House For Sale £1,350,000
Overview
In brief
This stunning three bedroom house in the Meadway Estate conservation area retains many of the striking original features which make these properties so desirable. Built in the mid-1920s in the ‘Tudorbethan’ style, it combines red brick and pebbledash, half-timbered features, and gables outside, and leaded lights, coloured glass, timber beams and fireplaces inside, to create a pleasing rustic effect reminiscent of earlier Arts & Crafts architecture.
It's in a great location, not only in terms of its position on the avenue, with an open aspect to the front and privacy at the back, but also due to its proximity to key amenities including local shops on the High Street, Southgate town centre and tube station, excellent primary and secondary schools, and the landscaped lake and gardens of Grovelands Park.
Property description
This property is such a visual feast that it’s hard to know where to start. From its lovely front garden and facade to its glorious back garden, and everything in between, it has a lot to offer. With over 1,500 square feet of space, including eaves storage and the garage, and a garden that extends to over 100 ft, it is a great family home both inside and out.
The house is set back from the road behind a large front garden with areas of lawn, York stone paving, and mature bushes and trees, and space to park three or four cars. There is a single garage to the side of the house, which could be easily incorporated as additional living space subject to planning permission.
The ground floor has a traditional layout, with a large square hallway reception, a spacious living room, and a separate kitchen and dining room. The hall reception is a particularly impressive room, setting the tone for the rest of the house, with a brick fireplace with a gothic style arch, and feature oak vertical beams, mantel shelf, and high plate shelf. There is also a contemporary shower room on this floor which is large enough to be converted into a WC and utility room if preferred.
The main living room to the rear is a lovely space, with a modern Morso stove and space for several sofas. It’s filled with natural light from windows on two sides, including a large bay window overlooking the garden which has a French door to the York-stone terrace outside. The adjacent dining room has dramatic original features, with extensive timber panelling, an ornate brick fireplace, and two charming coloured-glass casement windows in addition to a large window to the front of the house.
The handmade Smallbone kitchen cabinets match the overall aesthetic of the property in terms of both materials and dimensions, and are complemented by a gleaming granite worktop and both integrated and freestanding appliances. With views of the garden from a window above the sink and a door to the terrace, this room is a perfect combination of the beautiful and the useful.
The first floor is equally spacious, with three double bedrooms, a family bathroom, and lots of storage space. In its current configuration, there is a main bedroom to the front with an adjacent large dressing room and a second large bedroom to the rear. Both rooms are very generous in size extending to over 15 feet, with original fireplaces and bespoke storage cupboards which line the walls and maximise the use of the eaves space. The dressing room is, in fact, a third double bedroom, and could easily be returned to this use by removing the wall of built-in wardrobes.
The back garden is truly an Arcadian idyll, with a heady mix of mature planting, with flowers, shrubs, and trees bordering a lush green lawn and framing uninterrupted sky views, thanks to the similarly long back gardens beyond. The large York stone terrace adjacent to the back of the house with doors to both the living room and the kitchen is perfect for eating al fresco, entertaining, and watching the sun go down.
This house brings together the old and the new to create a coherent and contemporary ambience. The extensive use of oak in the interior, from the sills to the stairs, taps into the increasing popularity of natural materials, whilst showcasing the unique character of this property.
Local life
The house sits at the heart of the Meadway Estate, which was developed over the course of the 1920s, with a rural layout enhanced by bushes and trees on the verges, greens at road junctions, allotment gardens, and tennis courts. Although the latter are long gone, the now mature trees and low hedges give the area the feel of a garden suburb, and this is a key factor in its enduring appeal.
The spectacular Grade II* listed Grovelands Park, with 40 acres landscaped by the great 18th century gardener Humphry Repton and overlooked by Grovelands, a large classical villa designed by John Nash (now the Priory hospital) is virtually on the doorstep, less than a quarter of a mile away.
Art Deco Southgate tube station is just a seven minute walk away, with frequent trains into central London taking about twenty minutes. Winchmore Hill and Palmers Green Overground stations are both approximately 20 minute walks, with direct trains to Moorgate.
