5 bedroom detached house for sale

Gubbals House is an attractive and substantial period property, offering beautifully presented accommodation with a wealth of character features, elegant styling and far-reaching countryside views. The house provides five bedrooms and five versatile reception rooms, arranged to offer excellent flexibility for family living and entertaining. The ground floor includes a welcoming reception hall with patterned tiled flooring and an open library/ study area with an ornate cast-iron fireplace. The playroom and formal dining room lie to the front, the latter featuring herringbone flooring, a handsome fireplace and a tall bay window overlooking the gardens. To the rear, the generous drawing room has corniced ceilings and a dual aspect, allowing plenty of natural light. The open-plan kitchen and family room provides an excellent space for entertaining, with a seating and dining area and bi-fold doors opening onto the gardens and taking in the countryside views. The kitchen has farmhouse-style fitted units, a central island and an Aga, while a utility room, pantry and cellar provide additional storage and practical space. Upstairs, five well-appointed double bedrooms include two en suite rooms, with the principal bedroom also benefiting from a dressing area. The remaining bedrooms have built-in storage, two with their own washbasins, and are served by a family shower room. The house is set within delightful gardens backing onto open fields. A gravel driveway provides ample parking and access to the integrated double garage, alongside a lawn with mature trees. To the rear, the south-facing gardens feature a large patio, an expansive lawn and a heated swimming pool with a pool house. A garden outbuilding provides a useful home office, together with additional garden storage. The property lies in the hamlet of Preston Gubbals, surrounded by attractive Shropshire countryside, approximately five miles north of the county town of Shrewsbury. The nearby village of Bomere Heath, about a mile away, provides day-to-day amenities including a Co-op convenience store, the Red Lion, a primary school, village hall and a range of local sports clubs. Shrewsbury offers an extensive selection of shops, supermarkets, restaurants, leisure facilities and cultural attractions, together with a notably strong choice of schooling, including Shrewsbury School, Prestfelde and Packwood Haugh. State secondary schooling is available in both Shrewsbury and Baschurch. Shrewsbury railway station provides regular services to Birmingham, Manchester and Cardiff, while the A49 and A5 offer excellent road links across the region, with the M54 providing onward connections to Telford, the West Midlands and the national motorway network.