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" ATTRACTIVE SEMI DETACHED HOUSE CLOSE TO NORTON COMMON CONVENIENT FOR STATION AND TOWN CENTRE

THE LOCATION Cowslip Hill is a popular and established residential road just to the north of the town centre. No 6 is only 0.6 miles from the mainline railway station and the main shopping area. Norton Common is within 200 yards. The fastest train service to London Kings Cross taking just 28 minutes and Cambridge 27 minutes away in the other direction. Junction 9 on the A1(M) is about 2? miles away by car. Designed in the early 20th Century to combine the benefits of town and country, Letchworth Garden city was the world?s first example of this concept and succeeds to this day in achieving its aim. The town provides excellent schools, shops and leisure facilities. THE ACCOMMODATION Hall | Dining Room 12'2' x 12'2' | Sitting Room 14'0' x 12'2' max | Kitchen 16'2' x 7'2

Landing | Master Bedroom 14'2' x 10'11' | Bedroom Two 12'1' x 11'0' | Bedroom Three 8'6' x 7'4' | Bathroom 7'7' x 6'1' THE PROPERTY This attractive semi detached home benefits from gas fired central heating and uPVC double-glazed windows and doors and provides well proportioned accommodation including three good bedrooms, modern bathroom and fitted kitchen. OUTSIDE The house sits on a plot measuring about 125' by 28' with the rear garden being about 78' in length. The front garden is screened from the road by a mature hedge with shrub borders and laid to a brick paved driveway and parking area providing good OFF-STREET PARKING. The driveway extends along the side of the house and leads to the detached GARAGE. The rear garden is laid to lawn with paved patio and ornamental trees. NORTON COMMON Norton Common is a Local Nature Reserve in the heart of Letchworth. Here you can explore woodland alive with birds, roam through grassland full of wild flowers, find mineral-rich springs feeding the Pix Brook and see traces of ancient farming. Many paths cross the Common, some of them surfaced. The springs have created an area of marshy grassland, a rare and valuable habitat for plants and animals. Look for southern marsh orchid, meadow cranesbill, wild mint, cowslips, lady?s bedstraw, blue harebell and wild carrot (whose leaves really do smell of carrots).

Wildlife includes muntjac, a small deer introduced to this country from China. They are usually seen in ones or twos, never in herds. An increasingly common sight are black squirrels, a variant of the grey squirrel, which is the same species. Many butterflies, dragonflies and other insects are also to be seen.

The grassland is mown annually, preventing the spread of bushes and helping promote the wide range of species. It is hoped that cattle will return to do this job the traditional way. The woodland is not old; much has grown up in the last 100 years. Thorn and elder bushes are slowly giving way to trees ? ash, oak and sycamore have seeded themselves whilst several other species have been planted. They provide many places for birds to roost, feed and nest. Species include tawny owl, woodpeckers, bullfinch, song thrush and, in summer, chiff chaff and blackcap. Coppicing along the woodland edges creates low bushes favoured by many birds and insects. EPC RATING Band - D SERVICES Mains water, sewerage, gas and electricity are connected to the property. TENURE - FREEHOLD LOCAL AUTHORITY North Herts District Council
Gernon Road
Letchworth Garden City
Hertfordshire SG6 3BQ

Tel: 01462 474000
www.north-herts.gov.uk COUNCIL TAX Band - D VIEWING APPOINTMENTS All viewing and negotiations strictly through Charter Whyman. "