With the North Circular Road a mile to the south and the M25 four miles to the north, driving around or out of London is easy. | Council tax band: G
In brief
This stunning three bedroom house in the Meadway Estate conservation area retains many of the striking original features which make these properties so desirable. Built in the mid-1920s in the ‘Tudorbethan’ style, it combines red brick and pebbledash, half-timbered features, and gables outside, and leaded lights, coloured glass, timber beams and fireplaces inside, to create a pleasing rustic effect reminiscent of earlier Arts & Crafts architecture.
It's in a great location, not only in terms of its position on the avenue, with an open aspect to the front and privacy at the back, but also due to its proximity to key amenities including local shops on the High Street, Southgate town centre and tube station, excellent primary and secondary schools, and the landscaped lake and gardens of Grovelands Park.
Property description
This property is such a visual feast that it’s hard to know where to start. From its lovely front garden and facade to its glorious back garden, and everything in between, it has a lot to offer. With over 1,500 square feet of space, including eaves storage and the garage, and a garden that extends to over 100 ft, it is a great family home both inside and out.
The house is set back from the road behind a large front garden with areas of lawn, York stone paving, and mature bushes and trees, and space to park three or four cars. There is a single garage to the side of the house, which could be easily incorporated as additional living space subject to planning permission.
The ground floor has a traditional layout, with a large square hallway reception, a spacious living room, and a separate kitchen and dining room. The hall reception is a particularly impressive room, setting the tone for the rest of the house, with a brick fireplace with a gothic style arch, and feature oak vertical beams, mantel shelf, and high plate shelf. There is also a contemporary shower room on this floor which is large enough to be converted into a WC and utility room if preferred.
The main living room to the rear is a lovely space, with a modern Morso stove and space for several sofas. It’s filled with natural light from windows on two sides, including a large bay window overlooking the garden which has a French door to the York-stone terrace outside. The adjacent dining room has dramatic original features, with extensive timber panelling, an ornate brick fireplace, and two charming coloured-glass casement windows in addition to a large window to the front of the house.
The handmade Smallbone kitchen cabinets match the overall aesthetic of the property in terms of both materials and dimensions, and are complemented by a gleaming granite worktop and both integrated and freestanding appliances. With views of the garden from a window above the sink and a door to the terrace, this room is a perfect combination of the beautiful and the useful.
The first floor is equally spacious, with three double bedrooms, a family bathroom, and lots of storage space. In its current configuration, there is a main bedroom to the front with an adjacent large dressing room and a second large bedroom to the rear. Both rooms are very generous in size extending to over 15 feet, with original fireplaces and bespoke storage cupboards which line the walls and maximise the use of the eaves space. The dressing room is, in fact, a third double bedroom, and could easily be returned to this use by removing the wall of built-in wardrobes.
The back garden is truly an Arcadian idyll, with a heady mix of mature planting, with flowers, shrubs, and trees bordering a lush green lawn and framing uninterrupted sky views, thanks to the similarly long back gardens beyond. The large York stone terrace adjacent to the back of the house with doors to both the living room and the kitchen is perfect for eating al fresco, entertaining, and watching the sun go down.
This house brings together the old and the new to create a coherent and contemporary ambience. The extensive use of oak in the interior, from the sills to the stairs, taps into the increasing popularity of natural materials, whilst showcasing the unique character of this property.
Local life
The house sits at the heart of the Meadway Estate, which was developed over the course of the 1920s, with a rural layout enhanced by bushes and trees on the verges, greens at road junctions, allotment gardens, and tennis courts. Although the latter are long gone, the now mature trees and low hedges give the area the feel of a garden suburb, and this is a key factor in its enduring appeal.
The spectacular Grade II* listed Grovelands Park, with 40 acres landscaped by the great 18th century gardener Humphry Repton and overlooked by Grovelands, a large classical villa designed by John Nash (now the Priory hospital) is virtually on the doorstep, less than a quarter of a mile away.
Art Deco Southgate tube station is just a seven minute walk away, with frequent trains into central London taking about twenty minutes. Winchmore Hill and Palmers Green Overground stations are both approximately 20 minute walks, with direct trains to Moorgate.
With the North Circular Road a mile to the south and the M25 four miles to the north, driving around or out of London is easy. | Council tax band: G
