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6 College Road is a once in a generation opportunity; a much
loved family home for sale for the first time some 66 years. Due to
its length of ownership it is uniquely intact; with many of its
beautiful period features still fully retained and working.
It affords any new owner an exciting and rare opportunity to
renovate and refurbish as much or as little as they like and put
their own stamp on this effortlessly charming and beautifully
proportioned family home.
Accessed from College Road via a pillared entrance there is off
street parking for one car, and side access down to the annex and
private garden beyond.
A dressed stone arch with a delightful carved head above and
original wooden door gives access into a generous entrance lobby,
with more than enough space to create a formal coat and boot
room.
A part glazed door leads into the welcoming entrance hall, with
its stripped wooden parquet floor running throughout much of the
hall floor and beautiful curved balustrade staircase leading to the
galleried landing above; illuminated by an oversize arched sash
window, flooding the hall and landing with natural light.
From here, there is access to a useful cloakroom with a w.c and
wash basin, as well as butler‘s pantry and a staircase leading down
to the lower ground floor.
The hall floor reception rooms are exquisite; with a delightful
25‘ dining room with a triple sash bay window, complete with
working shutters. Many of the property‘s period features remain
including sash windows, shutters, ceiling plasterwork and original
fireplaces.
Adjacent to the dining room is the charming sitting room
overlooking the rear garden with three shuttered sash windows
providing natural light and a stunning carved marble fireplace with
an open hearth below. It is a wonderfully relaxed and very private
room, catching much of the midday and afternoon sun.
Adjacent to this lies the kitchen with a door leading out into
the rear garden. At present it comprises a range of floor and wall
mounted storage with a solid fuel AGA and free standing cooker. We
suspect that, subject to the necessary consents, this could be
opened up to the sitting room to create a truly fabulous full width
family space, overlooking and leading out into the garden.
Up the sweeping staircase lie two floors of accommodation
providing some seven bedrooms and three bath shower rooms. This
space creates an opportunity for any new owner to configure the
floor plan to best suit their own family needs.
There is an obvious master suite on the first floor to the front
of the house, and more than enough bedrooms to adapt into dressing
rooms studies or additional bathrooms if required.
On the top floor is a particularly impressive bedroom, currently
dressed as a home office long before one became de rigueur with
oblique views out towards Clifton College.
It is difficult to imagine a more versatile and spacious
footprint than these two floors present, and the triple aspect of
an east, south and westerly orientation affords the house an
unusual amount of natural light to all the floors.
At present, the lower ground floor is split with accessible
reception and generous utility space to the rear accessed from the
main house; and a self contained studio apartment independently
accessed to the front.
Over the years the family have let the studio to young actors
and actresses from The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School; but it could
equally be opened up to create either a larger self contained
apartment, or additional family space accessed from the main house
if required.
To the rear is a family games room complete with the original
kitchen range along with a large utility room with a Belfast sink
and flagstone floor. There is plenty of additional storage, as well
as access out into the garden. Much like the upper floors, this
floor creates a huge amount of opportunity and future potential for
any new owner to explore.
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