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Sleeps 17
Weekly price range £1300 to £
Self catering accommodation in Bishops Castle sleeps 17.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Beach nearby • Pub nearby • Garden • Sleeps 17
Accommodation overview: The Laurels is a superb example of a large, Grade II Listed town house, which is decorated to a very good standard, located in the very small, friendly town of Bishops Castle. The holiday home is within walking distance of the many interesting little shops in the main street, two banks, PO and five pubs, two of which are famous for brewing their own beer. There are several good restaurants and also a very good Indian restaurant. Shrewsbury - a delightful medieval town with the River Severn flowing through its midst makes for a pleasant day out, as do Ludlow, Powys Castle, Offa’s Dyke, the Long Mynd and Acton Scott Working Farm Museum. There are also many picturesque villages in the surrounding area. Many National Trust properties are nearby and the whole area is very popular with walkers and hikers. The Welsh coast with its beautiful beaches lies 63 miles distant. Shops ½ mile. Living room with electric ‘flame-effect’ fire and French windows looking out to walled garden and patio. Oak-panelled dining room. Large well-equipped kitchen with breakfast area. Beamed breakfast room. Laundry room. Sun room looking out to walled garden and patio. Cloakroom with toilet. First floor: Double bedroom with 5ft bed, Sky TV, additional pull-out beds (for +2) with adjoining bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet shared with twin bedroom. Two double bedrooms, one with 5ft bed, one with 6ft bed. Twin bedroom with additional single bed (for +1), and single bed (for +1) in small adjoining room. Second floor: Double bedroom with 5ft bed and additional single bed (for +1). Bathroom with walk-in shower, double basin, bidet and toilet.
  
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Sleeps 11
Weekly price range £1300 to £
Self catering accommodation in Acton Scott sleeps 11.
Features include: • Open Fire or Woodburner Stove • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Detached • Easy Walking • Sleeps 11
Accommodation overview: The flexible accommodation at Acton Scott can be taken together by larger parties so that 36 people can stay for family gatherings and weddings etc. Thirty minutes’ drive to the north, near Shrewsbury, is Cronkhill Farmhouse, sleeping 14, which is also managed by the Acton Scott estate. See property ref RN5.
A finely restored and spacious character property situated in its own private grounds, commanding uninterrupted views across open parkland towards Wenlock Edge. Approached by a track that winds through fields and woodland, The Shooting Lodge dates to the mid 18th century and occupies an idyllic position in a picturesque estate landscape unchanged for two centuries. This exclusive property retains all its original privacy and character while providing every modern day comfort.
The Shooting Lodge includes a wealth of period features, such as beamed ceilings, oak floors and open fireplaces. Restored to an excellent standard, it offers a large oak framed banqueting room, for relaxing and entertaining, spacious and bespoke farmhouse-style kitchen, the convenience of a secondary kitchen and south facing lawns and patios.
With bedrooms and bathrooms thoughtfully appointed, it is furnished with a mix of new and antique and the use of traditional English fabrics throughout. There is a rustic log cabin summerhouse with viewing platform and external table tennis room. The property is very popular with families and small groups of friends, achieving many repeat bookings.
Accommodation: Large beamed banqueting room with open fireplace and flagstone floor. Well-equipped farmhouse-style kitchen/dining room with feature fireplace, LPG range and Belfast sink. Utility room with additional electric oven and hob. Double bedroom with en-suite shower room. Separate toilet. Bathroom with shower cubicle and toilet. Narrow steep stairs to first floor: Twin bedroom with 2ft 6in beds (can form 5ft double), with wooden floor and wash basin. Double bedroom with 6ft bed (can form 3ft singles), wash basin, wooden floor and low door. Larger double bedroom with 6ft bed (can form 3ft singles) with additional 2ft 6in bed (for +1), wash basin, oak floor and feature fireplace. Log cabin (35 metres from main house): Double sofa-bed (for +2) with vanity unit and commode-style toilet.
Location: You will discover a piece of British history at Acton Scott, for it achieved national fame as the setting for BBC2’s hit TV series Victorian Farm, acknowledging the Acton family’s championing of sustainable practices. It has been followed by another Acton Scott-based BBCTV series Escape in Time, new for 2010 and presented by Ben Fogle.
