The Citadel : Shrewsbury

This unusual red sandstone mansion with bastion-like façade, sits majestically on a hill overlooking a Grade 1 listed landscape. At first glance, everything is on a grand scale, but relaxing in the peaceful drawing room, drinking tea and eating delicious home made cakes, you soon realise it is a much-loved home of style, warmth and comfort.

Embossed plasterwork on the lofty ceilings and polished wooden floors, antique rugs and furniture are accentuated by mellow lighting. A baby grand piano and full sized snooker table await and the drawing room leads out into gardens brimming with rhododendrons, banks of azaleas and a peaceful acer glade.

An impressive stone staircase leads to three luxurious bedrooms - one with a secret door into the bathroom; one with its own sitting room and bathroom; another with a canopied bed; all with baths or showers that sparkle with gold accessories

Shropshire born and bred, Sylvia and her husband Beverley have been welcoming guests for almost 20 years and take great pleasure in sharing their home, their hospitality and their travel stories! Meals are prepared using local meats and cheeses and home-produced fruit and vegetables from the lovingly tended potager. Everything contributes to the philosophy inherited from Sylvia's stewardess days, “taking good care of you”.