A Most Enviable, Traditional yet Thoughtfully Extended and Renovated, Edwardian Family Home

 

 'Langroyd' is a splendid example of larger semi-detached Edwardian family home. It had retained many period features and they blend perfectly with a host of modern conveniences and advantages. The original stained glass windows have been encapsulated in new double glazed units throughout. The period servants 'bell boxes' and push buttons have also been preserved. The hub of the property is its superb and most spacious 'family room/kitchen' which has been opened-up and extended to provide a really sociable cooking, dining and entertaining area. The property is entered through a traditional vestibule which leads into a lovely hallway, from where an original staircase rises and returns to the first floor. There are two lounges with both offering feature fireplaces. Additionally the rear lounge has French windows affording direct access to a paved garden terrace. The kitchen arrangement is enviable and provides plenty of space for a family sized dining table plus it too has French windows to the garden terrace. A smart shower room with wc and a separate utility room complete the ground floor arrangements. There are three bedrooms on the first floor consisting of two generous double rooms and a 'large' single which would accommodate a double bed if so desired. The house bathroom and a separate wc are also located on this floor. A second staircase rises to the top floor where there is a landing/study area, a double sized fourth bedroom and a useful attic storage room. External The property enjoys a mature and verdant garden frontage. To the immediate rear are landscaped and paved patio areas, ideal for alfresco dining and recreation. Beyond the patio is a generous garden which extends down to a tree-lined boundary with Crosshill Tennis Courts. An external brick built outbuilding offers storage and has electricity installed. The property has gas central heating [Worcester Highflow system] and is double glazed throughout in PVCu framework.
 

 

 

 

With a lovely original outer door featuring upper panels fitted with bevelled/etched glass. The floor surface is dressed with original black/white ceramic tiling. The inner door has been stripped backed to natural wood and has a coloured leaded glazed upper panel.

 

An impressive and spacious hallway with exposed tongue/grooved wooden flooring and a traditional cast iron ‘toast-rack’ style central heating radiator. An elegant spindled staircase rises and half-returns to the first floor. Opposite the foot of the stairs is a separate cloak room with a period washbasin and ample space for outdoor coats and accessories. It has an attractive leaded glazed window to the front elevation. Beneath the staircase is a useful general purpose storage cupboard.

 

A spacious room with plenty of natural light streaming in through a large semi-circular front bay window. The window features coloured leaded glazed upper lights. Two cast iron ‘toast-rack’ style radiators are fitted. The central focal feature is the period style stone fireplace and hearth, within which sits a gas living flame fire. The room displays ornate covings and freizework, has a central ceiling light point and two alcove wall light points. There is an aerial connection for a television.

 

An enviable room with a very attractive fireplace and rear garden outlooks. Its rear bay window has leaded light panels and central [double opening] French windows creating direct access to an attractive and beautifully paved garden terrace. The original tongue/grooved floorboards have been exposed and treated and original picture rails and coving add character to the room. Wall light points and a central ceiling light point are available. The fireplace is particularly eye-catching. It has a polished wood surround, a cast metal inlay, a marble hearth and a real open fire basket. A traditional cast iron ‘toast-rack’ style radiator is fitted.

 

As discussed in the preamble to these details, this superb room is the ‘hub’ of this enviable property.It is the creation of the current vendors and is the perfect place for the family to come together, cook, socialise and dine. It is enhanced by solid wooden flooring throughout. The original kitchen has been both ‘knocked through’ and extended beneath a now ‘vaulted’ style ceiling which merges into a really attractive ‘K’ glass canopy above the dining area. There are French windows out to the garden terrace, which is part covered beneath a glazed veranda. The kitchen features an ‘Esse’ cooking range offering hot plates, ovens and a four ring ceramic hob. There is concealed lighting above the range area. As stated the ceiling is part vaulted, under-drawn in pine and is fitted with twin velux windows and electrical down-lighting. There is a comprehensive range of  base cupboards and 'extra tall' wall units designed in a distinctly period style and enhanced by granite worktops. A large porcelain inset sink has a swan-necked chrome mixer tap. A doorway leads through to the utility room.

 

A really well planned utility/laundry room with recesses [and connections] for a washer, a drier, a freezer and a fridge. It has a fitted porcelain inset ‘Belfast’ style sink, granite worktops, spotlighting and two windows. The Worcester Highflow central heating boiler is located here. Underfloor heating has been installed.

 

 

This is another  contemporary lifestyle enhancement created by the current owners. This smart shower room wc has sanitary-ware in white comprising of a ‘double sized’ glazed shower cubicle, a pedestal washbasin with a mixer tap and a low suite wc. The floor surface is ceramic tiled and an upright chrome radiator/rail is fitted.This  room also benefits from the underfloor heating.

 

 

A central landing area with access doors to the individual bedrooms, the bathroom and the separate wc.

 

A large double room with front aspects over Crosshill Road through a semi-circular bay window. The window features leaded glazed upper lights to match those of the front lounge which is directly below. The room is coved and had traditional picture rails. A radiator is fitted and a telephone point is available.

 

Also a really spacious double room. It looks out over the rear garden and the tennis courts. Picture rails are fitted and a radiator is installed.

 

A smaller room yet it will still accommodate a double bed if so desired. It had leaded glazed upper lights and a radiator.

 

A traditional bathroom which features original ceramic tiling and a period deep cast iron bath and a porcelain sink with a wide washbowl. Above the bath is a combined tap and shower unit. It has laminated wooden flooring, built-in toiletry and linen cupboards and a combined radiator/towel rail.

 

With tongue/grooved boarded flooring and a white low-suite wc by “Heritage”

 

 

Within which an office/study area has been created. There is space for a desk, cabinets and book casing. A telephone connection is available for IT use. Two velux windows provide plenty of natural light.

 

A large double room with three velux windows [two front and one rear]. It has a radiator, a fitted period wash basin and a cast metal fireplace.

 

A walk-in area offering plenty of general storage space.

 

 

 

The property enjoys a level frontage with an established garden behind brick-built boundary walls. The garden is verdant and has various species of evergreen creating a natural screen. There is a central lawn edged by pedestrian pathways. The vendors have preferred to keep the garden as it was intended. Several owners of similar houses on the road have opted to open up their gardens to create parking space. It is down to personal choice and needs.

 

To the immediate rear of ‘Langroyd’ is a fully landscaped and beautifully paved split level patio. The upper area is adjacent to the French windows which lead out from both the rear lounge and the dining kitchen. This patio is quite private and a perfect setting for eating/entertaining outside in the summer months. It is part covered by glazed verandas. The lower patio area is generous and provides play and recreation space. Beyond this is the main garden area with a lawn, a vegetable patch and a timber framed summer house. An attached brick outbuilding offers storage space and has electricity installed. From the rear garden you look out over Crosshill Tennis Club, which has been an amenity in the area for nearly 100 years.