The Drive, Gosforth, NE3

This impressive three storey, period townhouse, is located in the heart of central Gosforth.  This family home offers great versatility, generous room sizes, many original features and will suit a wide range of regional and national buyers, with a south facing garden, rear courtyard and an internal viewing will be essential.

Accommodation comprises:

Ground Floor: Entrance Vestibule, Hallway, Sitting Room, Family Room, Dining Kitchen, Utility Room, Cloakroom/WC.

First Floor:       Landing, Principal Bedroom, Bedroom 2, Bedroom 3, Shower Room.

Second Floor:  Landing, Bedroom 4, Bedroom 5, Bedroom 6/Home Office, Family Bathroom.

Outside:           Front South Facing Lawn Garden, Paved Patio, Rear Courtyard.

Situation:

The Drive is a popular residential street located just off the High Street in the heart of central Gosforth.  Highly regarded as one of Newcastle’s most sought after residential areas, Gosforth is partially popular with families. Enjoying a wealth of amenities, including local and national shops, restaurants, public house, coffee shops, banks and post office.  There is excellent schooling for all ages, whilst having access to a number of private schools across the city.  Gosforth is well positioned for commuting directly over the Town Moor into Newcastle city centre.  There are a number of sports clubs and leisure facilities as well as good regional commuting options.  From Newcastle city centre there is a mainline rail station that connects to London Kings Cross in less than three hours, whilst to the north of Gosforth is Newcastle international airport with destinations around the globe.  There is also the A1 trunk road for road access nationally and access out to Northumberland’s beautiful countryside and its Heritage Coastline, with pretty seaside towns such as Whitley Bay and Tynemouth.

Description:                                                                                                                 

30 The Drive has been considerably improved by the present owners and offers a great opportunity for families, on a regional and national level, to purchase a versatile and generous period family home in a great location.   With accommodation over three floors, with large sized rooms, high ceilings, so many original features, this property’s viewing will be essential.  It is heated by gas central heating and has double glazing installed.

Accessing the property is via the front door into the entrance vestibule and from there the reception hallway, with stairs lead off to the first floor.  There is engineered smoked oak herringbone floor that runs throughout much of the ground floor, which sets the standard for this lovely space.  The sitting room is the principal reception room and towards the front of the property.  It is a generous sized room with high ceilings and cornicing.  The main focal point is the beautiful fireplace with inset Morso Multi fuel stove, whilst there is also a bay window, which allows for additional light and space, which looks south over the front garden.  The family room is towards the rear of the property and opens through to the dining kitchen, and works well as a family space, with a continuation of the parquet flooring.  It also has a feature fireplace as its focal point.  The dining kitchen is towards the rear of the property, with Aluminium French doors to side extension leading to back yard and 2 lantern skylights which makes this a lovely bright and airy space.  It is the heart of the house and is fitted with modern base units with Marble effect Quartz worktops, double Belfast sink, integrated dishwasher, Neff induction hob, Shelving with under counter lights, a large central island, full height units including double larder unit and oven housing units with Neff appliances including slide and hide oven and combination microwave oven and warming drawer. Space for full sized fridge and freezer. Leading from here is a utility room, which is a really useful space towards the rear elevation, as well as a cloakroom/WC.  

On the first floor is a split level landing, with stairs off to the second floor.  Towards the front of the property is the principal bedroom that runs the full width of the house.  This generous bedroom has a corniced ceiling and a bay window towards the front and a further window, both south facing, and it too has a beautiful fireplace as its focal point.  Bedroom 2 towards the rear of the property, is also a generous double room.  Bedroom 3 would make an office or as a double bedroom, and is towards the rear of the property.  Finally, is the shower room with Duravit sanitary wear and porcelain tiles.  On the second floor there is a further landing that allows access to both bedrooms 4 and 5, both of which are double rooms, and bedroom 6 would make an excellent home office.  Finally, there is the family bathroom with Duravit sanitary wear and porcelain tiles.

Outside:

Towards the front of the property gated access leads to a paved path and patio, which runs up to the front of the house and the garden is laid to lawn.  This space is south facing and is a wonderful place to sit out, especially through the summer months.  Towards the rear there is a courtyard with access out to the service lane.