House For Sale £2,000,000
Royal Crescent, Brighton BN2

The Crescent was built in the late 18th and early 19th century. English Heritage has listed the crescent at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance. Each property has a first floor south facing veranda providing outside space and direct sea views. The Crescent is set back from the seafront with residents parking and a gated private garden. There are excellent shopping facilities one block away and good bus connections to the Centre of town and the station, which has frequent fast trains to London.

Number 14, on five floors, retains its original charm and period features, and the grandeur of houses built in this era. It is currently offering five bedrooms, four bathrooms, two/three reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room, balcony and patio area. The property is end of terrace. All the rooms are generously proportioned with high ceilings, large windows allowing in plenty of natural light, original architraves, skirting boards, decorative ceiling cornices, solid oak flooring. It has a large double garage at the rear, with secure access to the property.

On the ground floor, the dining room doubles as a library with built in solid wood shelving. It has a working fireplace with original moulted marble surround. To the rear of the dining room is the kitchen/breakfast room. It has floor to ceiling solid wooden white units with an array of drawers and cupboards, as well as a practical island. There is a large Britannia Range (included in the sale), dual china butler sink, built in dishwasher and Quartz worktops. A large sash window offers views to the tranquil patio garden at the rear. In the hallway there are further cupboards a guest WC and a door to the patio garden. You can enter the garage from the patio.

The lower ground floor can be accessed from the main hallway or from the outside. It is laid out with a large double bedroom and two further rooms to the rear, one of which is currently used as a studio. On this floor there is also a shower room, further storage as well as a tanked wine cellar. The lower ground floor could easily be separated from the main house as a separate property.

Over the entire first floor is a spectacular formal reception room. It has superb sea views. A glass paneled door leads to the original wrought-iron balcony. There is an abundance of original cornices and mouldings and two beautiful marble surround fireplaces.

The second and third floor of the property also offer grand proportions and features such as cornices, sash windows and high ceilings. Spanning both floors there are four double bedrooms, two at the front of the property with stunning sea views, and three bathrooms and a separate WC.