North Street, Abergavenny
Property Features
- Imposing 5-bedroom Victorian townhouse
- Elegant period features throughout
- Large established garden and two garages
- Prime location close to town centre amenities
- The purchase of the freehold is due to complete shortly
- EPC Rating - E
Property Summary
29 North Street offers generous, well-proportioned accommodation over four storeys, ideal for a family or multi-generational home. This charming house is ideally located in a sought-after area on the western side of town and just a short walk from the town centre amenities. The property is built with dressed stone elevations with a slate roof and retains a wealth of interesting and attractive features, typical of the era, including the original staircase, wooden floorboards, fireplaces and architrave. Although the property has been updated and improved over the years it is now ripe for a new owner to renovate and modernise further to transform it into a perfect home.The part-glazed front door opens into a reception hall with quarry tiles, dado rails and wooden stairs to the first floor and continues through another door to an inner hall with door to the cellar and the principal ground floor rooms. The dining room retains a cast iron fireplace with wooden surround and has a window to the rear garden. A door leads to the sitting room with picture rails, dado rails and a wide bay window to the front. At the end of the hall is a W.C. with wash hand basin and built in cupboard and a door into the kitchen which has wooden storage cupboards, a cast iron fireplace and a range of painted cupboards with space for a cooker and other appliances. Off the kitchen is a rear hall with a door to a bathroom fitted with a coloured suite and an external door to the rear garden. The cellar has a stone floor, double-glazed window, electricity supply and a useful storage room.
First Floor
The first floor has a gallery style landing with butterfly staircase, painted wood banisters and handrail and attractive wooden floorboards throughout. A door leads to a comfortable sitting room with bay window overlooking the front and a cast iron grate set within a slate surround and hearth, flanked with alcove cupboards and bookshelves. A large family bathroom features a central bath, a separate corner shower and another fireplace with slate surround. The main kitchen has painted base and wall cupboards complemented by a Belfast sink inset into polished marble, contemporary tiling and wooden work surfaces. There is space for a large range cooker with extractor hood over and space for a dining table and chairs. Dual aspect windows allow plenty of light to flood in and an external door leads to a metal staircase to ground floor level.
Second Floor
To the second floor are three good-sized rooms, the larger of the three having a sash window over the rear garden and built-in wardrobes.
Third Floor
On the top floor is a spacious attic room with sloping ceiling, rooflights and under eaves storage cupboards and access to the loft.
Full Details
Outside
The house is set back from the road behind a matching stone wall surmounted by iron railings and with a box hedge providing privacy to the front courtyard. A terracotta tiled path leads to the part-glazed front door with half-moon window over. To the rear of the property is a long, well-established garden filled with a wealth of shrubs and trees including pampas and well-stocked beds. The lawn has a stone path leading to the far end of the garden to two garages with up-and-over doors, a shed and a hard-standing courtyard. The garden is bordered with a mature hedge to one side and brick wall to the other. The vehicular access to the garages is via a private lane over which 29 North Street has a right of way. Adjoining the rear of the house is a patio area with views towards The Blorenge Mountain.
Location
The property is in a prime location, situated in the desirable Cantref area on the western side of Abergavenny. North Street is a quiet residential street within walking distance of Cantref Primary School, Belgrave Park, Abergavenny Cricket Club, Nevill Hall Hospital and the town centre. Abergavenny offers a wide range of amenities including primary and secondary schools, independent shops alongside high street stores, several supermarkets, doctors’, dentists’ and a general hospital. There are good leisure facilities plus a cinema, theatre, library, numerous public houses and many highly-regarded restaurants both within the town and the surrounding villages. The area is well known for being the ‘Gateway to Wales’ and is on the doorstep of the breathtaking Brecon Beacons with the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal a short distance away for beautiful walks. Abergavenny offers a bus station, mainline railway and excellent transport links via the A465, A40, A449 and onto the M4/M5 and M50 motorway networks.
Services
Mains electricity, gas, water and drainage. Gas-fired central heating.
Tenure
Leasehold. We understand the vendor has agreement to purchase the Freehold of the property, this is presently in progress and the property will be conveyed Freehold. Further details available from the Agent.
Council Tax
Band - C / D
Please note that the Council Tax banding was correct as at date property listed. All buyers should make their own enquiries.
Fixtures & Fittings
Unless specifically described in these particulars, all fixtures and fittings are excluded from the sale though may be available by separate negotiation.
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