Savills plc

11/23/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/23/2021 04:52

Former children’s residential care home and school Harlescott House in Shrewsbury comes to market

The property includes four principal buildings providing 20 bedrooms, the main house - Harlescott House which is a former children's residential care home, the Eco School and two accommodation buildings known as The Lodge and The Studio. The site extends to approximately 0.991 acres (4,010 sq m) and benefits from Use Class C2.

Harlescott House is a two storey building providing approximately 6,541 sq ft of accommodation. It has 12 bedrooms including four en-suite bedrooms, two kitchens, two offices, a dining room and two sitting rooms. There are also three bathrooms and two WCs.

The Lodge is a purpose built accommodation. It has approximately 2,073 sq ft of accommodation over two storeys. It has six bedrooms including one with en-suite, two living rooms, one dining room, one office, two kitchens and two shared bathrooms.

The Studio spans approximately 811 sq ft and is a single storey purpose built accommodation block comprising of two bedrooms, one shared bathroom, one living room and one kitchen.

The Eco School is a modern purpose built part pre-fabricated building with timber clad elevations. It comprises two classrooms, two separate WCs and one bathroom with two toilets and two wash hand basins, underfloor heating and PV roof panel. It provides approximately 1189 sq ft of accommodation.

The property is located on Harlescott Lane on the outskirts of Shrewsbury, approximately 3.1 miles north of Shrewsbury and 38. 6miles south of Chester.

Jen Gill, Associate Director in the leisure and trade team at Savills Chester, says: "Harlescott House is an attractive asset which provides an opportunity to revitalise good quality accommodation with sought after C2 Use Class. There is strong demand and increasing requirement in the education sector for this type of asset."