Pictures: Shropshire set of A Christmas Carol on market for £1.5 million

And now the six-storey Town House in Shrewsbury can be yours, if you have £1.5 million to spare.

The Grade II listed Georgian house has seven-bedrooms over six-storeys and sits at 25 The Crescent, Town Walls.

The building formed the backdrop for the Dickens film, which starred the late George C Scott in 1984.

The actor's portrayal of Scrooge in the made-for-television movie by CBS went on to gain him a nomination for an Emmy Award.

Today the property is owned by Reverend Mark Thomas, vicar of St Chads Church from 2001 to 2013, and his wife Professor Keri Thomas. They have lived there with their five children for the past eight years.

The couple, who have their own business training people on providing better end of life care, now plan to move to the Cotswolds to be nearer family. Miller Evans Estate Agents is handling the sale of their home.

Asked about the filming of the movie, Mr Thomas said: "At the time the property was empty and it was used for the filming for the last scene when Scrooge is reconciled with his family. That was filmed in the drawing room of Number 25. There were also lots of snow and winter scenes filmed outside."

But 25 The Crescent isn't just special because of that movie.

It was erected in 1792 in a crescent of four properties by builder Joseph Bromfield. Number 25 has particularly fine ceilings, with the original plaster work thought to have been carried out by French prisoners of war. They were also responsible for the ceilings in St Chads and in the ballroom of The Lion Hotel in town.

Mr Thomas said: "Joseph Bromfield lived in Number 25 and then his daughter after him and then he sold it to a mayor of Shrewsbury, Sir John Williams, who was apparently the first person to be knighted by Queen Victoria at the start of her reign."

Number 25 was also used before and after the Second World War as a labour exchange.

"Many people remember coming to the house," said Mr Thomas, who bought the property in 2007. "The people we bought it from had restored it and got an award."

The historic residence is also mentioned in Pevsner. Mr Thomas said this was because of the ground-breaking technology used when it was built, with its cast iron framework being the same used in the building of Shrewsbury Flax Mill, the world's first iron-framed building. This enabled Number 25's six floors to stand.

In the best spot in town, Number 25 is just five minutes walk from the town centre and 30 seconds out of the back door to the river from its stunning garden. It is also opposite Shrewsbury School and next to the High School.

Mr Thomas said that river barges would deliver goods to the bottom of the properties' gardens in the Crescent to be stored in their large basements and cellars. He said that the houses were originally designed and built for people coming into to town for "the season".

These days the converted top floor offices of Number 25's former coach house are rented out to the Liberal Democrats, where former parliamentary candidate Christine Tinker planned her campaign from for the recent General Election.

Asked how he and his wife would feel about leaving such a beautiful home, Mr Thomas said: "With a house like this you feel it's a huge privilege to have lived here. You are looking after it for the next person. You feel like custodians or stewards. We have done our best to maintain and improve it. I think we would be lucky to live in such a special house again. And it is a house that is so important to Shrewsbury."