Oswestry birthplace of World War One poet Wilfred Own sold

Plas Wilmot in Oswestry is the birthplace of World War One poet Wilfred Owen

The birthplace of World War One poet Wilfred Owen has been sold after a buyer was found.

Plas Wilmot, where Owen was born in 1893, has been bought by a local resident, estate agent Savills has confirmed.

The six-bedroom property was granted Grade II listed status in 2012, and was on offer for a guide price of £625,000.

It had been owned by the same family for 40 years before being put on the market.

Owen, who moved as a four-year-old to Birkenhead before returning to Shropshire, died in November 1918, shortly before the war ended.

He is best known for a series of poems recording the horrors of trench warfare, including Dulce Et Decorum Est, Anthem for Doomed Youth and Strange Meeting.