20 Clarkson Avenue Wisbech | Cambridgeshire | PE13 2EQ VICTORIAN GRANDEUR
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20 Clarkson Avenue Wisbech | Cambridgeshire | PE13 2EQ VICTORIAN GRANDEUR • Victorian Semi-Detached Family Town House • Located in a Quiet Street Close to Wisbech Town Centre • Good Rail Links to Central London at March and King’s Lynn • Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Utility, Family Room, Dining Room & Reception Room • Five Bedrooms, Family Bathroom, Shower Room and Downstairs wc • Mature Rear Garden with Seating Area and Off-Street Parking • Accommodation Extends to 2.190 sq. ft. • NO UPWARD CHAIN A white-brick Victorian house, on a sought-after avenue in a Georgian country town, this five- flooring is polished, original boards. The main stairs to the first floor are through an arch ahead of bedroom semi-detached property has retained its original character, with period detail and you. well-proportioned rooms. There is off-road parking and a garden with fruit trees. There are good transport links from King’s Lynn to London and Cambridge, while the North Norfolk Coast and Grace and Poise The Wash National Nature Reserve are less than an hour by car. To the left is the sitting room. This large room has the original Victorian doors and door surrounds, a lovely bay window, high ceilings, a cornice around the top of the walls, and deep skirting boards. Spacious Period Property There is a working fireplace with period fire surround, flooring is the original wooden boards, This south-facing property has all the marks of a traditional Victorian home. Built to a high sanded and waxed, and there is an original decorative plaster ceiling rose. standard and with high ceilings, cornices, and large, light rooms, it is, as the vendors describe it, “an elegant house”. Dining in Style The second reception room is a dining room. There is a door to the garden opposite you as you The house is set back from the road, with a wall to the front garden and gravel parking area at the enter, and next to that, a feature marble-surround fireplace, with cast-iron inset. Victorian design front for one car, with further parking through a double gate for two to three cars at the side of adds to the character of this room, with a high ceiling, original doors, deep skirting and cornice. To the house, and another gate into the rear garden. the rear of the room is a bay window, with views out onto the garden. The house is approached along a path. There are two large bay windows to the front and a step Kitchen/Breakfast Room and a Hidden Treasure up to the wide front door, with a window light above. The hallway is long and a good width, and Past the stairs towards the rear of the house is the kitchen, snug or family room, downstairs cloakroom, and boot or utility room, with a second set of stairs to with a door closing them off. This room could be used as a second the first floor. sitting room, play room or TV room. To the right, before you enter the kitchen, is a door leading to Down two steps is the utility and boot room. This has a sink, steps down to a large cellar with three rooms, all of which are space for a washing machine, dryer and further storage. There is a standing height. This area provides good storage, houses the gas- window onto the back garden and a door to the outside, as well as powered boiler, and has potential for conversion. a downstairs cloakroom, with toilet and hand basin. The kitchen is a good size, and very light, with a sash window Hardwood Banisters and Wide Stairs and door to the side garden, with a quarry tile floor. The kitchen The feeling of grandeur is completed by the stairs to the first is built-in, with good storage a range-style cooker with extractor, floor, which are a real feature, and one of the many details that dishwasher, dark worktops and a one-and-a-half sink. There is room the vendors fell in love with when they first saw the house. The for a family breakfast table. bannisters and newel posts are dark, polished hardwood. The stairs are wide and shallow, and there is a double-height stairwell, Family Snug, and Boot room with a more recent skylight added. “The skylight brings a beautiful This Victorian home has more surprises. A door to the rear of the light into the house,” say the vendors. “This is a lovely space with a kitchen leads to a family room or snug, with a window onto the special feel.” side garden, and rear, or service, stairs leading to the first floor, Spacious First Floor Through an arch in the hallway, the stairs lead to a small landing. To the left are more steps to the front bedrooms, and to the right are steps to the rear of the house. There is a large upper landing in the front part of the house. The current master bedroom is to the right. This has a large window looking out onto the rear garden; there are built-in, floor-to-ceiling cupboards. This room also has a high ceiling. The next room is a large south-facing bedroom with stunning bay window overlooking the tree-lined avenue that the house is built on. High ceilings and large windows make this a lovely light room. Leading from this is the original nursery, accessed to the left, with a sash window to the front and its own door on to the landing. This which are now reaching maturity. along the river Nene, with a fully is a good size and could be used as a bedroom, dressing room, or “There’s a Victoria plum, a fig tree, serviced marina for boats. There is a home office. a pear, cherry and apple trees. The good range of shops, a cinema, banks blossom is lovely in the spring and the and all amenities, with doctors and Rear Bedrooms and Bathrooms trees give us lots of fruit. We also have good primary and secondary schools, Returning to the main stairs, you go down onto the lower landing a lovely rose garden,” the vendors say. including a grammar school. and up steps to the rear of the house. To the left is the family There is a large pond at the rear of bathroom with a window onto the side garden. There is a Victorian- the property on a paved area, and “This is a handsome country town style bath, toilet and basin with small cupboard. an attractive pergola with wisteria full of character, with an old Georgian providing a shady place for eating in quarter and famous Georgian At the end of the corridor is a door into the fourth bedroom. This this sunny garden. There is a garden crescent” the vendors say, “it is close is en suite with a shower room tiled throughout. There is a window shed at the bottom of the garden for to the coast, and only an hour from to the side garden. storage. “The garden is of a good size, Cambridge, and the nearest mainline with plenty of mature trees, and the station at March is only 20 minutes The fifth bedroom can be accessed through the fourth bedroom original, tall brick wall runs the length away.” across the landing at the top of the service stairs, which also of the garden.” provide access to these two bedrooms from the ground floor snug. Fast trains from March to London This room is a lovely private space with window overlooking the Commuting, Schools and Leisure King’s Cross take just over an hour, garden and mature trees. The property is on a wide, tree lined and Peterborough, on the East Coast avenue with other imposing Victorian mainline, has trains to the north and Orchard Garden houses. The town has real Georgian Scotland. The vendors planted a variety of fruit trees in this long garden, character and a lovely waterfront The garden is of a good size, with plenty of mature trees, and the original, tall brick wall runs the length of the garden.” Energy Graph Additional Information LOCAL AUTHORITY Fenland District Council Council Tax Band - D AGENTS NOTES: Mains Electricity, Water. Gas and Drainage. These particulars, whilst believed to be accurate, are set out as a general outline only for guidance and do not constitute any part of an offer or contract. Intending purchasers should not rely on them as statements of representation of fact, but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their accuracy. No person in the employment of Fine & Country or Norfolk Country Properties has the authority to make or give any representation or warranty in respect of the property. We would also point out that we have not tested any of the appliances and purchasers should make their own enquiries to the relevant authorities regarding the connection of any services. Norfolk Country Properties. Registered in England and Wales No. 06777456. Agents notes: Registered Office - 15B Regatta Quay, Key Street, Ipswich, IP4 1FH The floor plans are for illustration purposes only. All measurements: walls, doors, window fittings and appliances and their sizes and locations are shown copyright © 2019 Fine & Country Ltd. conventionally and are approximate only and cannot be regarded as being a representation either by the seller or his agent. © Unauthorised reproduction prohibited. Location Postcode for satellite navigation: PE13 2EQ On The Doorstep... How Far Is It To... Directions Wisbech is an historical market town and inland port in Wisbech lies 21 miles east of the popular city of From King’s Lynn, take the A47 towards Peterborough.