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Elm Lane | Redland

Guide Price £1,750,000
Sold

An elegant and inviting 5 double bedroom, 3 reception room grade II listed (built circa 1848) detached character home situated in the heart of leafy Redland. Further benefitting from a wonderful private southerly facing rear garden, versatile accommodation and a storage garage. Large sash windows, many original features and an abundance of natural light add to this lovely property's warm and welcoming atmosphere. Tucked away in a discreet yet highly convenient location, within just yards of the shops, cafes and restaurants and weekly farmers market of Whiteladies Road. Thoroughly accessible for excellent local schools and situated well within the heart of friendly community of Redland. The green open spaces of Durdham Downs and Redland Green Park are also within easy reach, as are bus connections to all central areas. Raised Ground Floor: central landing/entrance hallway, sitting room with double doors accessing the covered terrace and gardens, reception 2/family room with adjoining mezzaine guest bedroom 5. Lower Ground Floor: independent entrance into a superb dining room with open fire, central landing with generous understair storage cupboards and access to the utility room, ground floor shower room, wc and further cellar storage space, separate kitchen/breakfast room with farmhouse style hand painted kitchen, rear lobby with access up to a superb home office/studio and storage garage. First Floor: landing, bedroom 1 with walk in wardrobe, bedroom 2 and family bathroom/wc. Second Floor: landing and 2 further good sized double bedrooms, both with recessed wardrobe. Outside: the property enjoys an established and incredibly private garden enjoying much of the morning and afternoon sunshine with a lovely extended stone terrace and period canopy providing a covered all weather outdoor seating area. The garden has a generous lawned section, 2 impressive mature trees and handy side access pathway. An incredibly rare opportunity to purchase a detached period home in such a central and convenient location.

Property Features

  • An exceptionally elegant 5 bedroom detached family home
  • Generous & versatile accommodation
  • Filled with light & period features (grade II listed)
  • 5 spacious double bedrooms
  • 3 characterful reception rooms
  • Wonderful southerly rear garden
  • Useful storage garage
  • discreet yet convenient location
  • Close to local amenities & the Downs
  • Ref: 3647147
  • Type: Detached House
  • Availability: Sold
  • Bedrooms: 5
  • Bathrooms: 2
  • Reception Rooms: 3
  • Council Tax Band: F
  • Tenure: Freehold
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HALL FLOOR

APPROACH:
via an external door set into a period stone wall which leads through to a covered walkway to the lower ground floor entrance. A pathway leads off this covered entrance and sweeps up through the gardens to the covered veranda and terrace, where there is a separate entrance at the hall floor level.

CENTRAL LANDING
with period staircase rising to first floor landing and descending to the lower ground floor, door entry intercom and doors off through to the sitting room and family room.

SITTING ROOM: 15' 10'' x 12' 10'' (4.82m x 3.91m)
an elegant sitting room flooded with natural light provided by teh large sash window to front with working original shutters and the tall part glazed double doors to rear, also with working wooden shutters, which accesses the covered terrace and gardens. Oak flooring, beautiful open fireplace with stone surround and mantle, built in cabinets to chimney recesses, high ceilings with ceiling coving and a door accessing a walk in store. The butler's pantry has original built in sideboard unit with open book case shelving over, oak flooring, large sash window to front with working wooden shutters.

FAMILY ROOM/RECEPTION 2: 15' 11'' x 11' 11'' (4.85m x 3.63m)
high ceilings with original ceiling coving and picture rail, oak flooring, large sash window to front with working wooden shutters, elegant part glazed double doors to rear accessing the covered terrace and rear garden, open fireplace with stone surround and a radiator. A half flight of stairs leads off the family room up to a mezzanine guest bedroom 5.

GUEST BEDROOM 5: 16' 5'' x 13' 1'' (5.00m x 3.98m)
a double bedroom with large sash window and further leaded window to side offering lovely far reaching views over rooftops of surrounding buildings towards the Bath hills in the distance. High ceilings, picture rail and radiator.

