Spacious rooms and a beautiful garden are on offer in the handsome mid-Victorian residence in Richmond Hill Road, Edgbaston.
The three storey brick house, built in 1876, has been comprehensively improved by the current owner and covers some 6406 square feet.
There are charming period features throughout the house with high ceilings, deep skirting boards, carved architraves, decorative plasterwork, elegant cornicing and sash windows.
The driveway is secluded and surrounded by shrubs and trees. Wide stone steps lead up to a large solid wood double doors set beneath an impressive Gothic porch.
Inside the hallway has a curved staircase to the first floor, a plaster ceiling rose, cornicing, feature arch, original architraves and a dado rail up to the first floor.
In the elegant drawing room there is a large bay into the garden and French doors to the terrace, cornicing, frieze above the picture rail and an open working fireplace with painted marble mantle, marble back and hearth.
The dining room also has a large bay, this one to the front. It has fine cornicing, ceiling rose, picture rail with friezes above, wooden flooring, marble fireplace with marble back and hearth, and living flame gas fire.
A morning room has wide windows and French doors onto the terrace, coving and ceiling rose, picture rail and frieze. The white painted open fireplace with marble hearth and surround is flanked by fitted book shelves. There is lovely plaster detail to the inner panels of the door which is typically Victorian.
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An inner hall has original Minton flooring that gives access to the breakfast room, kitchen, utility area, cloakroom and access to the gardens.
The breakfast room has two windows onto the front garden, cream ceramic floor tiles, floor to ceiling original cupboard, a door to a butler’s pantry and another to the cellars.
In the kitchen there are cream coloured fitted units, a continuous granite work surface, space for a range cooker with an extractor hood above, an integrated Bosch dishwasher, drawer space and wall mounted corner display units.
The utility room has plumbing for both a washing machine and tumble dryer, storage and work surfaces. The cloakroom has a toilet and basin with vanity unit underneath. Outside the room is a door onto the terrace and garden.
The elegant staircase has the original oak balustrade. On the half landing are three windows which reach the second floor.
The master bedroom looks out onto the garden through sash windows. Wardrobes are fitted to both sides of the chimney breast. An en suite has a bath, shower cubicle, twin basins and a toilet.
Bedroom two has sash windows to the front and is currently used as a study. There is coving and a handsome fireplace.
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Bedroom three has two windows to the gardens, fitted wardrobes and a basin with cupboards beneath.
The fourth bedroom is another large double with sash windows to the front, wardrobes and vanity unit with basin.
The spacious family bathroom has a white suite with panelled bath, toilet, bidet, shower cubicle, basin and vanity unit. An original cast iron fireplace with tiles glazed in a rich claret colour is a charming feature.
The ironing room has a full length linen cupboard and a walk-in airing cupboard.
On the second floor there are four more rooms.
Bedroom five has an en suite with shower, basin and toilet. Bedroom six is a play room with exposed beams to the ceiling and enough space for a snooker or table tennis table. Bedrooms seven and eight both have Gothic arch features and charming fireplaces.
Off the landing is a deep store room which has a further door into the eaves.
There is a three chamber cellar reached from the breakfast room and external access to two further chambers from the courtyard.
The original coach house works as a tandem garage. It could be converted into an annexe subject to planning consent.
There is also a potting shed and a blue brick courtyard.
Outside the house is a terrace that overlooks the impressive garden. This has well-stocked borders, tall shrubs, mature trees and a lovely lawned area. In the spring there is splendid show of rhododendrons.
VIEWING INFORMATION
AGENT: Robert Powell
TEL: 0121 454 6930
WEB: www.robertpowell.co.uk
GUIDE PRICE: £1,800,000