House For Sale £775,000
Situated on this popular Stoneygate road, a fantastic, three-storey Victorian semi-detached residence by renowned architect Isaac Barradale, boasting a wealth of original features, having been renovated by the current owners over the past twenty years. The property has two reception rooms plus a stunning living kitchen and dining area, five bedrooms, two bathrooms, ample off street car standing, lawned gardens and a former coach house with planning permission to convert to a two bedroom mews house.
Location - Knighton Drive is located approximately two miles south of city, giving excellent access to the professional and cultural quarters, and mainline railway station. Local shopping can be found along the nearby fashionable shopping parades at Queens Road, Allandale Road and Francis Street. There is also excellent state and private schooling within the area, along with recreational facilities.
Accommodation - The property is entered via an original wooden front door with stained and leaded insert and window above leading into an entrance hall with ceiling coving, picture rail, feature wood fireplace with cast iron surround and tiled hearth, original Minton tiled flooring meeting original wooden flooring approaching the staircase to the first floor, original stained and leaded window to the side, door leading to the cellar which is in excellent condition and is thought ripe for conversion, having a good ceiling height, power and lighting. The dining room has an original sash bay window to the front, ceiling coving, picture rail, a feature cast iron fireplace with tiled hearth and open fire, stripped floorboards. The sitting room has twin wooden doors and floor-to-ceiling windows to the rear leading onto the garden, beautiful original decorative ceiling with coving and picture rail, feature cast iron fireplace with tiled hearth and open fire, stripped floorboards. A rear lobby with a wood and glazed door to the side and stripped floorboards houses a pantry cupboard with a window to the side, floor to ceiling shelving and original tiled flooring. A snug with an original stained and leaded sash window to the side houses a built-in storage cupboard with shelving, a dual aspect cast iron log burner with oak mantel and tiled hearth, stripped floorboards. The stunning living/dining kitchen has a raised dining area with a sash window to the side and shares the dual aspect cast iron log burner with the snug, stripped floorboards, a vaulted ceiling with spotlights and a step down into the kitchen area, with a continuation of the vaulted ceiling with oak beams and spotlights, two wood framed double glazed windows to the side and an excellent range of eye and base level units and soft-closing drawers, ample granite preparation surfaces and splashbacks, an undermounted Belfast sink with granite drainer and stainless steel mixer tap above, a Rangemaster cooker with double oven and grill, five-ring hob with extractor unit above, integrated washing machine and Neff dishwasher and space for a fridge-freezer and tiled flooring. A rear porch with a glazed and wooden door to the rear leading onto the garden has tiled flooring and spotlights. A ground floor cloakroom provides a low flush WC, pedestal wash hand basin, tiled flooring and spotlights.
A return staircase leads to the first floor split level landing housing a built-in storage cupboard, the stairs to the second floor and having an original sash window to the side. The master bedroom has a window to the front, ceiling coving and picture rail. Bedroom two has a sash window to the rear, ceiling coving and rose and a feature cast iron fireplace with slate hearth. The bathroom has windows to the front and side, a corner bath with rainforest and personal shower heads over, a wash hand basin with cupboard under, low flush WC, heated chrome towel rail, part tiled walls and tiled flooring. Bedroom three has a window to the side and built-in shelving. A separate WC with a window to the side providing a low flush WC, wash hand basin with cupboard under, panelled walls and laminate floor.
A return staircase leads to the spacious second floor landing with an original arched window to the side and loft access. Bedroom four has picture rail and shelving, a uPVC double glazed door and window leading to the balcony. Bedroom five has an original window to the front and an original cast iron fireplace. The stunning bathroom has a window to the front, a double corner shower enclosure with rainforest and personal shower heads, a freestanding ball and claw foot bath with shower attachment, a pedestal wash hand basin and a high flush WC, heated chrome towel rail with radiator, panelled and part tiled walls, tiled flooring.
Outside - To the front of the property is a forecourt with a gravelled pathway, mature flower bed, walled and privet hedge boundaries, and a shared gravelled driveway (with 2 Knighton Drive) leading to a former coach house with car standing to front (having planning permission into a two bedroom mews house (Leicester City Council Planning application number 20210470). To the rear of the property are beautiful, south facing gardens with a lawned area, a block paved patio with steps up to further block paving with several seating areas, walled and hedged boundaries.
Directional Note - Proceed out of Leicester on the A6 London Road in a southerly direction passing over the Victoria Park roundabout and over the Stoughton Road traffic light complex taking a first right hand turning onto Knighton Drive where the property can be located on the right hand side.
