Selattyn, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10

The Property: Available on the open market for the first time in twenty five years, the sale of this Victorian country house offers an exciting opportunity for a new purchaser to live in a property of immense character and elegance in a highly regarded edge of village location.

Exquisite original late Victorian architectural features are present throughout Elsinore. Internally these period details include deep bay windows, stained glass, ornate fireplaces, decorative cornicing, carved skirting boards, dado rails and architraves, original pitch pine hand turned staircase, servants bell board, tiled hall floor and panelled doors some with original handles and locks. Externally Ruabon decorative bricks, carved fascia boards and a Welsh slate roof create an impressive Victorian exterior.

The wonderfully elegant, gracious and well appointed internal accommodation offers a careful and considerate balance between formal entertaining and day to day family living. The principal reception rooms benefit from superb far reaching views. The L shaped reception hallway offers two entrances to Elsinore. The door to the front aspect is more formal and the one to the side an everyday entrance facing The Coach House and opening to the parking area. The dining and drawing rooms are superb sizes for entertaining with views across the lawned parkland style gardens with a French door opening from the drawing room to the terrace perfect for al fresco living. The charming dual aspect sitting room, breakfast room with French doors and a kitchen formulate a charming suite of day-to-day living rooms with the useful utility room and cloakroom WC completing the ground floor.

To the first floor are five double bedrooms offering flexibility, with a family bathroom and shower room. The principal bedroom is of particular note with its sheer size dual aspect windows with superb rural views.

Location
Selattyn is situated on the edge of the well regarded North Shropshire town of Oswestry and close to Chirk known for its castle and famous Thomas Telford viaduct. Day to day amenities are found in Weston Rhyn and the M&S Gledrid Roundabout. The Docks in Selattyn is a friendly gastro-pub and there are diverse local walks up to Selattyn Tower. Oswestry has an excellent range of local shopping, recreational and educational facilities, and is within easy motoring distance of the larger centres of Shrewsbury and Chester offering further facilities.

There are excellent state and private schools nearby including Moreton Hall, Packwood Haugh, Ellesmere College, Oswestry School and Selattyn Primary.

Railway stations in Chirk and Gobowen, providing access to London via Crewe or Shrewsbury, whilst the nearby A5/M54 provides access to Birmingham, Chester and the Midlands, along with regional airports at Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool.

Outside
The mature gardens are an outstanding feature of Elsinore and complement the surrounding landscape very well as well as anchoring the house in its setting. With a variety of shrubs, specimen trees, and woodland area, they have a distinct parkland feel. The lawned area leads to a hedged secret garden that previously housed an above ground swimming pool which in turn leads to the small orchard with summer house. In an elevated position this offers outstanding rural views which are magnificent across all seasons.

To the rear of The Coach House is a further lawned area. Elsinore is approached along a hedge bordered driveway with a backdrop of mature trees and there is ample parking to the front and side with access to The Coach House.

The acreage extends to 1.42 acres overall.