A recently renovated, Grade II listed, 1830's detached family home, conveniently located in central Tunbridge Wells

Description

58 Grosvenor Road is a handsome Grade II listed Georgian villa, which has been recently renovated from bottom to top, including the installation of a new kitchen and utility, bathrooms, and new flooring throughout. The accommodation has a range of period-style features, including high ceilings, picture rails, ceiling roses, sash multipaned windows, and handsome cast iron decorative fireplaces.

This spacious family home offers flexible accommodation, with triple folding doors opening from the sitting room into the dining room, creating an ideal space for entertaining. There is a further reception room, with a feature brick fireplace and wooden decorative surround that offers a more formal dining room or a second sitting room/snug. Steps lead down to the cellar.

The newly installed kitchen, with shaker-style solid wood units, has a range of new integrated appliances, including a dishwasher, oven, and hob, whilst the utility includes a fridge/freezer, washer, and dryer. A contemporary shower room, fitted with modern black towel rail and fittings completes the ground floor accommodation.

An impressive staircase rises from bottom to top, leading to the first-floor accommodation comprising three double bedrooms with multi-panelled sash windows, and a newly fitted bathroom with LVT flooring, a modern freestanding bath, shower, and a sink basin with storage below. A separate WC with a corner sink basin completes the accommodation.

To the rear is a good-sized gravel garden, with a fenced boundary to the side with a gate opening to a shared side alley that offers a right of way into 58 Grosvenor Road garden from the road, and a walled boundary to the rear. The garden has a raised flower bed and a mature yew and silver birch.

Location

Situated in central Tunbridge Wells, the only spa town in the Southeast of England, with elegant architecture and a variety of cultural, entertainment and shopping attractions, including the historic Pantiles, known for its charming Georgian colonnade, summer Jazz festivals, regular food and craft markets and Chalybeate Spring; there are two theatres locally, an abundance of cafés and restaurants and a mixture of national multiple retailers and independent shops.

The house is within immediate reach of the very good amenities in St Johns, with a number of "mini-supermarkets available, such as Sainsburys Local, M&S Food and Waitrose" , cafés, bars and restaurants, hairdressers and good variety of local independent shops, including The Cheese Shop, The Bloom Foundry, Phoenix Antiques and Best Health Food Shop Tunbridge Wells.

The property is also within convenient reach of the Tunbridge Wells Sports Centre, The Common with its network of criss-cross footpaths leading to local landmark Wellington Rocks and the Higher Common Ground cricket pitch offering a wealth of opportunities for walking and recreation. There are tennis facilities at the Nevill grounds and the renowned Nevill Golf Club is within convenient reach, and access to local cycle routes.

State and Private Schools: There are many highly-regarded schools in the close vicinity, including Skinners, TWGGS, TWGSB, St John’s CE primary, Bennett Memorial Diocesan and St Gregory’s secondaries all within a mile of the property.

Mainline rail: High Brooms (about 1.3 miles) and Tunbridge Wells (about 0.9 miles), with fast and frequent services to London Charing Cross (via London Bridge and Waterloo East) and Cannon Street with journey times from 50 minutes.

The Centaur Commuter Coach service also stops along the St John's Road.

Communications: The A26 joins the A21 just North of the town, linking through to the M25 (junction 5) London orbital motorway, and thereby to the national motorway network, and to the South coast. Gatwick Airport is about 23 miles to the West, accessible via the motorway or via the A264.

Square Footage: 1,640 sq ft



Additional Info

Agents note: 58 Grosvenor Road is in Tunbridge Wells conservation area.

Agents note: All of the integrated appliances are newly installed. The current owner will not register the guarantees to allow the purchaser to register these directly.

Services: Mains Electricity, Water and Drainage. Gas-fired central heating.

Council Tax: The property has recently been converted from commercial use to residential use, and is not yet banded with Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. The application to change the property from Commercial to Residential was permitted by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in 2019 (19/01561/FULL). The current owners will be applying to the council to sign off the change of use and to have the property banded for Council Tax.