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54 Apsley Road is a handsome Victorian end of terrace townhouse,
approached via a pillared entrance with off street parking for
several cars.
Internally the house affords sumptuous accommodation over four
floors, including a side wing complete with its own entrance as
well as a walled southerly facing rear garden.
An original front door leads into a useful entrance porch with a
part glazed door leading into a beautiful entrance hall with a
herringbone parquet floor. There is a sweeping balustrade staircase
leading to the floors above, as well as a separate
cloakroom.
To the side is a fabulous dining room with a pretty bay fronted
shuttered sash window, original stripped wooden floor, open
fireplace with a marble surround and ornate ceiling cornice
work.
A stunning sitting room is situated to the rear, flooded with
natural light and carefully opened up by the current owners to
enjoy the full width of the house; complete with access out onto a
decked balcony leading down to the southerly facing garden
below.
From the entrance hall stairs lead down to the lower ground
floor with its expansive terrazzo tiled hall giving access to a
fabulous family kitchen to the rear and a versatile family room
play room to the front.
There is independent access to the lower ground floor from the
front of the house via stairs leading down from the
driveway.
The kitchen is a delight; situated to the rear and, like the
sitting room above, spread across the full width of the house
complete with access out into the rear garden and a hardwearing
marble tiled floor. It is a great family kitchen, very sociable
with plenty of room for a breakfast table and chairs along with an
oversize central island, plenty of floor and wall mounted storage,
an expanse of granite work surfaces and a cast iron woodburning
stove.
The family room is a wonderful size, with light pouring in from
the triple sash bay window and double doors leading in from the
main hall. There is also access to the inner hall and out into the
utility room, gym and sixth bedroom.
Upstairs, across the top two floors are five superb double
bedrooms, accessed via generous landings flooded with light from an
oversize ceiling lantern above.
Across the first floor lie two almost identical suites; each
finished with a walk in wardrobe and en suite shower room.
On the top floor lie three further bedrooms; with the master
suite across the rear of the house boasting a full width wall of
wardrobes and a luxury en suite bath and shower room with a Jacuzzi
bath.
To the front are two bedrooms, accessed independently but with
internal access if required, creating a wonderful nursery suite, or
a large bedroom with a walk in wardrobe. These bedrooms are served
by a well appointed family bathroom.
A unique feature of the house is the incredibly versatile side
wing; arranged over the hall and lower ground floors; with two
bedroom suites and a fitted open plan kitchen & sitting room. This
presents numerous opportunities for additional accommodation or for
an au pair and guests.
It can equally be separated from the house, as it has its own
front entrance and could be let out either short term or long to
provide a useful secondary income.
Outside
The deep walled rear garden is a true delight; south east facing
and very private it catches much of the day‘s sun with a deep rear
lawn overlooked by the wisteria clad timber decked balcony and
accessed from the sitting room, family kitchen and the
annex.
It is a hugely sociable space and enjoys a rare degree of
privacy, with a paved dining terrace leading out from the kitchen
and a deep level lawn beyond, complete with raised sun terrace to
the rear to catch the last of the day‘s sun light and further side
terrace with views back down across the garden.
Walled to three sides it is a remarkably safe and secure garden
for children of all ages and size to enjoy; overlooked and accessed
as it is from both the kitchen and sitting room above.
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