6 bed detached house for sale

Battlefield Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL1

7 Battlefield Road is an attractive red brick detached family home offering almost 2,600 sq ft of light-filled and flexible accommodation arranged over two floors. While in need of some cosmetic modernisation, the property offers the prospective purchaser the opportunity to create an elegant, practical family and entertaining environment, combining modern amenities with retained period features including sash glazing, high ceilings with some fine cornicing, some picture rails and original fireplaces. The accommodation flows from an entrance lobby and L-shaped reception hall with a useful cloakroom. It briefly comprises spacious drawing and sitting rooms, both with gable end bay windows and feature stone fireplaces with inset electric woodburning stoves. The property also benefits from a generous dining room
with a feature cast iron open fireplace and a glazed door to the rear terrace, together with a front aspect study, also with feature fireplace and with a door to an inter-connecting kitchen with a part-glazed door to the side aspect. The ground floor accommodation is completed by a second rear aspect kitchen and a separate fitted utility room. Both kitchens have a range of wall and base units, complementary work surfaces and space for modern integrated appliances.

Stairs rise from the reception hall to a spacious
split-level first floor landing with further useful
storage. It gives access to part-vaulted bedroom
accommodation, comprising an L-shaped principal
bedroom with en suite bathroom, five further
remaining bedrooms, one with full-height fitted
storage and the remaining four with useful fitted sinks, together with a family bathroom with separate WC.

Set behind low-level walling topped by mature
specimen trees, and with its gable end facing the road, the property is approached over a concreted rear driveway providing private parking and giving access to the detached double garage which has an internal door to the garden. Also in need of some cosmetic maintenance, the garden surrounding the property on three sides is laid mainly to lawn bordered by mature shrubs and trees. It features numerous seating areas, a
garden pond to the rear aspect, two integral external stores neighbouring the rear aspect kitchen, easily re-integrable into the house if required, and a paved terrace off the dining room, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.

The property is located in the popular Bernards Heath area of the city, near to the park of the same name. St Albans' historic city centre offers independent retailers, major stores, bars, cafés, pubs, restaurants, and leisure, cultural and sporting venues including a community gym, bowls and tennis club and golf course. The city has numerous additional green spaces, including Verulamium Park, Clarence Park, Cunningham Hill, The Wick and Heartwood Forest.

Transportation links are excellent: The M25 and M1 give access to major regional centres, London and its airports and the motorway network, and the mainline station (0.7 mile) offers fast through services via St Pancras to the City (19 minutes), Gatwick and beyond. The city offers a wide range of state primary and secondary schooling including Loreto College and St Albans Girls’ School (both rated Outstanding by Ofsted), together with independent schools including St Albans High School for Girls, St Albans, St Columba’s College and Aldwickbury.