Forester Avenue, Bath, BA2

An end of terrace bay-fronted Edwardian home in the most popular location of Bathwick, a level walk into the city centre. No 17 has been a loved family home for decades and is now offered with vacant possession and no chain. The handsome façade is fronted by a gravel garden suitable for soft planting or parking. The entrance is located at the side with the main reception room to the front of the house offering a spacious room with a bay window. Adjacent is the second reception room, temporarily divided in two, to create a downstairs bathroom, but could easily be converted back into a further sitting room. Of particular note is the open plan kitchen/dining/living area. To the side there is also a long utility room and as with other homes in the neighbourhood, this whole space is ripe for creating one large room that opens directly onto the garden: the winning design for most buyers. The first floor houses three double bedrooms and a bathroom.

Outside

To the front there is a gravel and paved garden for both planting as well as off-road parking with a side path leading down the length of the house to the garden to the rear. The garden is a surprise with a terrace adjacent to the house with doors opening directly out from the kitchen. The level lawn continues and is bordered by flower beds, it then divides into a vegetable garden with some mature plants as well as a handy green house. To have such a good size garden is a wonderful bonus to a home so close to the heart of Bath.

Situation

The ‘Bathwick Estate’ was designed and built in the 1900s to create ‘properly laid out roads lined with excellent dwellings’. Now in the 21st Century it is still one of Bath’s most sought after addresses with a level walk via handsome Georgian terraces and through Henrietta Park to Pulteney Bridge. Bath offers excellent shopping, restaurants, museums, and theatres. National Trust open countryside is just up the road from the house. Lovely strolls can be enjoyed around Sydney Gardens, and the Kennet & Avon canal towpath. The contrast with the closeness of the city centre to surrounding countryside, is in our opinion, one of the major attractions of this area. Also nearby are The Cleveland Pools, Britain's oldest lido dating back over two hundred years which has just re-opened after a magnificent refurbishment. Bathwick is also close to Bath University just at the top of Bathwick Hill and just around the corner is Bathwick St Mary Church Primary School, arguably one of the most well-regarded schools in the city. Communication links are excellent with a mainline rail link to London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads. There is also a handy local bus No.734 into the city in case your shopping bag gets too heavy.

Additional Information

All mains connected. Gas central heating.