Detached house for sale in Bletchley, Market Drayton, Shropshire TF9

Bletchley Manor is a wonderful historic manor house which was lovingly restored to its former grandeur in 2007 and won the best restoration category in Grand Designs in 2008. Standing in formal landscaped gardens, the house benefits from far reaching views and pastureland with mature trees and planting, along with a lake.

A fascinating house, The Manor is Grade II Listed and thought to date from mid- 17th Century, with some timbers dendrochronologically dated back to 1594. It is understood that it underwent alterations and additions during the early 19th Century, creating a magnificent double drawing room, and principal bedroom suite above, reflecting the elegant Georgian architecture of the time. Beautifully restored original period features include magnificent stone flagged and polished oak floors, panelled walls, and beautiful fireplaces. The house conveniently combines its abundance of historic charm with modern amenities and infrastructure.

The accommodation is beautifully presented and suitable for family living with its wonderful living kitchen and dining area and panelled sitting room. The large Dining hallway with its flagged floor opens to the impressive double drawing room, ideal for formal entertaining. This room has double marble fireplaces and large sash windows providing views across unspoilt North Shropshire countryside and access to the formal gardens. There is a garden room to the far end overlooking the walled garden.

The principal bedroom is of particular note, with its en suite bathroom and dressing room. Being within the Georgian wing, it has large sash windows filling the room with natural light and giving open views over the surrounding countryside. One of the remaining bedrooms is panelled, and the remaining two being on the second floor and situated within the roof apex with their own bathrooms. One of these is accessed via a secret staircase found behind a fitted bookshelf in the beautiful first floor library.

Gardens and Grounds
Bletchley Manor is approached via a long driveway through its former parkland, planted with mature trees. The garden has been landscaped to reflect the history of the house with a formal knot garden, walled garden and to the side a lawned garden with terrace is the brick poultiggery, the original building which combined pig sty with hen house.

Near to the Western boundary is a small lake, matured with an abundance of wildlife and stocked with some carp and trout, with island and wildlife area.

Services: Mains water and electricity are connected. Drainage via septic tank. Oil fired central heating.
Local Authority: Shropshire council. Tel: Council Tax Band: G
Tenure: Freehold
Listing: Grade II Listed (EPC exempt)

Bletchley is a small hamlet just off the A41 and close to the town of Market Drayton. It is surrounded by open countryside whilst being within commuting distance of Shrewsbury, Chester, Telford, Midland business centres and the M6. The local towns of Market Drayton and Newport offer excellent facilities for shopping and leisure activities together with the larger centres of Shrewsbury, Stafford, and Newcastle-Under-Lyme. There are well reputed schools in both the state and private sectors with collection points for some Shrewsbury schools, and Ellesmere College, at Tern Hill just one mile away. There is an excellent mainline rail service from Stafford (London - Euston 1 hr 20 mins). Regional airports include Birmingham, Manchester, and East Midlands

Directions (Postcode TF9 3RZ)
From the M54 take junction 3 onto the A41 heading North signed to Whitchurch. Continue for approximately 20 miles to the Tern Hill roundabout and continue on the A41 for about 1 mile. On joining the dual carriageway, the entrance to Bletchley Manor will be found after a short distance on the left-hand side.