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£700,0002 bedroom townhouse for sale
Dorset Road, Lewes
Study
Townhouse
2 beds
1 bath
Key information
Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Band E
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Features and description
- Tenure: Freehold
Charles Wycherley Independent Estate Agents are delighted to announce the sale of this fine 3 storey town house requiring modernisation. The property is in Dorset Road, a much coveted Southover cul-de-sac on the north side. The house 2 double bedrooms on the 1st floor with potential for a roof conversion STPP. The ground floor has a front sitting room with central study leading to a rear bathroom with an additional cloakroom. The lower ground floor has two rooms with a family room and a kitchen with separate entrance from Dorset Road although this floor is often made into an open plan room. There is also a rear long garden with a gate to the rear entrance from Garden Street. The property has original features and gas central heating.
Dorset Road is a very sought after Lewes location. This is a cul-de-sac off Garden Street, with the idyllic Grange gardens and a stones throw from Lewes Railway Station (with trains to London Victoria in approx. 1 hour, London Bridge 90 mins and Brighton approx. 20 mins) opposite the Depot Cinema. There are excellent walks over playing fields to the countryside via Mountfield Road or the nature reserve via Court Road with the South Downs to each end of the town. Lewes High Street is only 5 minutes walk with Lewes Castle with its historical period properties and attractive individual shops, inns and cafés and restaurants. Lewes also has 3 supermarkets.
1ST FLOOR
Landing with hatch to insulated roof space. Sash window to rear garden. Painted wooden balustrades and stairs to ground floor.
BEDROOM 1
(15'8 x 12') Sash window to south aspect to Dorset Road. 2 fitted wardrobe cupboards with hanging space. Fitted central double cupboard.
BEDROOM 2
(11'8 x 9'4) Sash window to rear garden and Lewes High Street. Fitted open shelving. Cast iron Victorian fire place. Exposed floor boards.
GROUND FLOOR
Entrance Hall with original door with glazed panels and overlight. Painted wooden balustrades and stairs to 1st floor landing and lower ground floor. Panelled stairs.
SITTING ROOM / BED 3
(14'8 into bay window x 12'2) Triple aspect feature bay window to Dorset Road to the South. Fitted open shelves. Open fireplace with cast iron grate and insert with rimmed hearth. Cornice. High skirtings and telephone point.
THROUGH STUDY/SITTING ROOM
(9'10 x 6'7) Ceiling rose. Fitted cupboards. Through to:-
SHOWER ROOM
(9'5 x 4'14. Internal walk in shower with glazed shower panel. Modern independent mains shower and double tray. Waterproof walls. Wash basin with cupboards under. Mains multipoint hot water heater.
SEPARATE CLOAKROOM
With low level W.C. Wall cupboard. Window
LOWER GROUND FLOOR
Glazed entrance door to lower hallway. Stairs to ground floor.
DINING/SITTING ROOM
(12 x 11'7) Stone open fireplace with hearth. Sash window to south and Dorset Road. Fitted bureau with stairs and cupboard under.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM
(15 x 4 x 11'10) Stainless steel sink unit with single drainer and worktop with drawers and cupboards under. Scandinanova stainless steel standing cooker with work top to the side with fitted shelves and wall cupboard. Understairs storage area with panelled walls and open shelves. UPVC double glazed door to garden.
OUTSIDE
GARDEN
Brick built external separate cloakroom with low level W.C
Approximately 30ft depth garden with slabbed patio. Raised borders. Rear seating area with trees and shrubs.
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Please note we have not tested any apparatus, fixtures, fittings, or services. Interested parties must undertake their own investigation into the working order of these items. All measurements are approximate and photographs provided for guidance only.
Dorset Road is a very sought after Lewes location. This is a cul-de-sac off Garden Street, with the idyllic Grange gardens and a stones throw from Lewes Railway Station (with trains to London Victoria in approx. 1 hour, London Bridge 90 mins and Brighton approx. 20 mins) opposite the Depot Cinema. There are excellent walks over playing fields to the countryside via Mountfield Road or the nature reserve via Court Road with the South Downs to each end of the town. Lewes High Street is only 5 minutes walk with Lewes Castle with its historical period properties and attractive individual shops, inns and cafés and restaurants. Lewes also has 3 supermarkets.
1ST FLOOR
Landing with hatch to insulated roof space. Sash window to rear garden. Painted wooden balustrades and stairs to ground floor.
