Property description

POTENTIAL CHAIN-FREE SALE Attractively located at the end of a no through road with the advantage of driveway parking for several cars, a Victorian end terraced cottage offering 2 double bedrooms with a larger ground floor footprint.

Description
Believed to have originated in the mid 19th Century, this character cottage lies to the South West side of Alton town centre in an area historically known as New Town due to the town's expansion during the Victorian era. Benefitting from the absence of housing immediately to one side where there are allotments and a footpath, the property is at the end of a terrace of 4 cottages and commands gently elevated views over the town to surrounding countryside with glimpses of the North Downs and Ackender Wood. Characteristics include pine internal doors, which are ledged and braced upstairs, and an open fireplace in the double sized reception room. There is also double glazing with the majority of the rooms featuring fanlight windows, a gas heating system with radiators, thermostatic controls and a replacement gas combination boiler installed in 2010, and coved ceilings to all rooms except bedroom one.

Location
Bow Street, so named due to the original location of Alton Police Station, consists of properties mostly dating from the Victorian era with a few slightly later during Edwardian times, and are of varying sizes and designs with the road culminating in a footpath and allotments. The Butts, an historic green, with an adjacent primary school, All Saints Church, several inns and the Watercress Line are in the neighbourhood, whilst beyond lies Alton Sports Centre, the Chawton Park Surgery and countryside including Ackender Wood. In addition to a diverse range of shops, stores such as Boots, Iceland, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose, restaurants and hotels, the Allen Gallery, museum and library, Alton also has weekly and specialist open air market events, a station (Waterloo line), senior schools, Alton Convent, a further education college, fitness clubs, a dance school and 2 outlying golf courses.

Ground Floor

Entrance
Oak effect composite part glazed panelled front door to:-

Sitting/Dining Room - 21' 5'' x 14' 0'' (6.52m x 4.26m) overall
Twin aspect - front and side. Brick open fireplace, timber head beam and stone hearth, pair of side shelves. 2 radiators, TV aerial lead and phone point (subject to connection). Open understairs area with downlight and shelf - suit computer station. Understairs store cupboard - gas meter. High level cupboard - electric consumer unit and meter.

Kitchen - 11' 9'' x 8' 0'' (3.58m x 2.44m)
Side aspect towards rooftops and Ackender Wood. Fitted in maple effect with brushed chrome finished bar handles and integrated appliances providing stainless steel finished series of split level Diplomat Select 920 double electric oven, Bosch gas hob and chimney style hood. Black high gloss series of Indesit dishwasher and raised Beko fridge/freezer. Affording extensive floor cupboards, pan and top drawers, granite effect laminated worktops, tiled splashbacks, worktop lights and double pelmetted wall cabinets with pair of corner display shelves. Inset Franke stainless steel one and a quarter bowl single drainer sink, plumbing for washing machine. Terracotta style tiled floor, radiator. Doorway to:-

Rear Hall - 9' 4'' x 2' 11'' (2.84m x 0.89m)
Terracotta style tiled floor, radiator. Walk-in coats/store cupboard, recessed shelves, light. Glazed door from rear hall to sun terrace/rear garden.

Bathroom - 9' 2'' x 5' 6'' (2.79m x 1.68m)
Side window. White four piece suite with chrome fittings to rolltop clawleg double ended bath with central mixer/shower fittings, glazed and tiled corner shower enclosure, pedestal wash basin and WC. Tiling to visible walls, ceramic tiled floor, radiator, shaving light, mirrored medicine cabinet.

First Floor

Landing
Approached from living room via spindle balustraded stairs. Hinged hatch with fitted sliding aluminium ladder and light to loft.

Bedroom One - 14' 0'' x 10' 11'' (4.26m x 3.32m) overall
Including recess and black and white fitted series of twin railed double wardrobe with cupboard above and lower level shelved double cupboard with display top. Pair of front aspect windows. Beamed ceiling. Radiator.

Bedroom Two - 10' 0'' x 8' 10'' (3.05m x 2.69m)
Plus black and white series of cupboards with ironmongery handles providing double wardrobe, shelved unit and corner cupboard. Rear aspect enjoying rooftop view over Western Alton to North Downs countryside and Ackender Wood. Radiator, further built-in wardrobe. Corner cupboard housing wall hung Glow-Worm Flexicom 30cx gas combination boiler.

Outside

Driveway
To side and front creating 2/3 off road car spaces, with paved path and low height brick wall leading to front door. The driveway area immediately to the side of the cottage measures 23' 0'' x 8' 6'' (7.01m x 2.59m). Wooden lap fencing and locking gate leads to:-

Good sized rear garden
An expanse of paved sun terrace with shingle bay, outside tap and light opens to the level lawn, which is flanked by well established shrubberies with a wide and colourful variety of plants and climbers. 'Stepping stone' path leads to a useful hardstanding recess at the foot of the garden including a timber garden shed and space for open log storage. The rear garden has maximum dimensions of 67' 0'' x 23' 0'' (20.41m x 7.01m).

Directions
From the M&S Simply Food store at the Western end of High Street, Alton, proceed away from the town towards Winchester shortly becoming Butts Road. Directly after the filling station, turn left into Tower Street. Then turn first right into Bow Street. The house is the last on the right.

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