Verulam Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3

Property Details: • Type: Detached • Tenure: FREEHOLD • Floor Area: 3431 sqft

Key Features: • Detached period residence • Central old conservation area location • South-west facing rear garden • Parking to driveway • Five bedrooms • Four bath/shower room • Exciting open plan principal living space • Home office • Two self contained guest suites • Beautifully presented throughout

Location: • Nearest Station: St. Albans Station • Distance to Station: 0.5330302532209088 miles

Agent Information: • Address: St. Albans, AL3

Full Description: Summary <br /> <br />Storm porch | Entrance lobby | Reception hall | Home office | Open plan sitting/dining room | Open plan kitchen/breakfast/living room | Cloak room | Boot room | Independent guest suite/bedroom 5 | Four further double bedrooms | Four bath/shower rooms (3 en-suite) | Rear garden | Walled courtyard | Garden store | Driveway parking for two cars <br /> <br />The property <br /> <br />The Brickyard is a unique, detached period residence with five bedrooms, four bath/shower rooms and generous open plan living accommodation. <br /> <br />Situated in a prime old conservation area location with the advantage of off-street parking to a drive, a southwest facing rear garden, a further walled courtyard, the accommodation offers beautifully refurbished, spacious and flexible living and bedroom accommodation over two floors. <br /> <br />Of particular note to the ground floor is a spectacular open plan living space that includes a kitchen breakfast room specified to an exacting standard with an over sized feature island, integrated appliances, breakfast bar and glazed feature lanterns over, flooding the space with natural light. <br /> <br />To one side is a cosy snug with a feature fireplace, while at the other end of this generous space is the principal, and more formal sitting room and dining area, easily accommodating a dining table and chairs for twelve. <br /> <br />Again, this combined space is flooded with natural light and enjoys full height glazing, dual aspect, to both the front and rear elevations, where bi-fold doors lead to the south-west facing garden at the rear and the walled courtyard at the front. <br /> <br />At the front of the house is a welcoming reception hall leading to the main accommodation as described above, as well as a separate home office, with double doors from the hall, a bay window with stained glass, and a fireplace, it could also be used as a further reception space. <br /> <br />In addition, on the other side of the reception hall, also with double doors, is a suite comprising a double bedroom, sitting area and an ensuite bathroom with a separate shower. It benefits from French doors to the courtyard as well as independent access from the front of the house. <br /> <br />Upstairs to the first floor are three of the five bedrooms, all doubles, one is currently used as a dressing room and has an ensuite shower room, while the principal bedroom is also ensuite to a spacious bathroom, featuring a separate shower as well as a free-standing bath. <br /> <br />Guest Annexe <br /> <br />Offering flexibility for use in any number of ways is a ground floor guest suite with a bedroom, sitting area and ensuite bath & shower room. <br /> <br />Like the other ground floor suite, it has an independent entrance, this time from the side of the house, as well as French doors onto the rear garden. <br /> <br />It can be accessed internally via a courtesy door from the main house and would therefore lend itself well for use as a home office, and by virtue of its independent access and degree of separation, for those receiving clients at home, or as a den for teenagers, a home gym, games room or as accommodation for those requiring easy access single level living. <br /> <br />Outside <br /> <br />Outside, a characterful, red and charcoal brick-built façade hints at a varied history, once thought to have been a terrace of four workers' cottages, and then a public house, it now presents as an exciting, unique single dwelling. <br /> <br />Extending across a wide plot the house itself, which is detached, features two large single storey bays and an off-set focal storm porch over a wide front entrance. Paved areas to either side of the storm porch provide space for feature planting. There is a secondary entrance to one side of the frontage, an adjacent gate provides access to a walled courtyard garden, while on the other side a wide drive provides off street parking for two cars, while also providing gated access to the rear of the property and an area providing concealed bin storage. <br /> <br />To the rear of the house is a wide southwest facing garden, with views to the Abbey in the middle distance. It provides secluded outside space that has been laid mainly to artificial lawn with a generous paved terrace and areas of planting. It makes the ideal space for al-fresco dining and entertaining. There are wide bi-fold doors from the principal living space and further French doors lead from the guest suite. A garden store completes the picture to the rear. <br /> <br />To the front of the house is a separate walled courtyard garden, also accessed via bi-fold doors from the principal living space, as well as French doors from the bedroom/reception suite at the front of the house. Again, low maintenance in design, it is laid mainly to paving with a pergola providing shelter and presents another outside space ideal for alfresco dining and entertaining. A gate to one side provides pedestrian access to Verulam Road at the front. <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />Situated in the heart of the old conservation area close to the Abbey, Verulamium Park & Lakes and within easy reach of the of the city centre, both stations, highly regarded schools, and extensive local amenities. <br /> <br />General <br /> <br />Tenure - Freehold <br />Services - Gas, electricity, water, and mains drainage <br />EPC rating - C <br />Council tax band - G £3,947.26 p.a.