BEDROOM 1
(15'8 x 12') Sash window to south aspect to Dorset Road. 2 fitted wardrobe cupboards with hanging space. Fitted central double cupboard.
BEDROOM 2
(11'8 x 9'4) Sash window to rear garden and Lewes High Street. Fitted open shelving. Cast iron Victorian fire place. Exposed floor boards.
GROUND FLOOR
Entrance Hall with original door with glazed panels and overlight. Painted wooden balustrades and stairs to 1st floor landing and lower ground floor. Panelled stairs.
SITTING ROOM / BED 3
(14'8 into bay window x 12'2) Triple aspect feature bay window to Dorset Road to the South. Fitted open shelves. Open fireplace with cast iron grate and insert with rimmed hearth. Cornice. High skirtings and telephone point.
THROUGH STUDY/SITTING ROOM
(9'10 x 6'7) Ceiling rose. Fitted cupboards. Through to:-
SHOWER ROOM
(9'5 x 4'14. Internal walk in shower with glazed shower panel. Modern independent mains shower and double tray. Waterproof walls. Wash basin with cupboards under. Mains multipoint hot water heater.
SEPARATE CLOAKROOM
With low level W.C. Wall cupboard. Window
LOWER GROUND FLOOR
Glazed entrance door to lower hallway. Stairs to ground floor.
DINING/SITTING ROOM
(12 x 11'7) Stone open fireplace with hearth. Sash window to south and Dorset Road. Fitted bureau with stairs and cupboard under.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM
(15 x 4 x 11'10) Stainless steel sink unit with single drainer and worktop with drawers and cupboards under. Scandinanova stainless steel standing cooker with work top to the side with fitted shelves and wall cupboard. Understairs storage area with panelled walls and open shelves. UPVC double glazed door to garden.
OUTSIDE
GARDEN
Brick built external separate cloakroom with low level W.C
Approximately 30ft depth garden with slabbed patio. Raised borders. Rear seating area with trees and shrubs.
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Notice
Please note we have not tested any apparatus, fixtures, fittings, or services. Interested parties must undertake their own investigation into the working order of these items. All measurements are approximate and photographs provided for guidance only.
About this agent
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Formally a partner of Messrs A. Wycherley, Charles has chosen to set up a new exciting venture as Charles Wycherley Estate Agents and Surveyor. As a specialist in Lewes, a town that he loves, and within a ten mile radius including the local villages and hamlets that he knows so well, Charles has unsurpassed knowledge of Lewes property over 30 years of valuing, selling and surveying in the town and area over these many years. Charles was within a fifth generation of estate agent in the Wycherley firm, starting in 1853 in Keere Street, previous generations dealing with Leonard and Virginia Woolf purchasing The Round House, Pipe Passage and most famously Monks House in Rodmell. Three generations alone are mentioned in the popular historical book ‘Mrs Dudeney’s Diary’. Charles Wycherley Estate Agents incorporates the skill, experience and knowledge of 30 years property work in Lewes and being a qualified Chartered Surveyor. This expertise combines with a new clear-cut modern image with new website, particulars, advertising campaign and property portals including Rightmove, to continue strong links with London, Brighton and Hove and throughout the country, to continue to sell in this highly attractive town and area. Charles Wycherley has a B.Sc in Estate Management from South Bank University, working for St. John Smith, Chartered Surveyors, Uckfield in his ‘sandwich’ year, including auction work. He worked at Lewis & Tucker in the West End, doing a full range of property management and then was 2nd Surveyor for Barnard Marcus carrying out full surveys, rent reviews and mortgage valuations in south and west London. Charles returned to the family firm in 1986, qualifying as an Incorporated Valuer in 1985 and then as a Chartered Surveyor in 1990. Charles was Junior Chairman of the RICS Sussex Branch and has won two national auction competitions. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors have now established the qualification of RICS Registered Valuer. Valuations underpin nearly all financial decisions from home mortgage to major investment and corporate finance. We provide probate valuations instructed by Banks, Solicitors, Executors and Beneficiaries,Registered Valuers giving added experience and credence to valuations and indeed his other servicessuch as Structural Surveys,Homebuyers Reports or indeed as agents giving qualifications in aid of the sale of property. Charles Wycherley holds the qualification of RICS Registered Valuer which, where necessary, can be used at the same time as a structural survey, Homebuyers Report or becoming agents for the sale of the property.
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