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5 bedroom townhouse
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- 5 6 bedrooms
- 3 4 reception rooms
- 4 bathrooms
- Wonderful flowing natural light and open space throughout.
- Built in the late 1700s
- Beautiful front and rear gardens.
- 'Standalone' 5 storey terraced house with picturesque vista.
- Uninterupted views of Blackheath Common, Royal Greenwich Park and beyond.
- Rooftop terrace with expansive 180 degree views over London and beyond.
- The chance to purchase an iconic family home in Blackheath.
This imposing freehold Grade II listed house is ideally located in, arguably, the best location in Blackheath and offers wonderful living and entertaining space throughout. With beautiful front and rear gardens and a rooftop terrace, the home enjoys inspiring views across Blackheath Common and Royal Greenwich Park to the front and Crystal Palace, Canary Wharf and The City from the terrace.
Arranged over five floors, with generous ceiling heights and a host of period features throughout, the house is comprised of:
The lower ground floor, currently arranged with a large dining room, utility room and good-sized self-contained apartment which has separate private access. The dining room has a dumb waiter, an inglenook fire place and opens directly to the garden for alfresco dining.
Entered on the ground floor of this gorgeous home, is a large reception room with three sash windows and wooden shutters, offering the perfect vista over entrance grounds and the heath. This charming room leads into a modern kitchen, ideal for entertaining, with a central island, aga and access to a large balcony wrapped around the bay overlooking the well-manicured and pretty garden.
An expansive staircase leads to sumptuous living accommodation spread across the 1st & 2nd floors, offering fantastically bright rooms, with high ceilings and glorious views from all principal rooms.
The 1st floor consists of one of two potential principal bedroom suites overlooking the rear garden with en-suite shower room and walk-in wardrobe. A further large bedroom overlooks the heath as does the large family bathroom.
The 2nd floor offers the 2nd potential principal bedroom suite with two further large bedrooms overlooking the heath together with a guest cloakroom.
The 5th storey of this 'standalone' home consists of a stunning loft style reception room complete with glass roof and has 360 degree views.
Facing South, the rear of the house offers glorious bay shaped rooms across each floor, with beautiful views over the garden. The kitchen has a wrap around balcony whilst the top floor has a roof terrace with far reaching views of this green and leafy part of London.
The house was constructed by a London merchant, Andrew Grote, some time between 1767 and 1771 to form part of the Grotes Buildings terrace comprising 5 fine houses directly overlooking the heath.
Blackheath, situated approximately 6 miles to the south-east of The City Of London and approximately 4 miles from Canary Wharf, comprises a sought after residential location positioned around 270 acres of open heath, which extends to Greenwich Park, Greenwich and the River Thames beyond.
Within a short walk to the village, this picturesque home is ideally located for local shops and restaurants and access to the open spaces of the heath and Greenwich park.
Blackheath has a number of renowned state and private schools. These include Blackheath Prep, Blackheath High, Pointers, Eltham College and Colfes. In nearby Dulwich, Dulwich College, James Allen's Girls School, and Alleyn's can be found. School buses operate from the village. Many of the Kent Grammar Schools are also easily accessible by public train and bus services.
Excellent transport links are available from Blackheath Station (0.2mi / c4mins walk) - 12 mins to London Bridge/Cannon Street and 22 minutes to the West End. Furthermore, the financial hub of Canary Wharf is a short car journey or via a direct DLR service from Lewisham or Greenwich. The Jubilee Line at North Greenwich is one stop to Canary Wharf and 16 minutes to Bond Street.
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