Summary
| Property Type | Hotel/guest house |
| Tenure | For Sale |
| Size | 0.50 Acres |
| Price | Offers in the region of £1,100,000 |
| Rates Payable | Upon Enquiry |
- Located in the sought after town of Church Stretton often affectionally known as Little Switzerland
- Sat at the edge of Cardingmill Valley
- Arranged as 4 high quality luxury apartments within a hugely characterful property
- Suitable for holiday lettings, property investment purposes or as a residential house and offering a wonderful multi functional property
- Viewing highly recommended
About
Arden House is wonderfully set within around half an acre of hillside gardens and was built in the Arts & Crafts style in 1903 by the former Mayor of Shrewsbury and prominent businessman, Benjamin Blower.
It provides an extensive part three, part two and part single storey detached property that was purchased in 2011 by the current owners. In 2015 Arden House was sympathetically restored and extended and redesigned to create four distinct high quality apartments. The layout of the property has been thoughtfully designed to offer versatility which can only be fully appreciated by undertaking an inspection of the property.
The luxury apartments within the property are arranged to each have their own entrances or alternatively they are all interconnected internally so that the property could be occupied as one outstanding residential dwelling house.
Arden House is currently used as holiday apartments offering an opportunity for income generation by letting the apartments out for holiday lettiings and living in Arden House apartment or alternatively letting out the apartments on standard assured shorthold tenancies.
The property could be used to provide a residential house to accommodate extended family with one main residents and the apartments being used for residential housing for elderly parents.
The property has outstanding potential due to its multi functional nature for income generation via holiday lettings or standard assured shorthold letting income. The property has also recently has established a market for longer term lets for insurance companies to accommodate families, who have had to leave their homes due to fire, floods etc.
The property is currently arranged as follows;
Ground and first floor
Arden House
Currently used as the owners’ accommodation, the apartment comprises Private Garden | Entrance Hall | Drawing Room | Dining Room | Kitchen Breakfast /Family Room | Cloaks/WC | Store Utility | Bedroom Suite | Office
FIRST FLOOR
Mackintosh Apartment
Sleeps Two
Sitting/Dining Room | Kitchen | Bedroom With En Suite Shower
Darwin Apartment
Sleeps Two
Sitting/Dining Room | Kitchen | Bedroom With En Suite Shower
SECOND FLOOR
The Turret Apartment
Sleeps Six
Open plan Kitchen/Dining/Sitting Room | Principal Bedroom with En Suite Shower Room | Hall | Two Further Double Bedrooms | Bathroom | Roof Terrace
Externally the property is set in hillside gardens that well maintained with outside seating areas in elevated positions and mature trees, pathways and terraces connecting the property at various levels
There are two areas of car parking with one area of parking at Trevor Hill benefiting from an existing planning consent for the construction of a garage structure/car port to accommodate 4 cars and ancillary accommodation.
The full potential of this property can only be fully appreciated by undertaking an inspection of the property.
Accommodation
| Name | sq ft | sq m |
| Ground | 1,602 | 148.83 |
| 1st | 1,851 | 171.96 |
| 2nd | 1,284 | 119.29 |
| 3rd | 41 | 3.81 |
| Total | 4,778 | 443.89 |
Location
The property enjoys a prominent an elevated position on Trevor Hill on the edge of the Cardingmill Valley in the sought after town of Church Stretton. The town of Church Stretton is often known affectionately as “Little Switzerland” due to the quality of the surrounding area and hillside.
The property is located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, adjacent to the National Trust's renowned Carding Mill Valley. This generates an excellent potential revenue source with circa 250,000 visitors per year passing Arden House on their way to this major tourist destination.
The town of Church Stretton is able to offer all local amenities with a railway station that runs on the Marches Line and a wealth of public house, restaurants, local shops and cafes together with primary and secondary schools. The town is surrounded by over 5,000 acres of hills and wonderful countryside offering outstanding walking and recreational opportunities and experiencing.
The town is sat adjacent to the A49 Trunk Road, which provides easy access to the national road network and in particular the M54.
Mainline Stations
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Church Stretton8 mins
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Craven Arms135 mins
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Broome171 mins
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Hopton Heath218 mins
Underground Station
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Reading2090 mins
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Chesham2119 mins
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Twyford2140 mins
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Amersham2145 mins
Further Information
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Business
In 2015 Arden House was sympathetically restored and extended and redesigned to create four distinct high quality apartments. This has allowed the owners to use the property for a variety of business and income generating models. The property is arranged to provide four outstanding apartments that can be used for holiday letting purposes and offer a variety of potential layouts providing either owners apartment and three holiday letting apartments or alternatively four holiday letting apartments.
The apartments have recently been assessed by the highly reputable holiday letting provider, Sykes Holiday Cottages, as offering the following income generation potential;
Arden House
Sykes Estimated Income Potential for Arden House apartment:
£21,666 - £29,467 per annum
FIRST FLOOR
Mackintosh Apartment
Sykes Estimated Income Potential for Mackintosh Apartment:
£20,622 – £28,046 per annum
Darwin Apartment
Sykes Estimated Income Potential for Darwin Apartment:
£19,624 – £26,690 per annum
SECOND FLOOR
The Turret Apartment
Sykes Estimated Income Potential for The Turret Apartment:
£31,562 – £42,925 per annum
Further details are available from the selling agents upon request
Established Network
The current owners have established a network of self-employed private cleaners, gardeners, window cleaners, plumbers, electricians, decorators and maintenance support. In 2023 a full electrical assessment was carried out of the property. The vendors will provide this information as part of any sale of the property.
Loyal Customer Base
Over 14 years the current owners have established an excellent reputation and have organically grown a loyal customer following, with some guests returning more than once a year since the business was established. Returning guests and recommendations make up over 40% of bookings at the property.
If potential new purchasers wish to continue the holiday accommodation business, the owners are willing to transfer the website - www.ardenhouse-churchstretton.co.uk –undertake a formal handover and make introductions to regular guests. This offers an immediate source of income for any prospective purchasers.
Financial information relating to previous trading years for the business as Holiday lettings can be made available to prospective purchasers upon request after signing an NDA.
Alternatively the property offers the opportunity of income generation or investment return by the letting of one or more of the apartments on standard Assured Shorthold Tenancies or alternatively most recently income generation has been created by lets for insurance companies to accommodate families, who have had to leave their homes due to fire, floods etc. -
Services
(not tested at the time of inspection)
Mains water, electricity, drainage and gas are understood to be connected. There is understood to be only one mains supply of each service to the property.
The property benefit from two gas fired boilers and immersion hot water systems. -
Fixtures & Fittings
All fixtures and fittings are included in the sale of the property with the exclusion of personal items.
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