Property description
CHAIN-FREE A splendid Georgian style detached house combining impressive family space, 4 double bedrooms and privacy with a prestigious silvan location within 0.5 mile drive of the High Street and Station (less on foot).
Description
Harmoniously extended at the rear to provide a breathtaking and L-shaped living dining kitchen downstairs and a master bedroom suite upstairs, the property was built of old London stock brickwork in the early 1970s by Eden Developments to their Nottingham design. Facets of the house include multi use living space, neutral decorations, several parquet floors, an open fireplace, 4 twin aspect rooms and vistas over its own secluded gardens, which 'wrap' around 3 sides of the property. The drawing room/conservatory and kitchen complex enjoy doors direct opening to the rear garden whilst, for the weekly shop or embarkation of the family, the access from the drive or garage to the house via the laundry room is invaluable. Present day comfort is facilitated by double glazing with fanlights to all the rooms and a gas heating system with a replacement boiler and individually thermostatically controlled radiators supplemented by underfloor heating to the kitchen complex.
Location
The house is naturally screened and privately set in its own wide gardens within a no through road of 12 varying styled detached neo Georgian houses. Highly regarded for the quality of its position and convenience to the Station (commuter rail service to London Waterloo - minimum journey time 67 minutes) and the historic town centre, Goodyers is set in a sheltered tree studded location within Ashdell Park, an esteemed residential area lying towards the Easterly country outskirts of the town. The neighbourhood also has walks around Kings Pond and access to Alton's business parks. Retaining its weekly open air market, regular farmers markets and an interesting programme of events, Alton is proud of its Jane Austen and English Civil War connections with more recent Olympic achievements as evidenced by a golden postbox nearby. There are a variety of High Street shops, stores such as M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose, cafes and bars, primary and senior schools, churches of several denominations, the Convent School, Alton FE College and fitness clubs. On the outskirts you will discover Alton Sports Centre and 2 golf courses, the nearest being Worldham. The town is also recognised for being walker friendly and strategically well placed for reaching London, the airports and the national motorway network.
Ground Floor
Colonnaded Porch
Stone threshold, overhead lantern light. Panelled wooden front door with brass furniture and single glazed arched top window to:-
Reception Hall - 15' 8'' x 6' 1'' (4.77m x 1.85m)
Parquet floor, coved ceiling, radiator, telephone socket, smoke detector. Alarm control panel.
Cloakroom
Rear window. White suite of WC and wash basin with tiled splashback. Slate effect ceramic tiled floor, wall light point. Built-in understairs store cupboard.
Drawing Room - 21' 2'' x 11' 10'' (6.45m x 3.60m)
Twin aspect - low silled front window + rear aspect via conservatory. Adam style open fireplace with green marble theme slips and hearth, and Dentil mantelpiece, gas point. Parquet floor, 4 wall light points, 2 radiators, coved ceiling, TV aerial socket. Pair of French doors to:-
Conservatory - 11' 1'' x 11' 0'' (3.38m x 3.35m)
Triple aspect. Of natural brickwork and pitched translucent roof construction overlooking rear garden. Central lights/fan, multiple power points, Myson air conditioning unit. Vinyl flooring. Pair of French doors to patio/rear garden.
Family Room - 11' 10'' x 11' 10'' (3.60m x 3.60m)
Low silled front aspect window. Parquet floor, coved ceiling, radiator, telephone socket. Electric consumer unit.
Living Dining Kitchen - 20' 0'' x 11' 10'' (6.09m x 3.60m) plus 10' 8'' x 9' 8'' (3.25m x 2.94m) L-shaped
Twin aspect overlooking rear garden. Vaulted dome ceiling to sitting area beside pair of French doors on to patio/rear garden. A fabulous family area with porcelain floor and electric underfloor heating. Main kitchen dining area:- country style units with chrome finished handles and soft closers, extensive granite worktops, upstands and sills, and integrated appliances affording Stoves Newhome stainless steel electric double oven, ceramic hob , stainless steel back and chimney style vented hood, and concealed dishwasher. Units providing floor cupboards, drawers, magic corner, pan drawers, tall larder unit and double pelmetted wall cabinets with task lighting. Space for fridge/freezer. Countersunk stainless steel one and half bowl sink with swan neck mixer and drainer. Downlighting, coved ceiling, heat detector, brushed chrome finished power and light switchplates with dimmers. Dedicated dining area:- radiator. Peninsula with cantilever breakfast bar to sitting area:- 4 wall light points, radiator, 2 TV aerial sockets, dimmer switches.
