4 bedroom detached house for sale

A spacious, four bedroom detached family home retaining a wealth of period features, situated on one of Stoneygate s most admired roads.LocationShirley Avenue is located in the heart of Stoneygate, convenient for niche shopping at the fashionable Allandale Road/Francis Street shopping parades and nearby Queens Road at Clarendon Park, with wider range of shopping offered within Leicester city centre. Highly regarded schooling is available nearby in both the state and private sectors, along with an abundance of sporting and leisure facilities, The railway station on London Road offers mainline access to London St. Pancras in just over one hour and the area is also well served by road networks with junction 21 of the M1 within a fifteen minute journey.AccommodationAn original front door leads into a porch with a stained and leaded inner door to an entrance hall, with oak flooring, housing the stairs to the first floor with an understairs storage cupboard beneath. An arched door leads into the front reception room, with a feature brick and slate fireplace surround, inset gas living flame effect fire and tiled hearth, picture rail, a bay window to the front with window seat beneath and a wooden square archway opening into the rear reception room, with a picture rail and double doors into the garden room, having a beautiful stained glazed window to one side, and French doors with windows either side leading onto the patio entertaining area. The dining room has a picture rail and a window to the rear. The breakfast kitchen boasts a good range of contemporary grey eye and base level units and drawers, ample preparation surfaces, metro tiled splashbacks, a stainless steel sink with mixer tap and window above, Siemens double oven, a four-ring gas hob with concealed extractor unit above, space and plumbing for a dishwasher, inset ceiling spotlights and wood laminate effect flooring continue through into a breakfast/dining area with further eye and base level units, space and plumbing for an automatic washing machine, fridge-freezer, a dining table and double doors leading onto the patio. A ground floor cloakroom provides a two piece suite.To the first floor is a large galleried landing with a picture rail and a stained glazed window to the front. The master bedroom has built-in wardrobes with cupboards over and a built-in desk, a picture rail and a window to the front. Bedroom two has a picture rail, stripped floorboards and a door with windows either side leading onto a balcony terrace overlooking the rear garden. Bedroom three has a picture rail, a pedestal wash hand basin and a window to the front. Bedroom four has a picture rail and a window to the rear balcony. The family bathroom has a white two piece suite comprising a vanity unit with an inset wash hand basin and an opaque glazed window over, a panelled bath with a shower above, chrome heated towel rail, airing cupboard, part tiled walls and tiled floor. a separate WC provides a white low flush suite.OutsideTo the front of the property is a paved driveway behind a low level boundary wall and hedge with planted borders, providing ample off street car standing and access to a single garage. Gated side access leads to the rear of the property with random flagged and paved patio entertaining areas and steps down to a large lawned area with a random flagged path, wooden pergola, beautiful, mature floral and shrub planted borders, a timber summerhouse and fenced boundaries.Tenure & Council TaxTenure: FreeholdLocal Authority: County CouncilTax Band: EOther InformationConservation Area: NoServices: The property is offered to the market with all mains services and gas-fired central heating.Broadband delivered to the property: fibre, 76mbpsNon-standard construction: NoWayleaves, Rights of Way & Covenants: None knownFlooding issues in the last 5 years : None knownAccessibility: Step to front door and 1 in gardenPlanning issues: None known