73. 06 Acres Residential farm with separate cottage, outbuildings, grassland,
large pool and woodland
•Spacious, attractive 4 - bedroom Farmhouse
•Stone 2 - bedroom barn conversion/cottage
•Superb stone barn & other outbuildings
•67 acres of gently sloping south facing pasture
•3. 46 acres of mature woodland
•1. 30 acre stocked pool
•Ring fenced property
•In all 73. 06 acres (29. 57 ha) or thereabouts
Church Stretton 71⁄2 miles; Shrewsbury 10 miles; Telford 17 miles; Birmingham
50 miles
_Location_
Sheaves Farm is located on the edge of the hamlet of Plaish which is between
Shrewsbury, Church Streeton and Much Wenlock and with the picturesque Apedale.
Local amenities including shopping, schooling, doctors’ surgeries and
entertaining may be found in the attractive small towns of Church Stretton and
Much Wenlock. The County Town of Shrewsbury is located only 20 minutes to the
north. There are railway stations at Church Stretton, Shrewsbury and Telford.
_Description_
Introduction
Sheaves Farm has been the home of Roger Snelson since 1976 and presents
prospective purchasers with a rare opportunity to acquire a wonderful and
versatile country property standing in 73 acres of ring - fenced land and
located within the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
_Accommodation_
Sheaves Farmhouse
The farmhouse at Sheaves Farm is a charming, well proportioned stone under a
pitched tiled roof property which is likely to be of 18th century origins. The
property was extended and reconfigured after purchase and has been
progressively improved. In recent times the house has been re - roofed,
benefited from upvc double glazed windows and doors and a new kitchen.
Whilst the house would benefit from further modernisation, it does never the
less offer comfortable family accommodation.
Sheaves Farmhouse
The Farmhouse has three entrance doors all leading into the single storey
extensions.
Rear Entrance Hall which is ‘l’shaped and has a Quarry tiled floor and doors
to:
Utility Room with tiled floor, external access door, range of wall and base
cupboards with stainless steel sink and plumbing for washing machine.
Cloakroom with tiled floor, wc and wash basin, Mistral oil fired boiler and
controller.
Pantry with tiled floor, stone slabbed shelf and fitted shelves.
The Breakfast Kitchen also accessed from the rear entrance hall and is a
bright spacious room with views over the land and with the benefit of a
recently fitted kitchen of cream Shaker style, wall and base storage cupboards
and drawers with 11⁄2 bowl stainless steel sink. Built in Lamona electric hob
and combination grill and fan oven with overhead extractor unit. Built in
Lamona dishwasher and washing machine. Rayburn cooker and feature Inglenook
stone fireplace. Tiled floor leading through to:
Lounge which is another light and spacious room with views over the property’s
land. French doors lead out onto terrace. Feature stone fireplace with fitted
Chesneys wood burning stove set on stone slabbed hearth. Fitted shelves and
glazed cupboard and archways leading to:
Dining Room. A good sized room with central ceiling beam.
Front Hall with fully glazed door to garden. Stairs to first floor and door
through to:
Sitting Room with beamed ceiling and feature inglenook fireplace and stone
slabbed hearth.
On the First Floor
Landing with ballustraded staircase, airing cupboard and doors to:
Bedroom with wash basin and en suite shower room with mains shower and wc.
Bedroom with wash basin and en suite shower room with mains shower and wc.
Bedroom with en suite bathroom with bath, wc and wash basin.
Bathroom with bath with main fed shower, wc and wash basin.
Bedroom with lovely views over the land.
**Green fields barn**
The property was converted around nine years ago from part of the range of
traditional farm buildings and was let until this July. The barn has open plan
kitchen, dining and sitting rooms and is double glazed with the benefit of oil
fired central heating throughout.
A timber stable style door gives access to:
Kitchen/Sitting Room, a spacious, bright and airy room with views of the land.
