A Grade II listed 19th century detached former rectory currently used as
offices but with scope for conversion to residential use. The property is red
brick with a hipped slate roof with projecting eaves and was originally built
as a rectory. It is named after John Melville Scott Shelton, the son of the
Rector of St Michaels Church. The façade
is Georgian in style with the symmetry and high sash windows typical of the
period. The central entrance has a neo Georgian portico with fluted columns
and pilasters, a panelled door surround and panelled double doors. There is a
garden area with mature trees and a gated parking area with space for at least
eighteen cars. Shelton House is on Woburn Sands High Street only a few
minutes’ walk from amenities which include restaurants, a Co Op supermarket, a
post office, a bank and the library. The Aspley Guise and Woburn Golf club is
only 0. 7 miles away.
The property is currently converted into offices but retains many period
features including ornate coving and ceiling roses, decorative plasterwork,
fireplaces, and the original lockable window shutters. The sweeping staircase
to the galleried first floor landing is lit by a lantern rooflight.
The property could be converted back to residential use, subject to the
necessary permissions. As a single dwelling it would create an over 5, 000 sq.
Ft. House with six reception rooms, seven bedrooms and the cloakrooms changed
into three bathrooms. Alternatively, there is scope to convert the property
into apartments. One design, with lapsed planning permission, converted the
property into five separate apartments with a studio apartment, a one bedroom
apartment,
and three two bedroom apartments. This design
also included a communal hall and a residents’ href='

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