3 Bed Detached House, Single Let, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 1AE £850,000

This fine detached house dating from 1908 was designed by local boy, Hitchin born Thomas Geoffry Lucas, a prominent architect of the Garden City movement • Extended and updated to provide an outstanding and spacious family home • Large garden plot extending to nearly a quarter of an acre • Double garage with versatile loft above • Sought after location

The Property - Local boy, Hitchin born Thomas Geoffry Lucas, was an architect prominent in the Garden City movement. More noted for his work in Hampstead Garden Suburb, he was responsible for some fine properties in Letchworth, one of which was the Pink House designed in 1908. The detached house retains its original charm and character, whilst having been well extended to the ground floor and updated for the modern family.

The ground floor provides five reception rooms, good size kitchen, shower room/WC and a large utility room. There are three double bedrooms and a smartly fitted bathroom on the first floor.

The house benefits from uPVC double-glazed windows and gas fired central heating.

The Outside - The house is set some 64' (19.5m) back from the road in a plot extending to 0.24 acre and measuring approximately 190' by 54' (57.75m x 16.6m) overall. The front garden is laid to lawn, screened from the road by an area of mature trees and ornamental shrubs, The tarmac driveway and turning area provides generous off-street parking and leads to the detached double garage with versatile loft above.

A gate to the side leads tothe rear garden which is about 83' (25.25m) in length and laid to lawn with paved patio, herbaceous borders and ornamental shrubs and trees. Two timber garden sheds. A gate opens to Norton Playing Fields to the rear; this open green space is zoned to be developed for housing at some point in the future, although it is understood that a footpath and wide green area will separate any such development from the rear of the property.

The Location - Norton Road is an established and highly regarded residential road on the north-east side of the town, leading to Norton, one of the original ancient villages absorbed into the Garden City. The Pink House is just a mile from the town centre and mainline railway station. Letchworth Garden City is on the London to Cambridge mainline and regular services run throughout the day. The fastest services to London King's Cross take just 29 minutes and to Cambridge is 27 minutes in the other direction. Junction 9 (southbound) and Junction 10 (northbound) on the A1(M) are only 2.6 and 2.7 miles away by car.

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, green open spaces and leisure facilities. The facilities of Norton, pub, parish church and primary school, are within half a mile, as is the 63-acre Norton Common, the most impressive of the Garden City's green spaces.

Construction - Solid brick with insulated cavity extensions, roughcast rendered externally. Tiled pitched main roof with flat roofs to extensions.

Services - Mains water, sewerage, gas and electricity are connected to the property.

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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