The property Beech Hill offers an exciting prospect for a new owner having been lovingly owned by the same family for over sixty years. Located on highly desirable Kennedy Road this impressive Victorian semi-detached property has a plethora of fine period features offering a wonderful opportunity to create a substantial family home of poise and elegance whilst retaining a very friendly feel.

Victorian period features are present throughout the property and include Minton tiled flooring, dado rails, decorative art nouveau Lincrusta wallpaper, deep skirting boards, picture rails, ornate cornicing, decorative fireplaces, hand turned staircase and panelled internal doors creating a feeling of character and history.The wide half glazed front door opens to a useful porch and attractive double stripped pine doors lead to the elegant hallway. Stairs rising upwards to the two upper floors and original doors radiate off. Facing the front are two large reception rooms offering light formal living spaces with deep box bay windows and decorative fireplaces. The family/breakfast room, once the original kitchen, faces the lawned gardens to the side and is a bright room. Creative design thinking is required as the kitchen, pantry and enclosed rear yard offer immense scope and potential to create a contemporary heart to this impressive family house. A practical shower room, cloakroom and rear hall with door to the cellar, completes the ground floor accommodation.

Winding to the first and second floor is the superb Victorian staircase with hand turned spindles and a decorative handrail. On the first floor are four large double bedrooms. To the rear the large double bedroom was once used as a doctors consulting room and has a useful store room off it. The three remaining double bedrooms mirror the size of the substantial reception rooms below and offer roof top views across Shrewsbury. On the second floor are two further large double bedrooms with vaulted ceilings.

The first and second floors benefit from two bathrooms, two kitchenettes and a separate WC. The room across the upper floors could easily be reconfigured to create bedroom suites and further bathrooms bringing a contemporary and practical feel to this stunning period home.

Outside

Outside Beech Hill benefits from private and beautifully presented mature gardens to the front, side and rear of the house that back onto the headmaster’s house of Shrewsbury School. With a marvellous parkland feel the large gardens feature immaculate lawns and well-tended mature shrubs.

At the front of the property there is an impressive red brick walled boundary to Kennedy Road across the whole of the wide frontage. The gravel driveway provides plenty of parking and leads to the rear of the gardens where there are two garages and a further outbuilding for garden storage.

Situation

Location Kingsland is a popular residential area on the edge of Shrewsbury town centre. Shrewsbury benefits from a vast range of shopping, leisure and recreational facilities, along with the Quarry Park that borders the River Seven providing beautiful riverside walks and the venue for a number of annual events including the boat race and the Shrewsbury flower show.

Shrewsbury, additionally, has a wide range of highly regarded schools within both the state and private sectors. These include the prestigious Shrewsbury School, Shrewsbury High School for Girls and Preparatory, St Winifreds Convent, Prestfelde, St Georges Primary School and Woodfield Infant School.Road communications are excellent with the A5/M54 linking through to Telford, the West Midlands and the national motorway network beyond, whilst airports can be found at Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester.

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