sale in Castle Gates, SY1, Shrewsbury
Price:
£2,750,000
Summary:
Used
Location:
Shrewsbury, Shrops
Description:
Referenced by Pevsner Castle Gates House is a superb late C16th timber framed residence occupying a prominent and iconic positon at the gateway to Shrewsbury's Norman castle. Originally built on nearby Dogpole, Sir Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford, dismantled the property and moved to its present location in 1702, making way for the Guildhall. It is understood that the house underwent a major restoration is 1902 before it was purchased by the Horticultural Society in 1924, who subsequently bestowed it to the town. This exceptional property has been sensitively restored under the current ownership, serving as a much-cherished family home for over twenty years. The property has had many interesting incarnations over its history, including use as a doctor’s surgery. The future could offer either residential or commercial opportunities, subject to the relevant planning consents. Castle Gates House is an atmospheric, extensive and sophisticated Grade II listed mansion house that has been sympathetically renovated with careful consideration coupled with the use of high quality natural materials to preserve and enhance the abundance of period features. These including exposed timber beams and flooring, leaded light windows, ornate moulded cornices and original fireplaces. The house lends itself to both comfortable everyday living and larger scale entertaining and the recent addition of a striking timber and glass extension has created a? heart? of the living space. The accommodation is orientated to maximise views of the splendid and substantial gardens designed by the celebrated British Horticulturalist Percy Thrower and provides a true sense of a? country house in town’. Castle Gates House is an exceptional jewel in Shrewsbury's architectural crown. An impressive studded oak front door opens under a carved Gothic arch into the spacious L shaped reception hallway off which radiate two formal reception rooms; a library to the front and distinguished. Still available at ListedBuy!
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