Properties of the Week

Balfour Homes is offering purchasers the opportunity to part-exchange your existing home for a luxury, spacious townhouse or duplex apartment on Galdeford Gate, a unique development in Ludlow. The development consists of 34 two, three and four-bedroom properties in a secure, electrically-operated gated community, ideal for families, investors or couples downsizing. Call (01743) 241181.nextpage

Holly Oak at Roundthorn in Middleton is a very spacious, detached family house in a pretty position around four miles from Ludlow, with stunning views towards Titterstone Clee. It has an entrance porch, large reception hall, sitting room, dining room, superb fitted kitchen/breakfast room, utility room and cloakroom with wc. One of the four bedrooms has en-suite, along with an upstairs family bathroom, while outside is a detached garage/workshop and gardens which surround the property. Price £410,000 through Nock Deighton on (01584) 875555.nextpage

Fairhaven at Sweeney Mountain, Oswestry, is on the market for £349,950. It's a delightfully situated character cottage in an elevated location, with stunning views over the Shropshire Plain. Having been extended and improved by current owners, accommodation provides reception hall, dining room, kitchen, lounge, utility, four bedrooms (one with en suite), family bathroom, rear porch and office, with gardens to front and sides. Call Halls on (01691) 670320.nextpage

Galliers Homes is offering the final two properties at the courtyard scheme, Llewellyn Place in Frankwell, fully carpeted and with stamp duty paid. The properties are Bridge House, a two-bedroom home, priced at £195,000, and a duplex apartment with an impressive 'pyramid' top floor bedroom suite, priced at £226,000. Galliers worked closely with Shrewsbury's conservation officer on the design of homes at Llewellyn Place to create a mews style development which complements this part of town. Contact Barbers on (01743) 273344.nextpage

5 Parc Hafod in Tregynon, Newtown, is a modern, spacious four-bedroom detached family home offering comfortable and adaptable accommodation. It has a reception hall, family lounge, dining room, fully-fitted kitchen utility, cloakroom, conservatory with double-glazed elevations enjoying superb views over the open countryside to the rear, family room/study, and boiler room/store. The master bedroom has en-suite, and there are stunning gardens with a patio and nearby stream. Price: £225,000 through Halls on (01938) 555552.nextpage

The Harebutts in Waters Upton, near Wellington, is a charming country cottage set in approximately 2 .27 acres of land. Approached over a gravelled driveway and set within mature lawned gardens to three sides, the property also has pony stables and pasture land. Accommodation briefly comprises a most attractive refitted kitchen, utility room, cloakroom, open-plan dining room, family room, living room, two further reception rooms, four spacious bedrooms and a well-fitted family bathroom. Price £560,000 through Barbers on (01630) 652314.nextpage

Steel House Farm at Steel Heath is an immaculately presented equestrian holding near Whitchurch. It comprises a period four-bedroomed farmhouse with a self-contained one-bedroomed annexe, a block of three stables and a tack room, a modern range of farm buildings, a Charles Britten manege and 14.2 acres of pastureland. There is also a Dutch barn and a small coarse fishing pool. Price £750,000 through Halls on (01948) 663230.nextpage

The Stablings at Myddle, near Shrewsbury, is a handsome village residence with a self-contained annex set within attractive walled gardens. It has been superbly developed from period stables and extended sympathetically and tastefully to provide imaginative and spacious accommodation, including an annex. The Stablings has many unusual features, most notably a magnificent lounge with a full-eight ceiling of pitched ash board cladding, natural stonework and extensive window space to maximise lovely garden views. Price £635,000 through Halls on (01743) 236444.