Property description
This is a big, perfectly apportioned home filled with Victorian splendour. To summarise, an entrance hallway leads to 2 beautiful living rooms positioned at each end of the house and in between is a kitchen, a utility room and a morning room. Six bedrooms are spread across two further floors in addition to an amazing bathroom and a shower room. It is doubtful that a finer selection of fireplaces and period features remain in another property in the Avenues district such is the depth of detail on offer. Some modernisation has taken place to include recently updated electrics and an upgraded gas boiler. The brochure and the photographs give a hint as to what lies within this grand old house but to get the whole effect a viewing is essential.
Situated in the heart of the popular Avenues "conservation area" close to Princes Avenue with its array of restaurants, bars, cafes and excellent transport links to the City Centre and surrounding villages.
Entrance
There is a closed entrance porch leading into a hallway with authentic geometric design Victorian floor tiles, an original front door and stained lights to the side, corbels and plasterwork, curved skirtings and a tall antique pine storage cabinet.
Front reception
18' 8'' x 15' 5'' (5.69m x 4.71m) The front reception is a wonderful, imposing room with a square south facing bay, stripped floorboards, a ceiling rose, a stunning fireplace, coving, picture rails and wall lighting.
Kitchen
14' 5'' x 12' 5'' (4.4m x 3.79m) The kitchen is positioned to the middle of the house with a tiled floor, fitted base units and cupboards, solid wood surfaces, a brick chimney breast and original pine storage cupboards and drawers built into the chimney breast recess. A breakfast bar has a sink in the centre, there is a Range with an extractor above and sash windows at the rear.
Breakfast room
10' 4'' x 8' 3'' (3.15m x 2.52m) The breakfast room has tiled flooring following on from the kitchen, wall lighting and stripped pine doors.
Utility Room
8' 7'' x 7' 8'' (2.64m x 2.36m) The utility room has a double Belfast sink, work surfaces and tiling to the walls around behind the sink and around the room. A solid wooden door exits to the rear garden and there are sash windows to the side.
Dining Room
14' 11'' x 14' 3'' (4.57m x 4.35m) At the end of the hallway is a fantastic room with stripped floorboards, an open chimney breast with a period fireplace, coving, picture rails and a ceiling rose. There are windows across the back wall lighting up the room and traditional French doors opening to the rear garden.
Landing
The staircase starts in the hallway and extends to the first floor, split level landing which is a bright, open space. The original balustrade continues from the hallway to the top of the house. Ornate plasterwork, coving and curved skirting boards are just some of the period features on the landing and staircase.
First Bedroom
18' 11'' x 15' 8'' (5.78m x 4.78m) The master bedroom has stripped floorboards, a square bay to the front with tall sash windows, a further period fireplace with a cast insert and a tiled hearth, a ceiling rose, picture rails, coving and fixed antique pine wardrobes in the chimney breast recess.
Bathroom
14' 4'' x 14' 6'' (4.39m x 4.45m) The bathroom has been created in what is traditionally the guest room. It is a beautiful, large square room with stripped floorboards and a working, brick fireplace. The suite comprises a corner bath with white tiling around and a pedestal basin. There are sash windows with obscure glass at the back, coving and a picture rail. Two stripped pine doors provide access from both the landing and the master bedroom.
W.C
The part tiled cloakroom has a w.c, vanity basin and a window with obscure glass to the side.
Shower Room
8' 7'' x 6' 0'' (2.63m x 1.83m) The shower room has a single shower cubicle with an electric shower, a Victorian pedestal basin, a w.c, sash windows, coving and a ceiling rose.
Second Bedroom/Dressing Room
9' 1'' x 8' 5'' (2.77m x 2.58m) The second bedroom with tiled flooring and a sash window is currently being used as a dressing room and can be accessed from the landing or the shower room.
Third Bedroom
15' 10'' x 15' 3'' (4.83m x 4.66m) The third bedroom is a double room to the back of the house. Twin sash windows have stripped frames and provide a fine outlook over the rear garden. The focal point is another fantastic fireplace with a burner in addition to the ceiling rose, decorative coving and picture rails.
Fourth Bedroom
15' 6'' x 7' 0'' (4.74m x 2.15m) The fourth bedroom is a single room to the front of the house with a south facing sash window.
Landing
The second staircase leads from the first floor landing , doubling back to a short landing on the second floor. There is a storage cupboard mid-way up the staircase and a window set into the pitch of the roof.
Fifth Bedroom
23' 2'' x 11' 5'' (7.07m x 3.48m) The fifth bedroom is glorious, having an open fireplace and a deep, south facing dorma window lighting the room up.
Sixth Bedroom
13' 5'' x 10' 4'' (4.1m x 3.15m) The sixth bedroom is a further double room to the back of the house with good natural light.
Front of Property
To the front is a mature, pebbled garden with shrubs and bushes, small trees and plantings and a paved footpath to the front door.
Rear of Property
To the rear is a paved patio and garden with raised flowerbeds, trees, shrubs and bushes and a working period-design fountain mid-way down.
Property Features :
- Authentic, Victorian family home
- Imposing rooms overflowing with features
- Two traditional receptions
- Kitchen, utility room and breakfast room
- Six bedrooms over two floors