Laundry Room - 8' 10'' x 6' 4'' (2.69m x 1.93m)
Front aspect. Matching floor cupboards to kitchen with granite effect laminated worktop, inset stainless steel one and a quarter bowl single drainer sink + mono mixer. Porcelain floor, plumbing for washing machine, space for condenser dryer. Downlighting, coved ceiling, radiator. Wall hung Vaillant replacement gas boiler, digital programmer. Electric consumer unit. Hatch to secondary loft. Personal door to garage. Half glazed door to driveway.
First Floor
Landing
Light and airy - rear aspect. Coved ceiling, smoke detector, alarm control panel. Built in airing cupboard - hot water cylinder, immersion heater. Hinged hatch with fitted aluminium sliding ladder to loft/light.
Master bedroom - 11' 4'' x 10' 8'' (3.45m x 3.25m) excluding deep recess
Measurements exclude built-in panelled series of 2 double wardrobes. Twin aspect overlooking rear gardens and lightly wooded environment beyond. Downlighting on dimmer. Brushed chrome finished light and power switchplates with telephone and TV aerial sockets. Radiator.
En-Suite Shower Room
White suite with chrome fittings to wide glazed and tiled shower enclosure + Showerlux fitment and auto extractor fan, semi-circular wash basin + mono tap and double cupboard below, and WC with hideaway cistern. Travertine theme tiling to visible walls and utensils top, shaving light and point. Ceramic tiled floor with electric underfloor heating, chrome multiple heated towel rail.
Bedroom Two - 13' 11'' x 12' 0'' (4.24m x 3.65m)
Front aspect over neighbouring gardens and the Wellingtonia avenue of Crowley Drive. Including fitted double wardrobes. Coved ceiling, radiator.
Bedroom Three - 12' 0'' x 11' 0'' (3.65m x 3.35m)
Rear garden aspect. 2 fitted double wardrobes, coved ceiling, radiator.
Bedroom Four - 12' 0'' x 9' 10'' (3.65m x 2.99m)
Overlooking front garden. Radiator.
Family Bathroom
White suite with chrome fittings to panelled bath + separate Aqualisa Aquastream shower fitting and glazed screen, pedestal wash basin and WC. White tiling to visible walls with Travertine mosaic style keyline, limestone style ceramic tiled floor, multiple heated towel rail. Front window.
Outside
Attached Garage - 16' 4'' x 9' 1'' (4.97m x 2.77m)
Up-and-over door, light and power. Single glazed rear window. Personal door to laundry room. Tarmacadam style drive/parking. External lantern light, electric meter box and gas meter cupboard.
Private Gardens
Are of good size, mainly level and enjoy seclusion afforded by the natural screen of the evergreens, mahonia, laurel, shrubs and trees. The broad front lawn has a small ornamental tree and is flanked by a wide paved path leading to the side. Low height stone style wall to front boundary. The wide side area has a gate to the enclosed rear garden which presents a lawn, continuing path to paved patio adjoining the kitchen complex and conservatory with outside tap and lantern light. The far corner area is a natural woodland/child's play area with laurels and fir tree. Beyond the post and rail fence is a screen of shrubs and evergreens.
Directions
From the M&S Simply Food store corner at the South Western end of High Street, Alton, proceed on Drayman's Way, the town's inner relief road, and go straight ahead at the Sainsbury's mini-roundabout. At the next mini-roundabout, exit right handed on Lower Turk Street passing the Molson Coors brewery on the left. After the railway bridge, turn first right up Crowley Drive and immediately left into Goodyers. The house is first on the left.
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Photographs shown may include a view from the main bedroom across Crowley Drive.