Baldock Road, Letchworth Garden City

A distinguished early Garden City home designed by Parker & Unwin • Two large reception rooms plus an outstanding open-plan kitchen & breakfast room • Three double bedrooms • Ample off-street parking and garage • Superb highly sought after setting and 205' rear garden

The Property - This distinguished early Garden City semi detached house dates from 1905 and was designed by Parker & Unwin, the lead architects in charge of the Garden City project and is rated a home of 'Special Interest' by the Letchworth Heritage Foundation. This much loved home has been well updated and improved, whilst fully retaining its charm and character, boasting many original features. There are two large reception rooms on the ground floor, together with a fine modern kitchen, open-plan to the breakfast room, and a cloakroom/WC. On the first floor, there are three double bedrooms and a family bathroom featuring the original cast iron bath and a shower. The third bedroom has a shower in the corner and an en suite cloakroom/WC with storage.

The house is of solid brick construction and, unusually for the Garden City, it is only roughcast rendered on the first floor, the fine red brick being exposed on the ground floor. Under a pitched tiled roof, the house benefits from full double-glazing in timber frames to the front and uPVC to the side and rear. The central heating is supplied by a gas fired boiler.

The Outside - The house is set 60' (18.15m) back from the road in a fine plot measuring approximately 296' by 34'6" (90.27m x 10.5m) overall. The front garden is enclosed by hedges and laid to lawn with a well-stocked herbaceous border and impressive mature conifer. The gravel driveway and forecourt provides off-street parking for five to seven cars and leads via double gates to the detached garage (with power-operated up-and-over door) to the rear.

The delightfully wild and informal rear garden faces primarily south and is some 205' (62.37m) in length. It is laid to extensive lawns with paved patio, herbaceous borders, numerous ornamental shrubs and trees, climbing roses, fruit tree, including apple, pear and plum, and large fruit cage or chicken run. Timber potting shed and timber summerhouse.

The Location - The house stands in a group of fine Garden City houses, ranged along Baldock Road, which, at this point, is a wide tree-lined avenue. Within the Letchworth Conservation Area, it is some half a mile south of the town centre and three-quarters of a mile from the mainline railway station. Letchworth Garden City is on the Cambridge to London mainline with the fastest service to London King's Cross taking just 29 minutes and Cambridge 27 minutes away in the other direction. Junction 9 on the A1(M) is a mile and a half away by car.

Designed in the early 20th Century to combine the benefits of town and country, Letchworth Garden City was the world’s first example of this concept and succeeds to this day in achieving its aim. The town provides excellent schools, shops, leisure facilities and green open spaces. The house is particularly well placed for easy access to schools, with St Francis' College and St Christopher School both being only quarter of a mile away and the Highfield School about half a mile.

Services - MAINS water, sewerage, gas and electricity are connected to the property.
BROADBAND: A choice of providers with claimed download speeds of up to 1000 Mbps.
MOBILE SIGNAL: Most providers claim up to 4G coverage, O2 claims to provide 5G.

The Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation - To maintain the integrity of the Garden City concept and design, properties are subject to the additional planning requirements of the Heritage Foundation.

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