61-65 High Street, Madeley
Telford,
Shropshire, TF7 5AU
£550,000

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BRIMMING WITH CHARACTER! A beautiful detached Grade II listed period family home, part of which is believed to date back to the 16th century.

Reception hall, inner hall, 2 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms, 6 double bedrooms, cloaks/WC, split-level kitchen/diner, utility room, cellarage, galleried landing, integral garage/workshop, double width driveway with automated wrought Iron gates and double oak garage, landscaped walled gardens. EPC Rating: Exempt.

Situation:
Madeley is an established historic market town and forms part of the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site. Madeley centre has undergone major redevelopment incorporating a new supermarket and shops; it now forms an established residential area within the southern part of Telford being some five miles south of the wide range of shopping and recreational facilities at Telford town centre, together with the railway station with services to Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury, together with access to the M54 which links to the M6 giving access to Birmingham and Manchester airports.

High Street comprises predominantly period character properties in a central location just a few minutes' walk of Madeley centre which includes a Tesco superstore; there is easy access to local schools.
 
The Property:
The Puzzle House - parts of which date back to the Tudor period and was once a row of cottages with an 1800s shop - is now one spacious house with many character features throughout. Some of these include quarry tiled floors, exposed beams, ledge and brace doors, inglenook fireplaces with log-burning stoves, vaulted ceilings, and minstrels' style gallery.

The generous, flexible accommodation comprises of a reception hallway with quarry tiled floor leading to the cloakroom/WC, split-level kitchen/diner and inner hallway.

Off the inner hallway there is a half-stable door with steps descending to the cellar, a bathroom with bath and shower, integral door leading to the garage/workshop, door to the laundry/utility room and a dog-legged wooden staircase to the first floor with full-length windows overlooking the garden at the halfway point.

The inner hallway also gives access to the sitting/dining room with its vaulted ceiling, inglenook fireplace with log burner and staircase to the minstrels' gallery/seating area, and to the beamed living room featuring an inglenook fireplace with log burner and triple aspect windows. 

A doorway from the living room leads to a private staircase which ascends to a spacious bedroom which benefits from twin aspect windows, vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and character fireplace.

The first-floor main galleried landing with seating area leads to the family bathroom with half-panelled walls, roll-top bath and separate shower, four double bedrooms with a wealth of exposed beams, vaulted ceilings, twin aspect windows and character features, a walk-in airing cupboard/storage room and doorway to a staircase to the second-floor vaulted-ceiling bedroom.

Outside:
A particular feature of the Puzzle House is the large garden. The garden is completely walled and private with many mature shrubs and trees. It includes decorative gravelled areas interspersed with flowering beds with shrubs, a cobbled patio area for table and chairs, a greenhouse, vegetable growing areas, double width wrought-iron gated driveway for two or more cars with access to the automatic sectional garage door and open fronted double oak garage, log store, two brick-built store cupboards.

How to get there: From Ironbridge proceed up Madeley Hill towards Madeley; at the Lees Farm roundabout take the 2nd exit and at the next roundabout take the 3rd exit along Parkway - continue past the traffic lights to Madeley roundabout and take the 4th exit onto the High Street.
 
Tenure: We are advised the property is Freehold.
 
Services: We are advised all mains services are connected. Gas-fired warm air central heating system.
 
Council Tax Band: E

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Important
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