Property description

ENTRANCE HALL Top lit panelled front door, meters, coved ceiling, part decorative glazed internal door, dado rail, radiator, ornamental plaster arch, stairs to upper floors. 

SITTING ROOM Double glazed front bay window, original fireplace surround with cast iron + tiled inset and slate hearth, double radiator, archway to dining room. 

DINING ROOM Double glazed rear window, double radiator, understairs storage cupboard. 

KITCHEN Double glazed timber French doors to rear garden, double glazed side picture window, range of cream base and wall units with beech worktops and inset sink/drainer, inset gas hob with hood over, fitted double electric oven, fitted dishwasher, space and/or plumbing for washing machine/tumble dryer/tall fridge freezer, part tiled walls, tiled floor, wall mounted Worcester gas combination boiler. 

FIRST FLOOR LANDING Staircase to second floor, dado rail. 

BEDROOM 2 Double glazed front bay window, original cast iron fireplace, coved ceiling, radiator. 

BEDROOM 3 Double glazed rear window, original cast iron fireplace, coved ceiling, double radiator. 

BATHROOM Internal rear glassblock window, panelled bath with mixer/spray shower tap, low level W.C, handbasin, heated towel rail, extractor fan, tiled floor, fully tiled walls, built in shelving. 

STUDY/COT ROOM Double glazed rear window, radiator. 

SECOND FLOOR LANDING Velux skylight, access to rear roof void storage, built in shelving. 

BEDROOM 1 Front and rear Velux skylights, ample eaves storage cupboards to front, fitted double overstairs wardrobe, two skirting radiators, wall lights, double glazed rear full width dormer window. 

ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM Tiled double shower cubicle, handbasin with cupboard under, low level W.C, heated towel rail, Velux skylight. 

REAR GARDENS 19ft x 15ft min north west facing railed timber decking with fitted lighting and external power points. Built in storage cupboards in side return, access to rear pedestrian lane. 

HISTORICAL NOTES Holloway means the road in the hollow (although there is a debate that it also meant "Holy Way" as it was the medieval pilgrimage route to Wells) and was formerly called Haul Down. It is a continuation of the Fosse Way and was until 1770 the main route to Bath from the south west. Due to the steepness of Holloway (stagecoaches often had to stop at the Bear pub for refreshments) a later turnpike road (the Wells Road or Wellsway) was built which climbs more gently. John Leland (c.1503-1552), Henry VIII's antiquarian, described the area of Holloway as "a rocky hill, full of fair springs of water; and on this rocky hill is set a fair street, as a suburb to the city and in this street is a chapel of St Mary Magdalen".

The Magdalen Chapel, which is likely to have Norman origins, was rebuilt by Prior John Cantlow in 1495. The dedication to Mary Magdalene links the chapel with the nearby leper hospital (recorded in existence prior to 1212 when a legacy was left to the "house of lepers in the suburbs of Bath").

The slopes of Beechen Cliff were formerly called Blake or Black Leigh and known as the herb garden of Bath Apothecaries. Beechen Cliff has been a source of inspiration for many, including Jane Austen, John Wood and Thomas Hardy. The painter Walter Sickert immortalized the area in his painting "Paradise Row, Holloway".