The Sandstone Barn B & B, Shifnal, Shropshire

The Barn – Charming 17th C barn (converted in 2001). Sandstone walls and exposed oak timbers. Centrally-heated throughout. The upstairs is for the exclusive use of B&B guests, and includes a spacious beamed relaxing room with easy chairs and bookcases. The barn is a quiet B&B, with just two guest-bedrooms, situated 200m from the nearest road.

Accommodation – Double Room: Double bed, ensuite bathroom, TV, Hot drinks/snack tray, Twin Room: Twin single beds, private bathroom, TV, Hot drinks/snack tray.

Breakfast: Special care is taken to provide a quality breakfast, with bacon and sausages locally-sourced. Guests help themselves to cereals, juices, and organic yoghurts. Ground coffee and a selection of teas are available. Breakfast is served downstairs in the oak gallery, where Ralph Young’s collection of artefacts, curios and prints is on display.

Guests have unlimited access to the woodland walk, a private 25 acre nature reserve, which lies alongside the farm. The walk snakes through a valley if ancient deciduous woodland, and features overhanging sandstone cliffs, a stream, bridges and wildlife pond and weir. For romantics, an ivy-clad watermill ruin will provide poetic inspiration!

The locality is very well served with restaurants (including Italian, Greek, Indian and Chinese) pubs and bistros. In Albrighton and Sifnal. A suitable venue can be recommended.

The Sandstone barn is situated 8 miles west of Wolverhampton, and 5 miles south-east of Telford, on the A464, in East Shropshire. The M54 (junction 3) is three miles to the north.

Local Distances : Ironbridge 8 miles, Bridgnorth 9 miles, Shrewsbury 18 miles. Weston Park 4 miles. RAF Cosford//Aerospace Museum 2 miles. Boscobel 3 miles. Patshull Park hotel 3 miles. Newport 8 miles. Wolverhampton 8 miles. Albrighton 1 mile. Shifnal 2.5 miles. Telford 5 miles.

Rates : From £40 to £60 per room per night based on 2 people sharing.
Children aged 12 years and over only.
No smoking. Sorry, no pets.
Parking available.