6 bedroom character property for sale

* NO UPWARD CHAIN *

Located on the highly regarded, wide, tree-lined Woodland Avenue in the heart of Stoneygate, this stunning 6 bedroom Edwardian villa retains an abundance of original features and has been sympathetically restored. The property boasts a superb living kitchen and a compact, city garden.

Although there is no allocated car standing, on-street parking is readily available to the front of the house.

Location - Woodland Avenue is a wide, tree-lined street located in the heart of Stoneygate, long regarded as one of the most sought after residential locations within Leicester. The area is popular for its convenience to both state and private schooling, shopping facilities found along the nearby Allandale Road/Francis Street Parades, Queens Road in neighbouring Clarendon Park and the city centre, with its professional quarters and mainline railway station with access to London St Pancras in just over an hour.

Accommodation - The property is entered via a part leaded, stained glazed door into an elegant and spacious reception hall with leaded, stained glazed windows to the front and side, beautiful original Minton tiled flooring, a cast iron feature fireplace, period ceiling coving and dado rails, housing the return staircase to the first floor and providing access to the cellar. The sitting room has a part leaded bay window to the front with shutters, a feature tiled fireplace with a gas living flame effect fire, period ceiling rose, coving and picture rails, two contemporary vertical radiators. The beautifully appointed kitchen boasts an excellent range of blue Shaker style eye and base level units and soft-closing drawers, quartz preparation surfaces and upstands, twin Belfast sinks with a brass mixer tap above, a five-ring cooker set within a tiled chimneybreast with cupboards either side, quartz worktops above and quartz metro tiled splashbacks, an integrated dishwasher, a contemporary vertical radiator, inset ceiling spotlights, oak flooring and is open plan to the living/dining room, with a feature wood fireplace surround with an inset cast iron living flame effect fire, two bespoke, floorstanding storage units, oak flooring, period ceiling rose, coving and picture rails, decorative architrave, part leaded windows and a door onto the rear garden. An inner lobby provides access to the rear garden, a cloakroom with a two piece suite and a utility room with eye and base level units, wooden worktops, an inset with sink unit and drainer, plumbing for an automatic washing machine and a window to the side.

The galleried first floor landing has a window to the front and houses the return staircase to the second floor. The master bedroom has a part leaded bay window to the front elevation, a feature cast iron fireplace with tiled inset and hearth, solid wood flooring, period ceiling coving and picture rails. Bedroom two is a double and has a sash window to the rear elevation, stripped floorboards, a feature cast iron fireplace with tiled inset and hearth, period ceiling coving and picture rails. Bedroom three has a window to the front, period ceiling coving and picture rails. Bedroom four has a window to the side. The luxurious family bathroom has a window to the side and a contemporary white four piece suite comprising a freestanding slipper bath with chrome shower attachment, a low flush WC, pedestal wash hand basin, a double tiled shower cubicle with rainforest and personals shower heads, towel rail with radiator, inset ceiling spotlights, part tiled walls and tiled floor.

The second floor landing has a window to the side and houses a useful walk-in storage area. Bedroom five is a double and has a double glazed window to the front, a feature cast iron fireplace with a tiled hearth, picture rails and stripped floorboards. Bedroom six is a double and has picture rails and a double glazed window to the rear. A shower room completes the accommodation, with a three piece suite comprising low flush WC, wash hand basin with cupboard under, a shower cubicle with rainforest and personal shower heads, built-in shelving, towel rail with radiator, inset ceiling spotlights, electric shaver point, part tiled walls and floor.

Outside - The property enjoys a compact, city garden which is easily maintained, with an astroturf lawn, mature borders, a patio entertaining area, gated side access and fully fenced boundaries.

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