No.8
A move back to the place where he grew up proved fortuitous for Richard Glover as he found this Georgian house that was everything he dreamed of
FEATURE SARA EMSLIE
HOME TRUTHS
PROPERTY A double-fronted Georgian house
ROOMS Sitting room, kitchendiner, snug, games room, cinema room, study, utility room, boot room, six bedrooms, five bathrooms
LOCATION Shropshire
The imposing Welsh mountains on the far horizon provide a formidable yet somewhat familiar backdrop for the home that Richard Glover shares with his partner and their golden labrador Inca. After living in Scotland for several years, the time came for Richard to return to the Shropshire countryside where he had grown up. ‘We’re a young couple who were looking to create our forever home, along with our beloved labrador. We lead busy working and social lives so we wanted a welcoming base to return to,’ explains Richard of the decision to buy this wonderful Georgian property they now call home. ‘This house was in fact the first one we viewed,’ he says. ‘We had planned on taking time to see a number of properties but this one was absolutely perfect, so the search stopped and we started to focus on creating something personal to ourselves.’ And it is not difficult to see why. The exterior is a spectacle with its Georgian double frontage surrounded by formal gardens and eight acres of grounds.
Inside, the house was full of charm, with all the flexibility they were after, with an open-plan sociable kitchen/dining area, plenty of bedrooms as well as extras such as a cinema room, games room and study. ‘We could see it had bags of potential for how we wanted to live, with enough rooms to give us everything we needed. We just wanted a little help figuring it all out,’ says Richard.