Guests can enjoy a memorable setting and a multitude of activities on this lovingly preserved estate, including the Historic Working Farm - where the land is worked with heavy horses to preserve a way of life before the age of the tractor. This visitor attraction is a firm favourite with families. There’s the handy School House café (open April to October) and lovely guided walks and cycle rides.
The prettiest market towns and traditional country pubs are all close at hand. Including Shrewsbury to the north, on the banks of the River Severn; and Ludlow, to the south, in its medieval castle setting. This is a food paradise with Michelin star restaurants and artisan shops galore. The spectacular Stretton Hills and Welsh Marches offer riding, cycling and walking. Among the many nearby sites are Attingham Park, the famous Ironbridge Gorge and its many museums, the castles of Powis and Stokesay and Wroxeter Roman city.
But if you simply cannot tear yourself away from Acton Scott, the finest local produce and home prepared meals can be delivered to your holiday house, with a la carte catering available to pre-book for special occasions.
The Shooting Lodge is one of three holiday houses at Acton Scott. Henley Farmhouse is a finely restored, detached character property in its own extensive grounds, sleeps up to 20, ref RJJ3. Henley Cottage, an authentic Victorian farm labourer’s cottage, as seen on TV, sleeps 4+1, ref ROO4. All three Acton Scott properties may be rented together or individually, to accommodate the needs of larger parties.
Nearby and three miles to the east of Shrewsbury, Rupert Acton is also the custodian of Cronkhill Farmhouse on the National Trust’s Attingham Park estate. A spacious 17th century timber framed property with spectacular views towards the River Severn, it sleeps up to 14, see property ref RN5.
For more information about Acton Scott visit www.actonscott.com
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Sleeps 6
Weekly price range £388 to £753
Self catering accommodation in Craven Arms sleeps 6.
Features include: Short Breaks Non smoking Wheelchair access Pub near by • Pets allowed sleeps 6
Accommodation overview: With the stunningly beautiful Shropshire Hills rising up behind these newly converted and very comfortable traditional barns provide the perfect rural retreat within easy reach of a host of attractions. Set on the owners' smallholding on the ancient Roman road of Watling Street and with wonderful walking on the Shopshire Way footpath on the doorstep they sit 1 mile from the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre and 3 miles from Stokesay Castle – there is even a play barn only 100 yards away. Cycle hire is available locally and the National Trust's 6000 glorious acres of Long Mynd and Carding Mill Valley are a short drive. Craven Arms (1 mile) offers shops pubs and a railway station.
Sitting room with French doors to terrace. Well equipped kitchen with dining area. Double bedroom. Two twin bedded rooms. Bathroom/W.C. (shower over bath).
Phone enquiries:
0844 847 1143
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Sleeps 5
Weekly price range £600 to £899
Self catering accommodation in Much Wenlock sleeps 5.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pub nearby • Sleeps 5
Accommodation overview: Very cosy and comfortable, The Barn is less than 2 minutes’ walk from all Much Wenlock’s inns, restaurants and shops. The small medieval town, home of the original Olympic Games, is very well situated to visit the nearby Wenlock Edge, Ironbridge and its museums, Stretton Hills and Shrewsbury’s historic town centre are all within 10 miles. Compact sports centre with swimming-pool and tennis courts locally. The cottage has a pleasant, secure enclosed walled garden to quietly relax. Shops 100 yards. Sitting-room with gas living-flame wood-burner in stone fireplace and French doors to garden. Dining room with French doors to garden. Well-equipped, fitted farmhouse-style kitchen. First floor: Three bedrooms, all with sloping beamed ceilings; one double, one twin and one small single with 2ft 6in bed (for +1 child). Bathroom with toilet.
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Sleeps 7
Weekly price range £ to £
Self catering accommodation in Lorton sleeps 7.
Features include: • Open Fire or Woodburner Stove • Pets allowed • Garden • Sleeps 7
Accommodation overview: Built in the 1830s this unusual property has been converted to the highest standard retaining a wealth of exposed timbers, random stone and slate walls. Brewery House is situated on the edge of the village of Lorton with a small patio garden with the babbling Boonbeck flowing through making this an ideal spot for relaxing on a summers evening.
