Homes come in all shapes and sizes, from squat bungalows to disused windmills, but you don’t see many people living in abandoned water towers.

This is the grand house where engineer Thomas Telford dreamed up the innovative design for a church in Shropshire more than 200 years ago.

Bought from the Earl of Bradford’s Estate over thirty years ago, Ryelands is an attractive country house with beautiful established gardens and grounds with a wildlife pool and grazing land.

This week, we’ve found a Shropshire property that is perfect for anybody with a passion for nature, wildlife and country living on Homes of the Week.

Running alongside the Llangollen Canal and with views overlooking the Colemere Country Park nature reserve, this cottage provides a pretty and peaceful home.

Offering spacious and flexible accommodation, Algerian Cottage in Knowbury near Ludlow the occupies the most outstanding position with unrivalled countryside views.

Take a virtual tour of one of Shrewsbury’s most impressive homes set in beautiful landscaped gardens and on the market for £1.65m.

A magnificent Victorian country house hotel that was designed by the famous Shrewsbury architect Samuel Pountney Smith has been put up for sale at a price of £2.95m.

In our property gallery this week, we’ve got three fabulous Shropshire family homes – each with its own story to tell.

Take a virtual tour of this £1.5m, seven-bedroom Shrewsbury manor house, which offers period features and almost twelve acres of land and outbuildings.

On Homes of the Week, we take a look at five character properties on the market in Shropshire that still offer a much-craved rustic charm.

In our weekly property gallery, we look at Hammer Hill House, a £5.5m mansion with two gatehouse cottages and almost 30 acres of land.