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1540 – Clunton, Craven Arms, Shropshire, England

8/16/16 35 Comments
Posted on OHD: 8/16/16. Last OHD Update: 7/25/22.
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Clunton, Craven Arms

In a beautiful and quiet location is this Grade II listed 16C property. Having superb accommodation including magnificent Hall, spacious Kitchen and main Reception Room. 3 bedrooms and Bathroom on the first floor, with excellent lower level accommodation of Garden Room, Family or 4th Bedroom. Large terrace looking south over the 1 acre gardens with small stream and pools. (EPC rating E). Cwm House - Nestled in a beautiful secluded valley, Cwm House is a Grade II listed Mediaeval farmhouse dating back to 1540 when Henry VIII was king. The timber framed detached property is approached up a private drive past a stream and large natural pond with an island where wild ducks and moorhens nest. The house and gardens of nearly an acre are sheltered by The Black Hill, believed to be the inspiration for author Bruce Chatwin's award-winning novel On The Black Hill after he stayed with friends in the valley in the 1970s. The oldest part of Cwm House has been painstakingly restored by the current owner with attention to period details that give it a wealth of roses-round-the-door old world charm as well as modern facilities. The property was significantly extended in 2002 with the addition of a large baronial hall-style room leading down to a lower ground floor. The hall has superb carved oak beams in the vaulted ceiling, extensive library-type oak bookcases, polished oak floor and pargetting on the east wall. A superb south-facing terrace running around the hall virtually doubles the living space of the house during the summer using four separate carved oak frame French windows. A matching carved oak handrail around the terrace gives it a natural feeling of age as well as style. Cwm House is surrounded by pasture used for sheep-grazing and is next to a smallholding with woodland.
3 Bed 2,743 Sq Ft 1 Ac.
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