Offers exceeding £900,000 sought for Shropshire landmark grassland farm

A rare opportunity to buy a beautifully situated 73-acre grassland farm situated at the foot of The Wrekin, one of Shropshire’s best known landmarks, is being offered by Shrewsbury-based agents, Halls.

Wrekin Farm, Little Wenlock, located seven miles from Telford and 38 miles from Birmingham, enjoys complete privacy and panoramic views in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The farm, which is seeking offers in excess of £900,000, comprises a three bedroomed farmhouse, 73.21 acres of grassland, an excellent range of farm buildings and a three bedroomed bungalow.

Accessed along a private lane off the main road, which leads through Wenlock’s Wood, the farm commands panoramic views over Ironbridge Gorge, Wenlock Edge and Shropshire Hills to the south and towards the Welsh borderlands to the west.

Both the farmhouse and bungalow provide comfortable accommodation and have scope for modernisation and improvement.

The farm buildings comprise a log store, two workshops, store and four-bay open-fronted implement shed, double span Atcost building with a cattle shed, two cattle yards, bull pen, covered feed passage, former dairy, three-bay hay barn with lean-to, shed/store and former generator house.

The permanent pastureland conveniently surrounds the farmstead and several fields have access off the private lane. The land is registered on the Rural Land Register and approximately 29.04 units of non-SDA entitlements will be transferred to the purchaser upon completion, subject to approval from the Rural Payments Agency.

The farm house, situated adjacent to the farm buildings, has a hallway, sitting room, shower room, combined kitchen and dining room with an oil-fired Aga, walk-in pantry and cellar, lounge with an inglenook fireplace and wc on the ground floor. Upstairs there are three bedrooms and a bathroom.

The lawned garden has flower beds, shrubs and a greenhouse and there is a polytunnel and kitchen garden in the small field next to the house.

Orchard Bungalow, which is double glazed, comprises a hallway, living room, kitchen, three bedrooms and a bathroom. The lawned garden has shrub borders, a raised, stoned patio area and two outbuildings.