Property description
Offered for sale by Fine and Country Northern Lincolnshire Spectacle House is a superbly presented five bedroom Victorian town house in a sought after and popular location of Spectacle Row. Sympathetically refurbished throughout the property briefly comprises of a stunning bay fronted drawing room, second sitting room and a breakfast room which leads through to a kitchen appointed with a range of hand painted units. The first floor is served by two staircases and offers four bedrooms together with a dressing room/nursery and family bathroom. A 20’ fifth bedroom/studio to the second floor completes the accommodation. There are enclosed gardens ideal for al fresco entertaining together with vehicular access and a garage. Spectacle House – timeless. Spectacle House is an elegantly refurbished five bedroom town house within the conservation area close to The Peoples Park. The gentle restoration has enhanced the superb proportions to provide spacious family accommodation arranged over three floors.
The Corinthian columned entrance with its ornate fan light provides a refined welcome which continues through the reception hall with its spindle balustraded staircase and decorative box arch. The principal drawing room with its deep south facing bay and stunning Carrara marble fireplace exudes period style which is beautifully counterbalanced by the more intimate sitting room centred on the slate fireplace and French doors overlooking the enclosed rear gardens. The undoubted informal heart is the 16’3 breakfast kitchen with its extensive range of hand painted units – ideal for relaxed entertaining.
There is superb flexibility to the remaining two stories: a main landing, with concealed staircase to the second floor, serves two double bedrooms together with a nursery/dressing room (which has the potential to be converted back to a 6th bedroom if required), whilst the rear landing opens to a family bathroom and to two further bedrooms – one of which is served by the second staircase rising from the kitchen. The second floor features a 20’ sitting room/studio with two distinctive porthole windows which define Spectacle Row.
There is space for relaxed entertaining in the enclosed rear gardens together with vehicle access to the detached brick and tile garage.
Spectacle House wears its charms softly, it embraces with warm style.Spectacle House – timeless.
ACCOMMODATION
A panelled entrance door with decorative glass insets and arched fan light over is flanked by Corinthian columns and opens to:
RECEPTION HALL
Deep cornicing, dado rail, stripped timber flooring, radiator, fine balustraded staircase with storage cupboards under and decorative round box archway with ornate plaster corbels.
DRAWING ROOM - 14'10 x 14'9 ex. bay
The epitome of style with a deep triple splay bay window to the southern aspect, cornicing and deep ornate frieze, magnificent ceiling rose, superb Carrara marbled fireplace with horseshoe grate and granite hearth, deep skirting boards, radiator and stripped floor.
SITTING ROOM - 13'10 x 12'9
A more intimate relaxed room centred on a slate fireplace and fitted shelves to one side, radiator, exposed timber flooring, deep skirting boards, original ceiling rose and French door with fan light over opening to the rear garden.
BOOT ROOM / SIDE ENTRANCE
Boot Room with terracotta tiled floor and personnel door leading to the garden.
BREAKFAST/DINING ROOM - 11'11 x 9'10
A room ideally suited to relaxed entertaining with its terracotta tiled floor, raised open fireplace with glass fronted display cabinets to either side with drawers under, spot lights, radiator, uPVC double glazed window and archway to:
KITCHEN - 16'3 x 11'5
Being extensively appointed with a range of hand painted white fronted units with complementary light granite work surfacing to include one and a half bowl stainless steel sink unit with cupboards under, space and plumbing for dishwasher, larder store, radiator, six further base units, cupboard housing the gas fired combination boiler, refrigerator recess, inset five burner gas stainless steel hob with extractor hood over and oven with storage over and under, concealed second staircase, terracotta tiled floor.
UTILITY/DOWNSTAIRS CLOAKROOM - 5'8 x 6'
A practical work space with additional work surfacing with circular sink unit, space and plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer, terracotta tiled floor and close coupled wc.
MAIN LANDING
Exposed timber flooring, cornicing and concealed staircase to the second floor with storage cupboard.
BEDROOM 1 - 14'10 x 12'2
An elegant sash fronted room with radiator, cornicing, dressed stone open fireplace, radiator and timber flooring.
DRESSING ROOM/NURSERY - 10'2 x 7'7
Potential to be converted back to the original 6th bedroom if required. Sash window to the front aspect, exposed flooring, radiator and door back through to the landing.
BEDROOM 2 - 13'10 x 12'9
uPVC double glazed window to the rear aspect, radiator, painted wooden fireplace with slate hearth.
REAR LANDING
Access to roof space.
BATHROOM - 7'4 x 6'4
Modern suite in white to include close coupled wc, wash hand basin with pillar style tap, shower bath with corner mixer and shower attachment, complementary tiling to full height, extractor fan, uPVC double glazed window and towel radiator.
BEDROOM 3 - 11'1 x 10'2
uPVC double glazed window to the side aspect, radiator, fitted storage cupboard and door to:
BEDROOM 4 - 11'6 max. x 13'7 max
uPVC double glazed window to the rear aspect, radiator and door to second staircase.
SECOND FLOOR BEDROOM 5/STUDIO - 20'1 x 18'2
Two distinctive porthole windows to the front aspect, two radiators, feature glass block wall and stripped flooring.
OUTSIDE
Set back beyond a low wall fringe with David Austen roses and climbing plants a lavender edged block walkway leads to the front door. The enclosed rear of the property is primarily lawned with ornamental, decorative shrubs and trees including a fig and broad walkways provide excellent vantage points. Immediately to the rear of the property there are two brick stores and there is vehicle access to the detached brick and pitch tile garage with electrically operated door, light and power.
FINE AND COUNTRY NORTHERN LINCOLNSHIRE
Fine & Country Northern Lincolnshire covers the northern area of Lincolnshire and specialises in marketing and selling period & country homes, cottages, large town houses, luxury apartments, houses with equestrian use and barn conversions.Fine and Country Northern Lincolnshire covers Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Louth, Market Rasen, Brigg, Barton upon Humber, Scunthorpe, Gainsborough and the Isle of Axholme.
Property Features :
- Superbly refurbished five bedroom town house in sought after conservation area
- Superb entrance hall leading to bay fronted drawing room & intimate sitting room with French door t
- The informal heart of the home is formed by a breakfast area leading through to a kitchen with hand
- To the first floor there are four generous bedrooms together with a family bathroom
- A 20´ second floor 5th bedroom/studio completes the accommodation