An elegant, five bedroom Victorian detached home located within the fashionable and highly regarded suburb of Stoneygate, now in need of extensive refurbishment.

Location - London road is situated at the heart of Stoneygate, offering excellent access to the fashionable Allandale Road/Francis Street shopping parades, schooling in the independent and state sector and an abundance of leisure and sporting facilities, together with ease of access into the city centre, the professional quarters, hospital, university and railway station offering mainline access to London St Pancras in little over an hour.

Accommodation - The property is entered via an original open storm porch with quarry tiled flooring and a half glazed inner door leading into the spacious split-level entrance hall, with a decorative archway, housing staircases to the first floor and basement. A ground floor cloakroom provides a utility area with a uPVC double glazed window to the side, a cloaks cupboard, plumbing for low flush WC and washing machine and a Belfast sink with base units beneath The drawing room has a secondary glazed bay window to the front, further secondary glazed windows to the side with decorative archways above, an Inglenook recess for a fire and exposed wooden floorboards. The dining room has a secondary glazed bay window to the front. The open plan dining kitchen has two uPVC double glazed windows overlooking the rear garden and a door, a range of eye and base level units with ample preparation surfaces, sink with mixer tap over, a five-ring gas hob with stainless steel filter chimney extractor over, twin double ovens, separate microwave, dishwasher and integral freezer, leading to a lobby with a balustrade landing area overlooking the stairs to the basement. The family room has a uPVC double glazed window to the rear elevation overlooking the garden, a further window to the side, a gas fire with surround and tiled hearth, picture rail and original built-in cupboards.

The basement offers versatile accommodation thought suitable for numerous uses including conversion into a self-contained annexe and offers the potential to create a kitchen, utility room, reception rooms and bathroom.

To the first floor, a galleried landing with a beautiful stained and leaded glazed window to the side leads to the master bedroom which has a secondary double glazed bay window to the front incorporating a window seat with drawers, a period style real flame effect gas fire with decorative cast-iron inset, slate fire surround and tiled hearth, ceiling coving and rose, picture rails and an en-suite bathroom with a uPVC double glazed window to the side, wash hand basin, low level WC and a corner shower cubicle, part tiled walls, tiled floor and a built-in airing cupboard.

Bedroom two has a secondary double glazed window to the front, built-in wardrobes, bedside cabinets and storage cupboards. Bedroom three has a uPVC double glazed window to the rear, a cast-iron fireplace with marble fire surround, ceiling coving and a built-in cupboard. Bedroom four has two uPVC double glazed windows to the rear, wooden style flooring and access to the loft space. Bedroom five has a uPVC double glazed window to the rear and wooden style flooring. The family bathroom has a secondary double glazed window to the front, a double shower enclosure, plumbing for a pedestal wash hand basin and bath and a built-in corner cupboard.

Outside - The property has a mature hedged frontage providing privacy and twin wrought iron gates leading to a pebbled forecourt providing vehicular off-road parking with a personal wrought iron gate and paved pathway. To the rear of the property are mature gardens with a spacious decked area, pond, lawn, raised flowerbeds and shrubs, and an archway with mature climbers giving access to a double garage (to the rear of the property, approached via shared driveway off Holbrook Road).

Directional Note - Proceed out of Leicester via the A6 London Road in a southerly direction, continue past the Holbrook Road junction, where the property can be located on the right hand side, clearly indicated by the Agents For Sale board.