20 Bilton Road Rugby | Warwickshire | CV22 7AB 20 BILTON ROAD

An elegant Grade II Listed townhouse of deceptively spacious proportions, a few minutes walk from Rugby Town Centre & Rugby Railway Station. A beautifully elegant six bedroom townhouse, with white rendered elevations, with separate basement apartment, offering a wide variety of features from the early Victorian era including high ceilings, restored sash windows, original doors with door furniture and ceiling cornicing. The house was believed to have been constructed in the 1840’s and offers versatile accommodation across four floors, with six bedrooms and two bathrooms on the upper two floors, two stunning reception rooms on the ground floor, a cloak room, kitchen/breakfast room that overlooks the garden and a basement apartment with a further two bedrooms, sitting room, kitchenette and shower room. The property also offers the provision of off road parking with a former coach house providing an adequate garage facility with rear access. There are some attractive west facing gardens at the rear and internal inspection is strongly recommended. Ground Floor The entrance hall has a stripped floor, there is a curved mahogany staircase leading up to the first floor, attractive leaded glazed entrance door and two further doors with original door furniture that lead off to the principal reception rooms which include the large drawing room with attractive restored sash bay window to the front aspect, ceiling cornicing and a lovely marble fireplace with Portway log burner. Neighbouring this room is the formal dining room with stripped floor, original Victorian fireplace with cast iron surround, this is a large room and could easily cater for up to ten guests for some memorable dinner parties. There is also a large box window with a door and steps that lead down to the rear terrace, the room is particularly attractive with some ornate cornicing and ceiling rose. From the hallway, there is another door and steps lead down to an inner lobby which provides access to the apartment, cloakroom and kitchen. The cloakroom has a high level WC, pedestal wash hand basin and tiled mosaic floor. A glazed door from the inner lobby leads to the kitchen/breakfast room which has access to the rear garden and an ornate leaded glazed arched window to the side aspect. There is a variety of floor based and wall mounted units with adjoining beech worktops, a Belfast sink and a variety of built in appliances including Smeg dishwasher, Rangemaster range with five ring hob, ovens and Rangemaster extractor fan above. There is a cupboard space beneath the chimney breast housing the central heating boiler and a ceramic tiled floor and space for an upright fridge/freezer.

Apartment There are steps down from the inner lobby leading to the apartment that has its own hallway, a small utility room with stainless steel sink and drainer and space and plumbing for a washing machine. There is a large sitting room with window to the rear and feature fireplace, this also has its own kitchen area with induction hob with electric oven beneath and a further range of base and wall mounted units. The large double bedroom has a window to the front aspect and access to a further second bedroom which also has a window to the front. There is access to the shower room which has an enclosed WC, wash basin, corner shower cubicle with electric shower over and heated chrome towel rail.

First Floor On the half landing there is an attractive Captain’s window and bookshelf area facing the rear and then there are doors on the first floor landing providing access to the family bathroom, master bedroom and bedroom 2. Bedroom 2 is currently used as a play room faces the front of the house and has two restored sash windows to the front aspect and there is a range of built in wardrobes with louvered doors. The master bedroom faces the rear with a sash window, a ceiling cornice, a built in wardrobe and a door that leads to the dressing room which has a sash window to the rear aspect and a door leading to the Jack & Jill family bathroom. This has sash windows to both front and rear, there is a claw foot bath with rainforest style shower, a wash basin, low level WC, a variety of tiling and extractor fan. From the first floor landing, stairs continue to the second floor.

Second Floor This has a window to the side aspect and doors that lead off to the four remaining bedrooms, bedroom 3 is a double room with a sash window to the rear aspect, bedroom 4 and 5 are connecting rooms that face the front with sash windows whilst the 6th bedroom benefits from a sash window to the rear aspect and access to its ensuite bathroom which has a sash window to the rear, panelled bath, pedestal wash hand basin and low level WC.

Outside

Front There is a low maintenance gravelled fore garden with hedgerow and two white pillars denoting the entrance to number 20. There is a block paved pathway that leads to the front entrance door and attractive views of the white front elevations.

Rear Garden The west facing rear gardens are laid mainly to lawn with a variety of patio areas to attract the sun all day. There is a large block paved patio to the rear of the dining room, there is also a shaped pathway that dissects the two lawns and leads to the rear coach house which provides secure parking for two vehicles and there is a gated underpass that leads from the rear access to the garden. The coach house has two up and over doors, the garage is separated into two areas, one is of larger proportions than the other but could easily cater for one larger vehicle and a smaller one. There is power and lighting and also a good degree of storage in the roof space.

RUGBY

The property is situated in one of the most sought-after roads within Rugby approximately half a mile from the town centre. Rugby offers an extensive range of shopping facilities within a short walking distance including The Clock Towers shopping centre. Rugby also has a main line train station where Virgin trains convey London commuters to Euston in less than 50 minutes. From Rugby there is easy access to the extensive motorway networks surrounding Warwickshire including the A5, A14, M1 and the M6. There is also an impressive range of state and private schooling available in Rugby and the surrounding area including Bilton Grange, Lawrence Sheriff, Rugby High School, Princethorpe College, and the world- renowned Rugby School.

Services Mains gas, mains water, electricity and broadband are connected

Local Authority Rugby Borough Council Council Tax Band F.

Viewing Arrangements Strictly via the vendors sole agents Fine & Country on (01788) 820062.

Opening Hours Monday to Friday 9.00 am - 5.30 pm Saturday 9.00 am - 4.30 pm

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