5 bedroom house

A beautiful five bedroom Georgian home with outbuildings to include a home office, snooker room and double garage. The gardens are private whilst this convenient location between Bridgnorth and Wolverhampton is ideal for commuters.
Bridgnorth - 5 miles, Telford - 12 miles, Kidderminster - 15 miles, Shrewsbury - 27 miles, Wolverhampton - 11 miles, Birmingham.
(All distances are approximate).

Location - The hamlet of Hilton is located only a short distance from the historic market town of Bridgnorth off the A454 between the major centres of Wolverhampton, Telford, Dudley and Stourbridge making an ideal base for commuters. There are more local amenities with a general store located in Rudge Heath and Worfield village, where there is a village school and nursery. Locally there are several good pubs and near-by public transport services. This semi rural location provides instant access to an abundance of beautiful countryside walks and there is an excellent choice of golf, tennis and cricket clubs.

Hilton is on the A454, within easy reach of major network links. The M54 motorway (Junction 3) facilitates fast access to Stafford, Wolverhampton, Telford, Shrewsbury, Birmingham and the entire industrial West Midlands. The house stands back from the road behind outbuildings and is within the 30MPH speed limit zone.

Dating to 1832, this period farmhouse over three floors has a more cottage feel with exposed beams and an Inglenook fireplace. An abundance of rooms create informal and formal areas for a large family; the breakfast kitchen and principle drawing room over look the garden. Many of the sash windows have been replaced with hand crafted wooden double glazed windows to improve the energy performance rating but retain the period features. Further improvements have included a modern kitchen and bathroom appointments whilst a single storey detached annexe is used as a home office. Later additions include he large games room with a snooker table included, with a double garage.

The house stands within superb grounds with a deep frontage and a lovely garden to the rear which provides an appropriate setting for a house of this nature with a total plot size approaching 0.6 acres.

Accommodation - An open porch with a panelled front door leads into the HALL with a beamed ceiling, access to the CELLARS with two barrel-vaulted rooms and a guest CLOAKROOM with a white suite. The DRAWING ROOM has been creatively enlarged to form an excellent main reception room with an open fire with pine fireplace and chimney piece together with a carved pine corner display unit and double glazed windows and doors to the modern CONSERVATORY with a lovely open aspect over the garden. There is a cosy SITTING ROOM with a beamed and raftered ceiling, cast iron log burning stove set within a wide inglenook style fireplace and a sash window to the front with working shutters as has the DINING ROOM which also has a heavily beamed and raftered ceiling, display cabinets with cupboards beneath and a door into the well appointed KITCHEN with a comprehensive range of units with granite working surfaces, co-ordinating dresser unit, integrated fridge and freezer, integrated microwave, plumbing for a dishwasher, tiled floor with underfloor heating, a heavily beamed and raftered ceiling and a door to the co-ordinating LAUNDRY with a range of matching units, plumbing for a washing machine, space for a tumble dryer, a second integrated fridge freezer and a door to the garden.

A staircase rises to the galleried LANDING with a sash window to the front elevation and a door to the PRINCIPAL SUITE with a double bedroom with a comprehensive range of fitted wardrobes and co-ordinating chests of drawers and bedside tables and a refitted en-suite bathroom having a double ended bath, WC, corner shower, vanity unit with mirror and shavers point, heated towel rail, and part tiled walls with ceiling downlighters. There are TWO FURTHER DOUBLE BEDROOMS to the first floor, both of which have built-in wardrobes and one of which has a vanity unit together with a well appointed HOUSE BATHROOM with a white suite of panelled bath, pedestal basin, WC with high level flush and separate fully tiled shower cubicle.

A second staircase rises to the second floor with storage cupboards and TWO DOUBLE BEDROOMS both of which are under-eaves with open, dual aspects.

Outside - To one side of the house is the ANNEXE which is currently used as a home office with a large room having double glazed windows to all four elevations with lights and power connected, along with oil fired central heating and built in air conditioning.

Forming a courtyard to the front, the separate GAMES ROOM with water, electric lights and power has mezzanine storage levels. The clients would include the full size snooker table as part of the fixtures. This adjoins the garages.

The house is approached through wrought iron gates over a gravelled driveway providing ample off street parking for many vehicles with a wide, paved terrace to the front of the house. There is side access to the LOVELY REAR GARDEN with timber decked and paved entertainment terraces and a large, sweeping lawn beyond which is broadly laid out over two levels with beautifully matured beds and borders securing a high degree of privacy with the grounds continuing around the side of the property to a useful area of kitchen garden.

Services: - We are informed by the vendors that mains water, drainage and electricity are connected and that the central heating is oil fired. We are informed by the seller that there are currently no water rates payable.

Council Tax/Tenure: - G - Shropshire Council. We are advised the Property is FREEHOLD.

Viewing Arrangements: - Please contact the Bridgnorth office.

Directions: - From Bridgnorth, proceed towards Wolverhampton on the A454. Hilton is approximately 5 miles from Bridgnorth. When entering the Hamlet of Hilton, Hilton House is positioned on the right hand side identified by our for sale board.

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