The kitchen area has an extensive range of cream built in wall and base
storage cupboards and drawers with stainless steel sink. Built in Lamona
electric hob and combined grill/fan oven with overhead extractor unit. Built
in Lamona dishwasher and washing machine. Sitting Room area with engineered
timber floor with ample space for dining table and feature stone fireplace and
Stovax wood burning stove. Door through to:
Entrance Hall with timber front entrance hall, built in housekeeper’s
cupboard, central heating controller with stair to first floor and doors to:
Toilet with wc and wash basin.
Bathroom with tiled floor, panelled bath with overhead mains fed shower, wc
and wash basin. Mistral oil fired boiler (replaced in 2022).
Bedroom with range of fitted wardrobes and understairs cupboard.
On the First Floor
Staircase gives access directly to a bedroom with exposed beams and fitted
wardrobes.
Gardens and Grounds
The Farmhouse and Green Fields Barn are arranged around an attractive
traditional courtyard which would include a range of traditionally constructed
buildings which may well offer further potential for alternative uses subject
to obtaining the required planning permission.
The farmhouse has terraced gravelled gardens to the south and east with hedges
and shrubs and a separate front entrance drive. The terraced gardens to the
east of the house offer a superb vista over the farmland which slopes gently
away towards the Wenlock Edge.
Within the Courtyard, which is gravelled, is ample parking for vehicles with
access to an open fronted three bay garage and the traditional outbuildings.
**The farm buildings**
Arranged to form a courtyard with the farmhouse are the remaining unconverted
traditional farm buildings which comprise:
Open Fronted Garage of mainly stone construction under a pitched box profile
roof with three open bays and concrete floor.
Stone under pitched tiled roof former cowshed with concrete floor
Attached stone under pitched tiled roof Long Barn of two storey construction
and reroofed more recently. Concrete floor
Within the stackyard to the north of the farmhouse, barn conversion and
traditional buildings are a range of Dutch Barn and lean - tos which comprise:
Dutch Barn 13. 60m x 7. 2m of steel frame under curved corrugated iron roof (in
three bays) and with corrugated iron cladding to one gable.
Attached double lean - to 13. 60m x 14. 40m of steel framed and timber
construction under corrugated iron roofs and corrugated iron cladding to one
gable.
**The farmland**
The land at Sheaves Farm is arranged in a ring fenced block which all slopes
gently to the east and which is arranged in three good sized interconnected
enclosures. Lying centrally is a landscaped stocked pool which is 1. 30 acres
in size. At the far end of the farm is a block of mature deciduous woodland
which extends to 3. 4 acres which also has a farm track providing access
directly onto the public road between Gretton and Kenley.
The farmland is all pasture but has previously been in arable cultivation.
Field boundaries are all traditional thorn hedges with post and wire fencing.
The land is all watered via the pool.
The provisional Land Classification Maps of England and Wales (as published by
maff) classify the land as Grade 3.
The Soil Survey of England and Wales identifies the soil type as being of the
Clifton Series which is described as a slowly permeable reasonably waterlogged
reddish fine and course loamy soils suitable for cereals and grassland with
some potatoes
_services_
The Farmhouse and Green Fields Barn both have mains electricity and mains
water supplies. Each property has foul drainage to its own septic tank. Both
properties have oil fired central heating.
_Planning_
Sheaves Farm will be sold subject to any development plan, tree preservation
order, town planning schedule, resolution of notice which maybe, or come to
be, in force, subject to any road widening or improvement schemes, land
charges and statutory provision or bylaws, without obligation to the Vendor to
specify them.
Full planning permission was granted on 17th February 2006 to convert a
disused farm building into a private dwelling with installation of a septic
tank and alteration to access (sa/95/0729). The conversation was only finally
completed around nine years ago.
The traditional buildings at Sheaves Farm may well be suitable for
conversation to further residential accommodation or other alternative uses
subject to obtaining the relevant planning permission. No enquiries have been
made of the Local Planning Authority.
None of the property at Sheaves Farm is Listed.
_Viewing_
Via James McIntyre

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