One of Shrewsbury’s finest Georgian town houses with annexe and views over the River Severn.
• Kitchen/breakfast room
• Family room
• Drawing room
• Dining room
• Study
• Swimming pool
• Seven Bedrooms (two with en suites)
• Two Family bathrooms
• Triple garage
• One bedroom annexe
25 The Crescent is a fine upstanding Grade II listed Georgian house with beautiful walled gardens, a versatile converted Coach House with garaging, office space and an apartment and views across the River Severn. One of four houses built in a crescent on the original 13th Century town walls, it was designed and lived in by the notable architect Joseph Bromfield who was also responsible for the plasterwork at the Lion Hotel and the nearby church of St Chad’s.
A much loved family home, the house is notable for its elegant and light south facing accommodation which is ideal for both comfortable every-day living and larger scale formal entertaining. The front door with a wide fan light over, opens into an entrance hall, with a graceful staircase and coved ceiling, off which leads the library and the two principal reception rooms. Both the supremely elegant drawing room with its classical decorative ceiling and the dining room with its balcony, have attractive fireplaces and deep sash windows framing the views across the River Severn. Stairs lead down to the kitchen, breakfast and living room, fitted by David Orton and featuring an extensive range of traditional cabinet built oak cupboards and marble work tops, along with a gas fired, four oven AGA. A door leads to the wide, south facing terrace, ideal for outdoor dining. Below is the former servants kitchens, now a versatile family room adjoining the office, playroom and utility rooms and opening to the attractive garden room and orangery, housing a 14’ heated exercise pool with wave machine, a mini kitchen for entertaining and a shower room.
Seven bedrooms are laid out over the second, third and fourth floors. Most of the bedrooms have retained their original fireplaces and all enjoy far reaching views. The principle bedroom is of particular note with its attractive marble fireplace and spacious en suite bathroom with cast iron, roll top bath. The remaining bedrooms are served by two family bathrooms.
The walled south facing garden has sweeping lawns, stocked borders and a wide south facing sun terrace accessed from the kitchen and stairs from the balcony above. Along with beautiful herbaceous borders, a camomile lawn surrounds the pond with fountain and water lilies in the upper garden, with apple, plum, pear and fig trees and David Austin rosebushes. The kitchen garden with chicken run and garden shed can be found beyond, with a gate leading to a small paved courtyard that provides access to the triple garage and annex. (There is separate gated access onto Crescent Lane).
To the end of the garden, the former Coach House has been converted into an attractive one bedroom apartment with an open plan kitchen, sitting and dining room. Below is a three car garage and an adjoining office/storage room. There is a separate gated access to Crescent Lane.