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"An imposing and handsome, three storey period semi detached family home retaining a wealth of original features with a stunning contemporary dining kitchen, six bedrooms and two bathrooms, positioned on this leafy, attractive, tree lined road in the heart of the fashionable suburb of Stoneygate.

Location Alexandra Road is located just off Stoneygate Road providing convenient access to the city centre with its professional quarters, universities, hospital and mainline rail access to London St Pancras in just over an hour. The Allandale Road Francis Street and Queens Road parades are nearby, with a range of boutiques, bars and restaurants, as well as being well placed for access to state and private schooling, the Racecourse and the Botanical Gardens.

Accommodation The property is approached via a porch with tiled flooring, a lantern style light and elaborate stained glazing to an original wood and glazed front door leading into the spacious entrance hall, boasting the beautiful original tiled flooring, ceiling coving, cornicing and arch, housing the stairs to the first floor with storage beneath and access to the useful cellar and a ground floor cloakroom with a two piece suite. The house has two large, elegant reception rooms, the first with a bay window to the side and a further window to the side, a picture rail, ceiling rose and coving and a feature fireplace with an inset gas living flame effect gas fire, marble hearth and back. The second reception room also has a bay window, wooden flooring, a picture rail, ceiling rose and decorative coving, and an inset cast iron wood burning stove on a marble hearth set within the chimneybreast recess. There is a small study with a window to the side.

The superb open plan dining kitchen is the heart of this home, boasting an exceptional range of contemporary base level units and drawers with marble and wooden preparation surfaces over providing breakfast bar space, metro tiled splashbacks and a one and a half bowl sink and drainer unit with a Chef s mixer tap, window and a glazed display cabinet above. Integrated Neff appliances include double ovens, a microwave, five ring gas hob and a dishwasher. There is ample is ample space for a dining table, a further window to the side elevation, tiled flooring and inset ceiling spotlights throughout and French doors leading onto the garden. A utility room with a window to the rear provides further work surfaces, space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer.

The first floor landing has a decorative arch and coving, and houses the stairs to the second floor. The fantastic, spacious master bedroom has sash windows to the front and side, ceiling coving, picture rail, wooden flooring and a feature, ornate cast iron fireplace with marble hearth. The main bathroom is luxurious, with an opaque glazed sash window to the side, a freestanding bath with shower attachment, an enclosed WC, wash hand basin with drawers beneath and mirrored cabinet above, and a shower enclosure, chrome heated towel rail, part tiled walls and tiled floor. Bedroom two has two sash windows to the side, built in wardrobes, ceiling coving and picture rail. Bedroom three has a sash window to the side, a built in cupboard and picture rail. A further bathroom provides a shaped, panelled bath with glazed screen and shower attachment, a wash hand basin set into a vanity top with storage beneath, a built in cupboard, chrome heated towel rail, part tiled walls, tiled floor and a sash window to the rear; there is also a separate WC.

To the second floor is a small landing with a skylight and a built in cupboard. Bedroom four has a window to the side. Bedroom five has two skylights and feature exposed roof purlins. Bedroom six completes the accommodation, having four skylights, feature exposed roof purlins and eaves storage.

Outside The property enjoys a walled and hedged front forecourt with a variety of plants, trees and shrubs. To the side is a block paved driveway providing ample off street car standing and gated access to a single garage. To the rear of the house is am enclosed, block paved courtyard style garden with a variety of trees and plants.

Tenure & Council Tax Tenure Freehold
Local Authority Leicester District Council
Tax Band F

Other Information Listed Status None
Conservation Area Stoneygate
Services All mains services and gas fired central heating & a multi fuel log burner
Broadband delivered to the property Fibre, speed unknown
Non standard construction Believed to be Standard.
Wayleaves, Rights of Way & Covenants None our Clients are Aware of
Flooding issues in the last 5 years None our Clients are Aware of
Accessibility Three storey property, no accessibility modifications made.
Planning issues None our Clients are Aware of

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