A fine example of the Garden City style set in an outstanding garden plot of well over a quarter of an acre • Central heating supplied by an air source heat pump • Ample off-street parking plus detached garage • Considerable scope to extend, subject to any necessary planning consents • Well regarded residential location
The Property - This detached house boasts many of the features which make the Garden City style so attractive, including the bay to the side of the sitting room and the veranda to the rear. The ground floor also provides a separate dining or family room, a kitchen/breakfast room and a cloakroom/WC. There are three good bedrooms on the first floor, plus the bathroom.
The house offers considerable scope to extend, if required and subject to any necessary planning consents and benefits from double-glazed windows, some with secondary triple-glazing. Central heating and hot water is supplied by an air source heat pump and there is a wood-burning stove in the sitting room.
The Outside - The house stands in a splendid plot extending to over a quarter of an acre (0.29 acre), measuring approximately 179' by 100' max (54.5m x 30.5m max) overall. Screened from the road by a tall hedge, the front garden is laid to lawn. The concrete driveway provides good off-street parking and leads via double gates to the detached garage to the rear.
A gate to the other side of the house also leads to the south facing rear garden, which is some 105' (32m) in length and widens steadily towards the rear. The garden is laid to lawns with paved patio, fruit trees, ornamental shrubs and trees, soft fruit and a truly impressive vegetable plot. Aluminium frame greenhouse, timber garden shed and open-fronted garden store.
The Location - Norton Road is a highly regarded residential road on the north-east side of Letchworth. No 67 is within a mile and a quarter of the town centre and the mainline railway station. Letchworth Garden City is on the Cambridge to London mainline with the fastest service to London King's Cross taking just 29 minutes and Cambridge 27 minutes away in the other direction. The centre of Norton, one of the three ancient villages absorbed by the Garden City, is just a third of a mile away and provides a pub, the highly regarded St Nicholas Primary School and the historic parish church. Junction 9 on the A1(M) is 2.6 miles away by car, as is Junction 10.
Designed in the early 20th Century to combine the benefits of town and country, Letchworth Garden City was the world’s first example of this concept and succeeds to this day in achieving its aim. The town provides excellent schools, shops, leisure facilities and green open spaces, the most impressive of which, the 63-acre Norton Common, is only half a mile away.
Construction - Solid brick, insulated internally, under a pitched tiled roof. Please note that the property has been the subject of some structural movement, which has been carefully monitored and which was attributed to the roots of trees nearby. Appropriate remedial action had been taken, including the removal of some trees and the insertion of a root barrier to provide protection from the nearby oak trees. A Certificate of Structural Adequacy has been issued.
Services - Mains water, sewerage, gas and electricity are connected to the property. Central heating is provided by an air source heat pump.
Broadband Speed - A choice of providers with claimed download speeds of up to 10,000 Mbps.
Mobile Signal - Most providers claim up to 5G coverage.
Conservation Area - The property is not located within a Conservation Area.
The Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation - To maintain the integrity of the Garden City concept and design, properties are subject to the additional planning requirements of the Heritage Foundation.
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