Detached house for sale in Manor Road, St. Albans AL1

A beautifully presented six bedroom detached period residence situated in this highly sought after residential location. Arranged over four floors, the house comprises well-planned and spacious accommodation creating a wonderful environment for family living and entertaining. Sympathetically extended and refurbished, the house offers an ideal blend of character features and contemporary finishes. An impressive reception hall with tiled flooring leads to the principle reception rooms. The spacious living and dining rooms are connected by a set of double doors, both with feature fireplaces and doors from the dining room leading to the garden. To the front of the house is the office. To the rear of the property is the stunning kitchen and breakfast room with extensive range of solid wood wall and base unit and integrated appliances. From the breakfast room two sets of full-height windows with glazed double doors offer views and access to the rear garden and terrace. From the kitchen is a utility room and a guest cloakroom completes the ground floor accommodation. Steps lead down to the basement, which has been converted into a television room. A wide staircase with ornate balustrading leads to the split-level first floor landing with feature stained glass window to the rear. The main suite comprises a dressing area with steps up to the bedroom and en-suite shower room. There are three further double bedrooms, with an en-suite shower room to bedroom two and a family bathroom with free-standing claw foot bath. On the top floor are two bedrooms and a further shower room.
The house has retained some delightful character features including high ceilings, sash windows, refurbished fireplaces and wooden flooring. Keeping the house up to date there is cat 6 cabling, wireless cage and sonos speaker fitments.

Outside

To the front of the property is a garden with a driveway providing off-street parking for two cars. The rear garden, which is beautifully landscaped comprises an extensive lawn, terrace seating and water feature. Beyond the main garden is an additional section, which is well shielded by a variety of mature trees and shrubs providing a secluded decked terrace. To the side of the property is a store room (previously the garage). The house sits within a 1⁄4 acre plot with the garden measuring approximately 102’.

Situation

The house is ideally located in the heart of the historical city of St Albans close to a comprehensive range of shopping, restaurants and leisure facilities. Locally there is an excellent selection of schooling, both state and private. Within 0.4 miles is St Albans City Station, providing a fast-train service to London St Pancras International and Kings Cross with interconnecting Eurostar service direct to Brussels, Paris & Amsterdam. The M25 is available at junction 21A connecting to the national motorway network. The surrounding countryside provides for an abundance of leisure activities including walking, riding, numerous golf courses, leisure centres and many areas of historical interest.