3 bedroom terraced house for sale

9 Prince Street, Hull, HU1 2LJ


An elegant and spacious Grade II listed three storey Georgian Townhouse, forming part of a gently curving terrace of only eight properties. Situated in the heart of the Old Town conservation area, Prince street was build during the reign of George III by architect/ plasterer Joseph Page.

Page was Hull's most renowned architect of the age having in 1744 designed Maister House in High Street (owned by the National Trust) and supervised the rebuilding of Trinity House. The exact date Prince Street was built is not known for certain but Page bought the land in 1756 from sugar merchant George Watson.

Accommodation briefly includes; formal imposing dining room with open fire and kitchen with a mix of handmade and fitted pine units to the ground floor. Elegant sitting room/ master bedroom with open fire and second bedroom to the first floor. To the second floor there is a spacious double bedroom and victorian style bathroom. With gardens to the front and rear, private parking, gas central heating, recently rewired and security alarm system this property must simply be viewed.

With generous proportions of the period and a wealth of architectural features including sash windows, panelled doors, decorative coving and stripped varnished floors throughout.

Entrance Hallway

A panelled door with original glass fan light above opens into Hallway.

Original coving to ceiling, with dado rail and deep skirting boards below. Two ceiling roses with pendant lights, stripped and varnished wood floors and access to under stairs cupboard and rear entrance.

Lounge

(14'6" x 12'2") Two sash windows to the front elevation with recently installed secondary glazing and panelling below. Original dentil coving, with dado rail and deep skirting boards, central ceiling rose, open fire with original cast iron hob grate and tiled hearth. Stripped and varnished wooden floor with fitted shelving to the chimney breast recesses. Archway to:

Dining Kitchen

(11'4" x 10'4") Sash windows to the rear elevations. A mix of pine and handmade units with tiled worksurfaces. A brick arched recess to the chimney breast incorporates a gas hob and extractor. Built-in electric oven, integrated refridgerator and freezer, one and a half bowl sink unit with mixer tap and plumbing for a washing machine. Stripped and varnished wood flooring, coved ceiling, television point, ceiling rose with pendant light, telephone point and ceiling spotlights.

Landing

Georgian feature arch shaped window overlooking the rear garden. Staircase with spindled ballustrade to second floor

Bedroom Two

(16'9" x 11'11") Two sash windows to the front elevation with recently installed secondary glazing and access to external flower boxes. Original coving, dado rail, deep skirting boards, open fire with original cast iron grate, feature slate surround and tiled hearth. Two cupboards to chimney recesses, stripped and varnished wooden flooring, two ceiling roses with pendant lights, TV aerial and telephone points.

Bedroom Three

(10'9" x 10'5") Sash window to the rear overlooking garden, built-in white wash hand basin with brass plated taps, set in wooden dresser, shaver point with tiled splash backs to chimney recess and built in cupboards to second recess. Egg and dart coving and rose. Stripped and varnished wooden floor.

Landing

Sash window to rear elevation with recently installed secondary glazing. Access to loft and airing cupboard housing the pre-lagged hot water cylinder, digital central heating controls and lattice shelving.

Bedroom One

(16'10" x 12'1") Two sash windows to the front elevation, coving to ceiling and central rose with pendant lighting. Two cupboards to chimney breast recesses, two radiators within decorative under window cabinets. Stripped and varnished wooden floor. TV and telephone points.

Bathroom

(10'7" x 7'9") Quality five-piece victorian style suite complimented by brass plate plated fittings, comprising pedestal hand basin, low level wc, bidet and roll-top bath. Superb carved and architrave forms entrance to a fully tiled shower cubicle. Matching dado rail, skirting boards and decorative radiator cabinet, shaver point, decorative coving and ceiling rose. Two sash windows to the rear elevation with recently installed secondary glazing and stripped and varnished wooden flooring.

External

To the front of the property is a communal garden enclosed by a wrought iron fence with two lockable gates and surrounded by a Hornbeam hedge providing privacy and shelter. Laid to lawn with a number of trees, mature shrubs and herbaceous borders.

To the rear of the property is a beautiful enclosed courtyard 'cottage' garden with York stone paved and gravelled seating areas, raised bed and lush planting.

There is a private car park accessed from the rear of the property, to which each of the eight houses in the Prince Street has the use of one parking space. This area is fenced and gated.

The property has recently undergone some maintenance including external decoration to the front and rear, new bargeboards and guttering.

**Prince Street has a managment company owned and run by the residents of which the purchaser of number 9 will become a 1/8 shareholder on completion. The company levies a fee each year to pay for maintenance of the communal areas and a block buildings insurance policy. Last years fee was approx £500**