ANCIENT ENGLISH ESTATE VALUED AT £12,000,000 PUT ON THE MARKET

A HISTORIC ANCIENT ENGLISH ESTATE VALUED AT £12,000,000 HAS RECENTLY GONE ON THE MARKET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS RECORDED HISTORY, ROUGHLY 1,000 YEARS. SPANNING 1,300 ACRES, SHAKENHURST HALL IN SHROPSHIRE HAS SEEN THE LIKES OF THE CATTLE OF HASTINGS AND THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR AND WAS FIRST RECORDED IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK OF 1086. THE GRADE II-LISTED MAIN PROPERTY BOASTS 13 BEDROOMS AND SEVEN BATHROOMS, WHILE ELSEWHERE YOU'LL FIND SIX WORKING FARMS, 12 HOUSES AND VARIOUS COTTAGES DOTTED AROUND THE LUSH GARDENS. THE LARGELY GEORGIAN HALL WAS BUILT FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE 1790s AND CONTAINS: A LIBRARY, DRAWING ROOM, RECEPTION HALL, DINING ROOM, KITCHEN, A BUTLER'S PANTRY, BOOT ROOM, SCULLERY, CLOAKROOMS, OFFICES AND CELLARS AS WELL AS A SERVICE PASSAGE BOASTING PERIOD FEATURES SUCH AS REGENCY CHIMNEY PIECES AND MOLDED CORNICES AND OVER-DOORS. OUTSIDE THE ESTATE THE OFFERINGS INCLUDE ITS OWN LAKE AND PROFESSIONALLY LANDSCAPED PARKLAND, AS WELL AS SHOOTING AND FISHING ON THE RIVER REA. THE GROUNDS ARE DESCRIBED AS 'A LEGACY OF HISTORIC ELIZABETHAN, GEORGIAN AND VICTORIAN DESIGNS' AND INCLUDE A WALLED KITCHEN GARDEN AND A SUNKEN ROSE GARDEN. DAVID GROVES, LAND AGENT FOR BALFOURS SAID IT WAS 'EXTREMELY RARE' TO FIND A PROPERTY WITH SUCH A HISTORY WHICH HAD NEVER BEEN SOLD BEFORE.