7 bedroom house for sale

Tenure: Freehold

Situation

Macaulay Road runs off Clapham Common and is close to the amenities of Clapham Old Town. The area is renowned for its good schools and there are excellent, nearby transport links at Clapham Junction main line station and at Clapham Common Underground on the Northern Line.

Description

This substantial family house is set back from the road with off street parking, a garage and a separate flat. The house was built in 1985 and incorporates period proportions and contemporary style. Its exceptional living space is both well balanced and flexible and gives it the feel of a country house in London.

The impressive hallway, with limestone and oak flooring, boasts a superb sweeping staircase and access to a grand dining room, a large kitchen/breakfast room and an elegant drawing room. The contemporary Bulthaup kitchen has a large central island/breakfast bar and an extensive range of units surrounding a Lacanche Range. The breakfast area has full height French windows opening onto the south west facing garden. Between the kitchen and the dining room is a utility room for laundry. The spacious, 'L' shaped drawing room lends itself to entertaining with a further set of French windows onto the garden, an attractive fireplace and a charming library area.

The lower ground floor offers access to the garage and comprises a wine cellar and a spacious family room with wooden flooring and French windows onto a terrace. In addition there is concealed entrance to a superb one bedroom flat that enjoys its own front door, bathroom and large open plan reception/kitchen with French windows onto a second terrace.

The impressive master bedroom on the first floor benefits from an en suite dressing room with bespoke cupboards and a large en suite bathroom with a free standing bath and a separate shower. There are a further two double bedrooms on this floor, one of which has an en suite shower room. There is also a well equipped study. The second floor is ideal for children with three further large double bedrooms all of which boast en suite bath/shower rooms.

The 112ft x 39ft south west facing, walled garden is complimented by a sunny terrace which gives way to lawn and beyond, a woodland garden, tree house and a potting shed. Mature trees, including apple, cherry, holly, fig and olive, give the garden a sense of seclusion. It is perfect for both outdoor entertaining and family games and has useful side access to the off street parking at the front of the house.

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