Brimming with Period Features, a Large Late Victorian/Edwardian Family Home offering 5 Bedrooms.

 

A splendid and most deceptive late Victorian/early Edwardian ‘villa’ style property offering very spacious family accommodation with 5 bedrooms on the upper two floors.

 

The property has retained plenty of its original character and many period features including original fireplaces, ornate covings, interior doors, a beautiful staircase and pitched pine woodwork. The living space provides for :- Ground Floor A vestibule, an impressive reception hall, a front lounge, a separate dining room, a large and fully fitted breakfast/dining kitchen.First Floor  Four bedrooms [3 doubles and one single] and the five piece bathroom which includes both a bath and a shower cubicle. Second Floor An exceptionally spacious [20ft x 19ft] fifth bedroom. Lower Ground Floor A generous basement cellar/workshop. Gas central heating is installed. External The property enjoys a long garden frontage and has a drive in courtyard area to the rear which offers optional parking space for two vehicles.

 

A large solid timber outer door opens into the vestibule area which features a mosaic patterned quarry tiled floor and painted lincrusta wall panelling. A stained glass/ timber door, with a complimentary glazed surround, leads into the hallway

 

This reception area also features the period mosaic tiled flooring and the lincrusta wall panelling. The original pitched pine spindled staircase [with matching doors, skirtings casings] and a period plaster archway, ceiling cornices and ceiling roses all add traditional character to this attractive hallway. Inner doors give access to the two separate reception rooms, the dining kitchen and the staircase down to the cellar. There is a built-in cloaks cupboard.

 

This very light principal reception room has a large south facing bay window looking out over the long front garden. The central focal feature is an original marble fireplace with its tiled inlay, matching hearth and living flame gas fire. The room has a high ceiling, plaster cornice coving and picture rails to all elevations. There is a ceiling light point, wall light points, television connections and a central heating radiator. Exposed 'tounge’n grooved' timber floorboards are an additional feature. 

 

This well proportioned second reception room also features a period marble fireplace with a tiled inlay and hearth. In front of it sits a ‘Valor Venetian’ gas fire. The present owners use this room as a separate dining room but as there is enough space for a formal dining table arrangement in the particularly large kitchen you could always use this room as a second lounge if preferred. . It features picture rails, decorative freizework to the upper elevations, a ceiling rose and wall light connections.

 

A really good-sized and spacious dining kitchen offering an extensive arrangement of units and work-top space. Cabinets are fitted at both base an eye level and a one and a half bowled stainless steel sink is fitted with a central mixer tap. A Hotpoint double oven, a Zanussi ceran hob and an filter hood are integrated and there are dedicated recesses, with connections, for a washing machine, a tumble drier, a fridge and a freezer. Ceiling ‘down-lighting is installed and a modern ‘combination’ gas central heating boiler is fitted.

 

 

The original spindled staircase rises from the ground floor to a ‘break’ landing form where there are further risers to the front and rear ‘inner’ landings. Individual doors open to the four bedrooms and the bathroom which are located on this level. Another door opens to give access to the second staircase which leads up to the large attic room/fifth bedroom. Beaneath this staircase is a useful general purpose storage cupboard.

 

This principal bedroom is a good-sized double room which looks out over Hawkshaw Avenue. It has built-in alcove wardrobes and an attractive antique cast metal fireplace. A radiator is fitted.

 

A really generous double room with a marble fireplace and a radiator.

 

The third double bedroom has rear outlooks and a radiator is fitted.

 

The fourth bedroom is single sized and is situated at the front of the property. A radiator is installed.

 

A spacious bathroom which comes fitted with a five piece suite in white comprising of a panelled bath, a separate shower cubicle [with a Mira instant electric shower unit], a bidet, a pedestal washbasin and a low-suite wc. The interior of the shower cubicle is fully tiled and the other elevations are half-tiled. The window is fitted with opaque glass.

 

This really large attic room/fifth bedroom has two windows offering plenty of natural light. It makes the ideal ‘teenagers’ bedroom with plenty of work/ study space and room for having friends in/to stay.

 

 

 

A staircase descends from the hallway to the cellar areas. At the foot of the stairs there is a decent sized general storage area and decked flooring continues through into the main cellar area.

 

This cellar room has natural light provide by a rear window. The walls are whitewashed and the room creates excellent storage. With some enhancement it could be more formally converted into further domestic living space and become an ideal office/studio/play room or workshop.

 

 

The front garden is quite long, predominantly lawned and has a flagged patio area immediately in front of the property. The garden is bordered by established hedges.

 

To the rear is a drive-in courtyard area which creates optional parking space if required. Alternatively it could be enclosed to provide play space for younger children.