London
£2,000,000Description
- Detached Grade 2 listed Georgian Villa c1824
- Highly sought after Ashburnham Triangle Conservation Area
- First time to the market in 40 years
- Meticulously restored by artist and interior designer owner
- Fabulous relaxed, elegant family home
- Wonderful, mature, tranquil SW facing garden
- Very limited opportunity
Guide price £2,000,000 - £2,250,000
We are delighted to offer a rare opportunity to make a substantial [2240sft] three storey detached Grade 2 listed Georgian Villa c1824, one of only 7 in the exclusive sought after Ashburnham Triangle Conservation Area, your home, which comes to the market for the first time in 40 years.
Throughout this time the artist and interior designer owner has meticulously restored it to create a relaxed and elegant family home.
The original Georgian features are abundant including original wide floorboards, flagstone floors, ornate cornicing and bespoke woodwork throughout the home. This house has the pleasing proportions that Georgian architecture is prized for.
This classic double fronted house has a portico entrance and imposing Ionic columns with a stained-glass fan-light above the front door leading directly into the unusually spacious entrance hall with the splendid staircase leading to the other floors.
A guest cloakroom finished with handmade Moroccan tiles is positioned off the main hall and doors to the two reception rooms. The drawing room is double aspect with French doors opening onto the south west facing garden. The room features an original fire place giving a focal point to this 290sft elegant space. On the same floor is a second spacious reception room again with ornate details one would expect in this historic house. A large window gives a wonderful view of the garden and the room has hand crafted bookshelves.
The kitchen on the lower ground floor houses a Wedgwood blue 3 oven Aga range cooker, solid beech cabinets, granite work top, slate and original stone flags on the floors. This space is perfect for cosy kitchen suppers or more formal affairs. The kitchen also opens to a further reception room which makes a perfect casual chill out family space A door into the garden leads off the kitchen, perfect for pre-dinner drinks. This floor also has a large utility room/boot room. The barrel ceiling wine cellar leads off the utility area. Bedroom 4 is situated on this floor, which has solid oak handmade cabinets, solid oak wooden shutters and dark oak herringbone flooring.
The first floor has three double bedrooms, each with split height shutters to the windows. The two main bedrooms overlook the garden, while bedroom 3 could be used as a dressing room as it features custom built floor to ceiling hanging and storage space. Light floods into the family bathroom through the beautiful proportioned window, where a free-standing roll top bath is a centre piece, set against washed plaster walls and there is a separate WC further along the hallway. The WC features handmade floor tiling and underfloor heating.
Inspired by the garden at Great Dixter, the south west facing garden is a haven of spectacular shrubs, gathered and planted over 40 years to create a wonderful and mature garden. A large circular pond sat in York stone completes this tranquil space, bringing numerous birds and nature to enjoy the setting.
One will only be able to appreciate this stylish historic family home by coming to view the property, experiencing the relaxed mellow vibe and country house atmosphere despite being in London.
Egerton Drive forms part of the prized Ashburnham Triangle with the Docklands Light Railway at Deptford Bridge station about a 6-minute walk giving access in to Canary Wharf in c.20 minutes, and the overground at Greenwich is about an 8-minute walk for trains into London Bridge in about 10 minutes and 15 mins to the City (London Cannon St and London Blackfriars). All the shops, bars, restaurants and attractions of Greenwich, including Greenwich Royal Park and its historic buildings are nearby, as are the open spaces and village of Blackheath.