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Sleeps 5
Weekly price range £300 to £599
Self catering accommodation in Newport sleeps 5.
Features include: • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Detached • Sleeps 5
Accommodation overview: Honeysuckle Cottage is a delightful 18th-century detached farmworker’s cottage situated in a quiet hamlet on the edge of Edgmond village in North Shropshire. Places to visit are Church Stretton, Cardingmill Valley, Ironbridge, Alton Towers, the Black Country and the potteries of Stoke-on-Trent, with NT properties at Attingham Park, Shrewsbury and Shugborough. The area is ideal for cycling (two cycles available) and there are plenty of countryside walks as the cottage is situated on a bridle path. Shop, two village pub/restaurants ½ mile. Newport 2 miles. Telford 10 miles. Large living room with gas ‘wood burner’. Dining room with wood-burning stove. Kitchen with breakfast area and gas range (for cooking). First floor: Two double bedrooms, one with TV and DVD. Single bedroom. Bathroom with shower attachment, bidet and toilet. Shower room with toilet.
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Sleeps 10
Weekly price range £1300 to £
Self catering accommodation in Market Drayton sleeps 10.
Features include: • Open Fire or Woodburner Stove • Short Breaks • Games Room • Sleeps 10
Accommodation overview: Built in 1720 by Bulkeley Mackworth, and set in a prominent location within 18 acres of parkland, the apartment [right in photograph] of this Queen Anne mansion has been restored with character and style. With views to the Welsh hills over open countryside, the accommodation offered is of a very high standard, with comfort and all modern conveniences. An enormous games room with a full-sized snooker table, table tennis and darts allows for friendly competition in front of a roaring fire. Within the grounds lies a lake, with coarse fishing available by prior arrangement, whilst guests have use of their own secluded courtyard area.
Home of the gingerbread, the attractive town of Market Drayton was once famed for its Damson Fairs, and many Draytonarians continue the tradition with damson feasts each autumn. Keen walkers can follow the trails of the famous Clive of India or the unusual bloodthirsty ‘Murder and Mayhem’ track, whilst a wild animal trail offers a rather more sedate option for the children! Market Drayton is the ideal base for touring Stoke and the Potteries, Ironbridge, Shrewsbury and North Wales. The Shropshire union canal winds it way close to the town, its tow paths, flights of locks and breathtaking aqueduct well worth a visit. Nearby you can find award-winning gardens, such as Hodnet, Wollerton Old Hall and Hawkstone Park, with its golf course and unique landscape of caves, woodland and follies. Shops and pubs 2 miles. Spiral staircase to first floor: Large living room with open fire. Spacious modern fitted kitchen with dining area. Three double bedrooms, one with en-suite bathroom with shower attachment and toilet, one with en-suite shower room with high pressure shower and toilet, and one with wash basin and toilet. Two twin bedrooms with an interconnecting door (and each with a separate entrance from corridor), each with en-suite bathroom with shower attachments and toilet.
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Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £319 to £753
Self catering accommodation in Onibury sleeps 4.
Features include: Short Breaks Pool Easy Walk access • Pub near by sleeps 4
Accommodation overview: Nestling in 2000 acres of lovely grounds amidst Shropshire's beautiful rolling countryside these handsome properties share use of a superb indoor heated swimming pool a tennis court and a small gymnasium. Built in 1840 from the mellow local stone and grouped around a fine courtyard the four cottages are sympathetic barn conversions retaining a wealth of original features in their carefully furnished interiors whilst The Park is a luxuriously appointed and very spacious modern stone barn faithfully built in traditional style and boasting captivating rural views.
Wonderful walks start from the door through the owners' 2000 acre estate or further afield in the historic Border country. Ludlow famous for its gourmet restaurants annual festival magnificent castle ruins and parish church as well as its many interesting shops and pubs is just 5 miles away.
Stokesay Castle and the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre are 2 miles and historic Shrewsbury and the Ironbridge Gorge Museum are easily accessible. Fishing golf and National Hunt racing are all under 5 miles. Shops and pubs serving food ½ mile.
Spacious and very comfortable sitting/dining room with electric fire. Modern fitted kitchen with breakfast area. Double bedroom with 5' bed. Twin bedded room. Bathroom/W.C. (shower attachment).
Phone enquiries:
0844 847 1143
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