Property description

This is a substantial (4,026 sq ft) semi detached Victorian house built in 1873 and designed by Galpin and Shirley. The property has recently been completely renovated to provide an excellent family home with spacious and flexible accommodation arranged over four floors.

Whilst the house has been modernised with ensuite bathrooms and a contemporary ground floor kitchen/dining room, the house is typical of its era with elegant and spacious rooms with high ceilings, cornicing and large bay windows.

From the front door an attractive entrance porch opens to the hallway with cloakroom and two reception rooms off. The drawing room with fireplace, wooden flooring and large bay window to the front, is part divided from the spacious kitchen/dining room providing an excellent family living and entertaining space. Enjoying an outlook over the garden, the light and airy kitchen has a range of fitted unit with integrated appliances including an electric Aga, a 'microspeed plus' oven, a fridge chest, dishwasher and a large island unit. At first floor level are three double bedrooms two of which are ensuite. The bedroom overlooking the garden to the rear being a particularly spacious room. The second floor provides four further bedrooms (2 ensuite) and a further bathroom. The lower ground floor provides accommodation arranged for the flexibility to be used as a separate self contained flat comprising a bedroom, sitting room with kitchenette, a bathroom and a further laundry/garden room with an ensuite bathroom and fitted kitchen units incorporating a sink.

In addition, planning consent has been granted (March 2011) for an extension to the rear of the house potentially adding about 400 sq ft to the lower ground floor plus an outside terrace at upper ground level providing direct access from the kitchen to the garden. Application ref 10/03380/FUL.

Outside: To the front of the house is a gravelled driveway providing off street parking from where steps lead up to the front door and down to the lower ground floor. Laid to lawn with a large paved terrace arranged next to the house, the rear garden is completely enclosed by walling.

A substantial semi detached Victorian house in this most favoured side road adjacent to the University Parks
8 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, Drawing room, 2 sitting rooms, kitchen/dining room, laundry/garden room