House for sale in Gorst Road, off Wandsworth Common, SW11 - 5 bedrooms, 4 reception rooms, 3 bathrooms

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This beautiful semi-detached double-fronted Victorian house occupies an enviable spot in this quiet, leafy and exclusive cul-de-sac just off Wandsworth Common.  At just over 3000 sq ft, it has wonderful family accommodation spread out over a wide plot, superb living space, a delightful walled garden and extensive cellars.  It’s ideally positioned close to good transport links, fashionable Northcote Road and excellent schools.

• Side Access for Bikes
• Entrance Hall
• Double Reception Room
• Dining Room open to:
• Kitchen / Breakfast Room
• Family Room
• Ground Floor WC
• Utility Room
• Extensive Cellars
• Lawned Garden 34’ x 29’
• Master Bedroom
• En Suite Dressing Area
• Roof Terrace
• 3 Bath / Shower rooms
• 4 Further Double Bedrooms
• 3006 SQ.FT / 279.2 SQ.M
• London Borough of Wandsworth

For growing families, double-fronted houses quite simply offer the most practical and spacious ground floor layouts, with living rooms on both sides of the hall. Even some of the largest single-fronted houses are built on virtually the same floor plan as the smaller ones so you only ever end up with a double reception and a large kitchen. If, however, you long for that elusive third reception room without having to hire in the excavators for nine months then double-fronted it must be. Whether it’s you wanting to escape the kids or them wanting to escape you there’s enough space to keep everyone happy and this lovely semi-detached example, one of only a handful in this highly desirable cul-de-sac, is no exception.

The ground floor here has been extended to provide additional utility space with WC and a delightfully light family room opening onto the garden. In addition there is a kitchen and three receptions (two of which have been knocked together to form a superb 27’ double drawing room with doors to the garden). This area of the garden provides an excellent sheltered spot for “al fresco” dining and in turn leads onto the main section of garden which is lawned and walled with some very well established trees including plum and cherry. The garden faces North-West and receives good summer sunshine. There is handy side access from the front through to the rear garden which has been partially covered over allowing for dry storage of bikes etc. The extensive cellar rooms provide fantastic clean dry storage. They also offer potential for further development subject to consents.

Upstairs all three bath / shower rooms have been updated in a stylish contemporary fashion with sleek limestone tiling, under-floor heating and high-quality fittings and all feature good showers. There are five double bedrooms in total. The master bedroom is built into the roof space and has an en-suite dressing area (which would have been a sixth bedroom) and its own adjacent bathroom. It features a number of skylights making it incredibly light and these also afford great views towards The City. Alongside is a roof terrace which receives the sun very late on into the evening. All this occupies the whole the top floor giving the master “suite” a lovely private feel. On the first floor are the remaining four double bedrooms all of which have fitted wardrobes. One of these has en suite facilities whilst the other three share the family bathroom.

As a cul-de-sac Gorst Road gets almost no through traffic, which ensures it remains a nice safe and quiet residential street, and has a great sense of community helped along by the annual Gorst Road dinner convention that’s still going great guns. It’s close to Wandsworth Common (100 yards) and is within easy reach of good schools such as Northcote Lodge, Honeywell, Thomas’, Belleville, and Broomwood Hall as well as numerous local nurseries. It is an interesting road constructed c.1882-3 on the former site of Dents House estate, consisting mainly of pairs of Victorian semi-detached houses. Transport is excellent as the house is a quarter mile from the mainline train station at Wandsworth Common. Clapham South tube (Northern Line) and Clapham Junction BR stations both are about three quarters of a mile away and access The City and West End. The green spaces of both Wandsworth and Clapham Commons are also very close by. The increasingly diverse range of specialist shops, bar/ restaurants and thriving street market on Northcote Road has dramatically increased its popularity as a shopping parade in recent years and Bellevue Road’s parade of shops and café / restaurants is just a stroll over the common. There is further high-street convenience shopping including numerous supermarkets at Clapham South or Clapham Junction.

property reference: JTRA999000700

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