New homes in Telford for creatures great and small

Taylor Wimpey is creating safe places to live for the resident wildlife population at its Stocking Farm Barns development of property for sale in Telford.

Taylor Wimpey’s sought-after Stocking Farm Barns development of property in Telford is offering fantastic lifestyle opportunities to home-hunters of all shapes and sizes in Shropshire!

Creatures great and small will be able to call this beautiful Telford property development home, thanks to the efforts of the leading housebuilder to provide the local bat population with accommodation and access to suit their needs.

One of the special measures introduced at Stocking Farm Barns, an exclusive collection of five beautiful new homes for sale in Telford within the popular Lightmoor Village community, is the creation of no less than 76 ‘bat houses’.

Within the immediate development of barn-style houses for sale in Telford, and located in strategic elevated locations across the community as a whole, the purpose-built boxes will provide four different species of bats with a safe place to call home for many years to come.

Finding the right type of accommodation has been a careful process, with specialist bat experts designing the bat houses, which include a heated home for raising young, as well as a cosy roost for adults of one of those species.

The boxes were put up before the winter hibernation started along the bat flight paths to help them navigate their way to their plush new accommodation.

Carl Cooke, Regional Sales and Marketing Director for Taylor Wimpey, says: “We always take great care to make sure that existing wildlife populations are preserved at our development sites.

“Thanks to our specially designed ‘bat houses’, humans won’t be the only ones enjoying life at Stocking Farm Barns – and the sight of these fascinating creatures leaving their roosts at dusk will no doubt provide a captivating spectacle for our residents.

“Anyone looking for a peaceful rural lifestyle in a beautiful location, need look no further than this exciting new development, where wonderful wildlife is never far away.”

Steeped in rural history, Stocking Farm Barns occupies the site of a medieval farm which became part of the Earl of Craven’s estate, recorded on the estate map of 1772.

The remains of a brick-built farm house and barns dating back to the late 18th and early 19th centuries inspired the careful re-imaginings of these buildings, which will now become five magnificent new homes.

Stocking Farm Barns comprises a selection of beautiful one-bedroom coach houses, one, two and three-bedroom cottages, plus the three-bedroom ‘Farmhouse’.

Named after one of the tiny, long-eared bat species that lives in the area, the ‘Pipistrelle’, for example, is a delightful one-bedroom coach house at Stocking Farm Barns priced at just £87,495.

With the accommodation on the first floor, it features a spacious lounge with open-plan fitted kitchen, a double bedroom and a bathroom located off the private entrance hallway. Outside, this outstanding property has an allocated garage and parking space.

‘Haybarn Cottage’, meanwhile, priced at £265,000, is a three-bedroom, semi-detached property boasting a magnificent kitchen with breakfast area, utility room, guest cloakroom, an open-plan dining room off the impressive entrance hall, a large living room with doors to the private rear garden, and three bedrooms on the first floor, plus an en-suite shower room to the master bedroom and a main bathroom.

Homes at Stocking Farm Barns blend traditional architecture with striking contemporary styling and are completed to a high standard specification to include double glazing, central heating and fitted kitchen with integrated oven, hob and hood.

All the new homes, which form part of the new Lightmoor Village community, are fitted with eco-features as standard including high levels of loft insulation, water-saving devices and A-rated appliances.

A new 210-place primary school is due to open at Lightmoor in September 2010, and will have seven classes, a social play area and a multi-use games area for a range of sports and outdoor activities.

There will also be facilities within the school building to benefit the wider community, including meeting rooms, a hall, indoor sports and recreation areas and changing rooms, with long-term stewardship of the whole development to be secured by a specially convened Village Trust.

Lightmoor Village nestles in beautiful landscape between Telford and Coalbrookdale and benefits from over 50 acres of open landscaped areas for leisure, sport and recreational use.

The community will also be well-served by existing and new public transport links, with a bus service to Telford town centre where a wider range of shops and schools for children of all ages can be found.

Commuters will appreciate that the M54 and M6 just a short drive away, while Telford’s railway station provides links to Wolverhampton and Birmingham.

Stocking Farm Barns Sales Centre is located at Woodland Lane, off Wellington Road, Lightmoor Village, Horsehay, and is open seven days a week from 11am to 5pm.

Further information on Taylor Wimpey developments across the region is available by visiting the website at: taylorwimpey.co.uk