Property description
A lovely Victorian family house, with an extended kitchen/dining room and an enchanting garden with a beautifully secluded aspect. With five bedrooms and over 2,100 square feet, the house is both spacious and well proportioned, with good ceiling heights and a wealth of original features including fireplaces, ornate cornicing, and the large sash windows of the period. The ground floor lends itself well to both family life and entertaining, with an easy flow from the elegant double reception room through to the kitchen/dining room and on, out to the terrace which provides the perfect, private spot to enjoy summer evenings. There is a superb Smallbone oak kitchen in a timeless design, with a large island unit and matching dressers framing the dining area; this room really is the heart of the house and has an incredibly pretty aspect onto the garden. French oak flooring and limestone tiles to the kitchen set off the pale colours downstairs. Upstairs, the four original bedrooms are all good doubles and the main loft has been converted to create a large fifth room (with scope to add a third bath/shower room, subject to the necessary building regulations). There is a downstairs cloakroom and a very useful and accessible cellar, as well as a good brick storage cupboard for the garden.
Honeywell Road is a tree lined street located off Northcote Road, conveniently close to the highly regarded Honeywell Primary School and within an easy walk of the boutiques, cafes, restaurants and shops of this fashionable and buzzy area. The expansive green open spaces of both Clapham and Wandsworth Commons are also close by, hence the nick-name of this desirable enclave, Between The Commons. The area is well served by an impressive number of high achieving independent schools as well as excellent state schools for children of all ages and there are good transport links, with mainline services from Wandsworth Common and Clapham Junction stations as well as the tube (Northern Line) at Clapham North.
5 bedrooms, 2 bath/shower rooms, double reception room, kitchen/dining room, downstairs cloakroom, cellar, landscaped garden
FRONT GARDEN With brick retaining wall, iron railings and matching gate. Established lollipop olive trees and fantastic, mature wisteria trained up the front of the house. Black and white tessellated path to front door.
GROUND FLOOR
ENTRANCE HALL Original part glazed front door with very pretty original stained glass panel above. Original cornicing, corbels and ceiling mouldings. Covered radiator. Wide plank oak flooring. Stairs to first floor, with original banisters and panelling. Door to cellar.
DOUBLE RECEPTION ROOM 24'7\" x 12'2\" (7.5m x 3.7m). Elegant room with splay bay, sash windows and Plantation' shutters. Original cornicing, ceiling mouldings and ceiling rose. Original painted cast iron fireplace and surround. Pair of alcove cupboards, one with display shelves above. Square opening between the two halves of the room. Second original painted cast iron fireplace and surround. Covered radiator. Wall lights. Wide plank oak flooring.
KITCHEN/DINING ROOM 22'1\" x 15'11\" (6.73m x 4.85m). Lovely room, extended into the side return with two large lantern style roof lights over the additional space. Fitted with an exceptional range of bespoke cabinets by Smallbone in oak, with granite worktops and integrated appliances including a Britannia stainless steel range cooker with two ovens and six gas hob burners, Westin stainless steel extractor hood above with wooden trim, Miele coffee machine, Gaggenau steam oven, Neff washing machine and tumble dryer. Extensive storage, pan drawers, stainless steel vegetable baskets, several glazed wall cupboards. Island unit with deep under-mounted stainless steel sink, integral chopping block with knife storage and concealed chute to pull out bin beneath, integrated Siemens dishwasher, pull out wine trays with leather pull handles, curved fronted drawers and further storage cupboards. Amana American style fridge/freezer with cupboards above. Pair of oak dresser cupboards with glazed doors to the top, flanking a long bench seat with storage beneath, all built to match the kitchen. Limestone tiled floor. Recessed downlights. Door to cloakroom. Part glazed door with narrow sash window to the side and further set of matching French doors leading out to the terrace and garden.
CLOAKROOM With hand basin and high level WC. Limestone tiled floor. Recessed downlights. Casement window to the side.
CELLAR 22'7\" x 12'2\" (6.88m x 3.7m). A tidy cellar providing very useful storage, a wall of wine-racks, space for tools, etc., and housing an Ariston hot water cylinder.
FIRST FLOOR
LANDING Split-level, with original bannisters and staircase continuing up to the second floor. Recessed downlights.
BEDROOM 16'4\" x 10'1\" (4.98m x 3.07m). Charming room with a half-bay to the rear; two sash windows overlooking the garden. Fitted wardrobes to alcove, fitted shelves to chimney breast. Coving.
BATHROOM With large, double-ended white bath set beneath a beautiful white marble surround, mixer taps and pull-out shower hose, wall mounted wash basin with mirror and light above, WC. Chrome C. P. Hart wall mounted heated towel rail. Maple wall cabinet. Stone effect tiled floor and walls. Recessed downlights. Sash window to the side.
BEDROOM 11'11\" x 10'6\" (3.63m x 3.2m). Pretty room, with a leafy outlook over gardens to the rear. Fitted wardrobe to alcove. Picture rail, cornicing. Sash window.
MASTER BEDROOM 16'2\" x 14'8\" (4.93m x 4.47m). With splay bay and further single sash window, all with Plantation' shutters. Pair of fitted wardrobes to alcoves, with cupboards above. Original (painted) cast iron fireplace and surround. Picture rail, corning.
SECOND FLOOR
REAR LANDING With turned staircase leading up to top floor.
BEDROOM 13'7\" x 10'2\" (4.14m x 3.1m). Pretty room with part eaved ceiling and sash window with a pretty outlook over gardens to the rear. Original (painted) cast iron fireplace and surround. Fitted wardrobe to alcove, matching low level cupboards with shelves above to one wall.
SHOWER ROOM White tiled shower cubicle, hand basin set into vanity cupboard, WC. Wall lights, recessed downlights. Sash window to the side.
TOP LANDING With skylight above.
BEDROOM 20'8\" x 15'10\" (6.3m x 4.83m). Currently used as an office, this large room has three Velux windows to the eaved ceiling at the front and French doors opening onto a Juliette' balcony at the rear, with a pretty outlook over gardens to the rear. Recessed downlights. This room is large enough to allow the creation of an en suite shower room, subject to the necessary Building Regulations approvals.
GARDEN 29'2\" x 16'4\" (8.9m x 4.98m). Beautifully designed, landscaped garden with lovely brick retaining walls and shaped beds, planted with a carefully considered selection of established shrubs, climbers and plants. A nicely paved terrace leads via steps up to an easy grass' lawn and the surrounding planting includes tree ferns, clipped bay trees, white wisteria and white camellia, climbing roses and hydrangeas. Another lovely mature wisteria clambers up the back of the house and there is a brick built storage cupboard for garden equipment, also housing Worcester combination gas central heating boiler.