Property description

CHAIN-FREE SALE. Offering a larger ground floor footprint, a character 2 double bedroom town cottage also with a 64' x 11' garden in a colourful established residential road convenient for Alton Station (Waterloo line) and the town centre.

Description
The cottage is prominently located being in the middle of a terrace with an open view along a neighbouring residential road and is believed to date from the late Victorian era with the benefit of a modernisation programme completed during the last 10 years. Characteristics range from an open fireplace in the sitting room to recessed panelled internal doors. There is also some exposed natural wood joinery whilst modern day features include double glazing with uPVC external windows and a gas heating system with radiators incorporating thermostatic valves.

Location
Located within 500 yards of Crown Hill, the top of the town, being the Eastern end of the High Street, Victoria Road has a charming and interesting mixture of detached, semi-detached and terraced homes mostly dating from the late 19th Century through to the 1930s. The Station with its commuter link to London Waterloo (minimum journey time 67 minutes) is within 0.3 mile with an adjacent Waitrose store. The immediate neighbourhood includes shops on Normandy Street, the Palace Cinema, St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Alton House Hotel and educational establishments such as Alton Infant, St Lawrence Primary and Amery Hill Senior Schools and Alton College. The town centre has major and family shops, stores such as Boots, Iceland, M&S and Sainsbury's, weekly open air markets and specialist/farmers events, a library, cultural facilities, churches, restaurants, hotels and inns. Revered for its historic connections, Alton has links with the English Civil War, Jane Austen and hop growing. For healthy living, there is also a sports centre, fitness studios and 2 golf courses on the outskirts.

Ground Floor

Entrance
Panelled wooden front door to

Sitting Room - 11' 6'' x 10' 11'' (3.50m x 3.32m)
Including period style open fireplace with tiled slips, mahogany style frame and double mantelpiece, and raised quarry tiled hearth. Natural wood joinery shelved double cupboard at side with matching display top and tiered ornament shelves above. Front aspect. Antique pine effect laminated floor, moulded natural wooden skirting boards, radiator, TV aerial lead. High level double cupboard - electric consumer unit, electric meter. Part glazed recessed panelled door to

Kitchen/Dining Room - 10' 11'' x 10' 9'' (3.32m x 3.27m) inc. stairway
Presenting light beech effect kitchen units with brushed chrome finished handles integrated with electric hob, Stoves Newhome stainless steel electric double oven, fliptop hood and concealed fridge. Providing multiple floor cupboards, utensils/pan drawers, laminated worktops with inset stainless steel single drainer sink and mixers, white tiled splashbacks and wall cabinets above. Space for dining table and chairs. Fitted pine wall display unit with pot hooks. Terracotta tiled effect floor, radiator, cluster track of spotlights. Rear window. Opening with step up to

Inner Hall
Ceramic tiled floor, downlight, coat hooks. Half single glazed wooden panelled door to

Utility Room - 14' 4'' x 5' 1'' (4.37m x 1.55m)
Reducing to 4' 4'' (1.32m). Rear garden aspect, also with Velux window set in gently vaulted ceiling. Ceramic tiled floor, track lighting. Plumbing for washing machine, space for further appliances - 2 double power points. Wall hung Ariston gas combination boiler with integrated controls, shelved cupboard below. Half glazed door to sun terrace/rear garden.

Bathroom - 10' 2'' x 4' 7'' (3.10m x 1.40m)
Rear window. White suite with chrome finished fittings to pine panelled bath with mixer/hand cradle shower attachment, vanity wash basin in white tiled surrounds with pine style double cupboard below and shaver socket, and WC. Part tiled walls in white, ceramic tiled floor, downlighting, combined radiator/chrome heated towel rail. Ceiling hatch. Half decoratively patterned glazed panelled entry door from rear hall.

First Floor

Landing
From kitchen/dining room, straight stairs with painted wood panelling to one wall leading to landing. Rustic pine display unit. Hatch to loft.

Bedroom One - 11' 6'' x 10' 10'' (3.50m x 3.30m)
Front aspect down Littlefield Road over rooftops to distant countryside. Including fitted pine louvred double wardrobe, open storage top. Cast iron fireplace with curved chimney breast (currently concealed). Radiator.

Bedroom Two - 10' 9'' x 8' 5'' (3.27m x 2.56m)
Rear aspect over own and neighbouring gardens. Part recessed built-in pine louvred double wardrobe with shelving. Painted wood panelling to one wall, curved chimney breast, radiator, phone point (subject to connection).

Outside

Rear Garden - 64' 0'' x 11' 0'' (19.49m x 3.35m)
Being enclosed and bordering onto other gardens, the rear garden has a paved sun terrace, flanked by low height stone style wall with outside tap, gas meter box, and left hand pedestrian gate. Steps and lawned area with 'stepping stones' progressing with several shrubs, Silver Birch tree and bushes to a 6' 9'' x 5' 0'' (2.06m x 1.52m) timber garden shed set towards the far section of the garden.

NB
Photographs shown may include a view down Littlefield Road from bedroom one.

Directions
From the Alton Police Station/Palace Cinema mini-roundabout at the Eastern end of Drayman's Way/Orchard Lane, Alton's inner relief road, proceed away from the town on Normandy Street becoming Anstey Road. By Alton Food and Drink shop, turn immediately left into Littlefield Road. At the T-junction, the cottage is straight ahead.


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