5 bedroom terraced house for sale

An attractive Victorian three-storey villa boasting spacious accommodation and beautiful original features, positioned on a leafy and quiet tree-lined Victorian road in the heart of the fashionable suburb of Stoneygate.

Location - Alexandra Road is a quiet location, despite being just off the A6 London Road and Stoneygate Road, offering excellent access to the city centre, professional quarters and mainline railway station. Popular local state and private schooling is nearby, as are the fashionable Allandale Road/Francis Street shopping parades in Stoneygate, providing a range of trendy bars and boutiques, the Queens Road shopping parade in Clarendon Park, green space at Victoria Park and the historic New Walk, a Georgian pedestrian promenade leading into the city.

Accommodation - The property is entered via an entrance vestibule with original tiled flooring and dado rails with a stained and leaded glazed inner door leading to the entrance hall which has original floor tiling, decorative ceiling coving, houses the stairs to the first floor and a ground floor cloakroom with a two piece suite. The front reception room has a bay window to the front elevation, a feature marble fireplace with an ornate cast iron inset real flame effect gas fire, decorative ceiling rose, coving and picture rails and polished stripped floorboards. The rear reception room has a feature cast iron fireplace with tiled inserts and a real flame effect gas fire, decorative ceiling coving, rose and picture rails, polished stripped floorboards and a door with windows either side leading onto the rear garden. The third reception room has a window to the side, an AGA set within a chimneybreast recess with a built-in cupboard to the side, inset ceiling spotlights, slate tiled flooring and is open to the kitchen. The kitchen has a window to the side, a range of stainless steel preparation surfaces and shelving, stainless steel sink and drainer unit, white appliance space, slate tiled flooring and houses the wall mounted boiler. The utility room has a door to the side elevation, tiled flooring and provides plumbing for an automatic washing machine. The Basement is perfect for many uses, having built-in storage, inset ceiling spotlights and a uPVC double glazed window to the front.

To the first floor is a split level landing providing access to the loft space and housing the stairs to the second floor. The master bedroom has a bay window and further window to the front elevation, an ornate cast iron fireplace with tiled insert and hearth and ceiling coving. Bedroom four has a window to the rear, a wooden fireplace with a cast iron fire, tiled insert and hearth. The contemporary bathroom has a window to the side, a wall mounted wash hand basin with mixer tap, mirror and lights above, an oval freestanding bath with shower attachment and a walk-in shower enclosure with fixed rainforest and flexible shower heads, heated chrome towel rail, fully tiled walls and tiled flooring. A separate WC with window provides a high flush suite. Bedroom five has a window to the rear and a cast iron fireplace surround.

To the second floor is a landing with a double glazed skylight window to the rear elevation.
Bedroom two (part restricted head height) has a window to the front elevation and boasts a fantastic range of built-in wardrobes cupboards. Bedroom three (part restricted head height) has a window to the rear elevation and a wooden fireplace with inset cast iron fire.

Outside - To the front of the property is a gated, walled forecourt. To the rear of the property is an attractive walled, paved courtyard garden with a variety of shrubs and plants and gated access to a rear pedestrian entry providing bin storage and access to Alexandra Road.

Directional Note - Proceed out of Leicester via the A6 London Road, passing over the Victoria Park roundabout and eventually taking a left hand turn into Alexandra Road where the property can be located on the left hand side.

Tenure & Council Tax - Tenure: Freehold
Local Authority: Leicester City Council
Tax Band: D