FIRST FLOOR

LANDING:
a central landing with plenty of natural light provided by the large sash window to rear with built in plantation shutters, staircase continues up to the second floor landing and doors lead off to bedroom 1, bedroom 2 and family bathroom/wc.

BEDROOM 1: 15' 8'' x 12' 10'' (4.77m x 3.91m)
a large sash window to rear with built in plantation shutters, radiator, period fireplace and door accessing a walk in wardrobe with built in hanging rails and sash window to fron.

BEDROOM 2: 12' 2'' x 11' 11'' (3.71m x 3.63m)
a double bedroom with a door accessing a recessed wardrobe, large sash window to front with built in plantation shutters, feature alcove with built in cabinets and shelving and a recessed brick fireplace.

FAMILY BATHROOM/WC:
a white Fired Earth suite comprising a roll topped claw foot bath with central mixer taps and shower attachment, low level wc, wash hand basin, part stone tiled walls, wood effect flooring, radiator, alcove with open shelving and storage cupboard and a large sash window to rear with built in plantation shutters.

SECOND FLOOR

LANDING:
doors leading off to bedroom 3 and bedroom 4.

BEDROOM 3: 16' 0'' x 12' 1'' (4.87m x 3.68m)
a window to rear, a pretty period fireplace, radaitor and door accessing a recessed wardrobe.

BEDROOM 4: 16' 1'' x 12' 11'' (4.90m x 3.93m)
a good sized double bedroom with window to rear, radiator, a pretty period fireplace and door accessing a recessed wardrobe.

LOWER GROUND FLOOR

LANDING
spacious central landing with stone tiled floor and feature part stained glass period window to front, useful understairs storage space with built in shelving, door entry intercom, inset spotlights and doors leading off to the kitchen/breakfast room, dining room, shower room/wc, utility room, vaulted cellar space and further wc.

DINING ROOM/RECEPTION 3: 15' 11'' x 12' 10'' (4.85m x 3.91m)
large sash window to front looking out onto Elm Lane, stone floor, attractive open fireplace with stone surround, door accessing the covered walkway providing the independent lower ground floor entrance to the property.

KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM: 15' 9'' x 12' 0'' (4.80m x 3.65m)
a lovely farmhouse style Neptune kitchen with hand built shaker style painted units with white quartz worktop over and inset double sink, aga set into the original chimney recess with modern Neff electric oven beside with 4 ring gas hob over, stone flooring, sash window to front, radiator, door accessing recessed shallow larder cupboard with built in shelving and further door accessing a rear lobby, which in turn has doors off to the storage garage, a small high level window to rear and a door accessing a half flight of stairs entering a home office.

HOME OFFICE: 14' 6'' x 9' 5'' (4.42m x 2.87m)
a feature arched window to front fronting onto Elm Lane, inset spotlights, built in open bookshelving and door accessing a generous recessed storage cupboard, which also houses the modern Vaillant gas central heating boiler.

STORAGE GARAGE: 12' 10'' x 13' 0'' max (irregular shaped) (3.91m x 3.96m)
storage garage with double doors leading on to Elm Lane, flagstone floor, wall-mounted fuse box for electrics, gas meter. The vendors inform us that there were previously plans to extend the storage garage into the pathway running beside the property. Subject to this consent, there is potential for the garage to be used for a vehicle.

GARDEN: (approx. dimensions 70' 0'' nclusive of veranda/terrace x 40' 0'' (21.32m x 12.18m)
a large level lawned garden offering an incredible amount of privacy yet also enjoying plenty of the day's sunshine. The garden is framed with hedgerows and attractive stone boundary walls and enjoys a generous stone paved seating area closest to the property with covered veranda allowing you to enjoy the outside space in all weathers. There is a further raised stone paved seating area, a rockery, 2 wonderful mature preserved trees (a Yew and a Horse Chestnut). Side access pathway provides an additional handy gated side access down onto Elm Lane and the storage garage.

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