Tenure & Council Tax - TENURE: Freehold
LOCAL AUTHORITY: Leicester City Council
TAX BAND: F
Location - Knighton Drive is located approximately two miles south of city, giving excellent access to the professional and cultural quarters, and mainline railway station. Local shopping can be found along the nearby fashionable shopping parades at Queens Road, Allandale Road and Francis Street. There is also excellent state and private schooling within the area, along with recreational facilities.
Accommodation - The property is entered via an original wooden front door with stained and leaded insert and window above leading into an entrance hall with ceiling coving, picture rail, feature wood fireplace with cast iron surround and tiled hearth, original Minton tiled flooring meeting original wooden flooring approaching the staircase to the first floor, original stained and leaded window to the side, door leading to the cellar which is in excellent condition and is thought ripe for conversion, having a good ceiling height, power and lighting. The dining room has an original sash bay window to the front, ceiling coving, picture rail, a feature cast iron fireplace with tiled hearth and open fire, stripped floorboards. The sitting room has twin wooden doors and floor-to-ceiling windows to the rear leading onto the garden, beautiful original decorative ceiling with coving and picture rail, feature cast iron fireplace with tiled hearth and open fire, stripped floorboards. A rear lobby with a wood and glazed door to the side and stripped floorboards houses a pantry cupboard with a window to the side, floor to ceiling shelving and original tiled flooring. A snug with an original stained and leaded sash window to the side houses a built-in storage cupboard with shelving, a dual aspect cast iron log burner with oak mantel and tiled hearth, stripped floorboards. The stunning living/dining kitchen has a raised dining area with a sash window to the side and shares the dual aspect cast iron log burner with the snug, stripped floorboards, a vaulted ceiling with spotlights and a step down into the kitchen area, with a continuation of the vaulted ceiling with oak beams and spotlights, two wood framed double glazed windows to the side and an excellent range of eye and base level units and soft-closing drawers, ample granite preparation surfaces and splashbacks, an undermounted Belfast sink with granite drainer and stainless steel mixer tap above, a Rangemaster cooker with double oven and grill, five-ring hob with extractor unit above, integrated washing machine and Neff dishwasher and space for a fridge-freezer and tiled flooring. A rear porch with a glazed and wooden door to the rear leading onto the garden has tiled flooring and spotlights. A ground floor cloakroom provides a low flush WC, pedestal wash hand basin, tiled flooring and spotlights.
A return staircase leads to the first floor split level landing housing a built-in storage cupboard, the stairs to the second floor and having an original sash window to the side. The master bedroom has a window to the front, ceiling coving and picture rail. Bedroom two has a sash window to the rear, ceiling coving and rose and a feature cast iron fireplace with slate hearth. The bathroom has windows to the front and side, a corner bath with rainforest and personal shower heads over, a wash hand basin with cupboard under, low flush WC, heated chrome towel rail, part tiled walls and tiled flooring. Bedroom three has a window to the side and built-in shelving. A separate WC with a window to the side providing a low flush WC, wash hand basin with cupboard under, panelled walls and laminate floor.
A return staircase leads to the spacious second floor landing with an original arched window to the side and loft access. Bedroom four has picture rail and shelving, a uPVC double glazed door and window leading to the balcony. Bedroom five has an original window to the front and an original cast iron fireplace. The stunning bathroom has a window to the front, a double corner shower enclosure with rainforest and personal shower heads, a freestanding ball and claw foot bath with shower attachment, a pedestal wash hand basin and a high flush WC, heated chrome towel rail with radiator, panelled and part tiled walls, tiled flooring.
Outside - To the front of the property is a forecourt with a gravelled pathway, mature flower bed, walled and privet hedge boundaries, and a shared gravelled driveway (with 2 Knighton Drive) leading to a former coach house with car standing to front (having planning permission into a two bedroom mews house (Leicester City Council Planning application number 20210470). To the rear of the property are beautiful, south facing gardens with a lawned area, a block paved patio with steps up to further block paving with several seating areas, walled and hedged boundaries.
Directional Note - Proceed out of Leicester on the A6 London Road in a southerly direction passing over the Victoria Park roundabout and over the Stoughton Road traffic light complex taking a first right hand turning onto Knighton Drive where the property can be located on the right hand side.
Tenure & Council Tax - TENURE: Freehold
LOCAL AUTHORITY: Leicester City Council
TAX BAND: F
