Beresford Terrace, Highbury, London, N5

This substantial Grade II-listed 1854 Victorian terraced house in the Highbury New Park Conservation Area offers a warm, light-filled and friendly family house. Set over five floors it enjoys a wealth of period features and a rear 79.5 foot walled garden with mature trees and shrubs and, unusually for the area, a front garden.

Offering flexible living accommodation spanning 2,565 sq/ft, this handsome home comprises an inviting hallway and staircase, great ceiling heights, and ornate cornicing. A stained glass front door illuminates the hallway and the staircase with its original balustrade. Set to the right of the raised ground floor is a vast dual aspect double reception filled with light from the two large arched, front sash windows framed with the original wooden shutters, as have the two large sash windows that overlook the well-tended and loved garden. The double reception room also benefits from having great ceiling height, original cornicing in both rooms, ceiling roses, and two beautiful ornate fireplaces that are complemented with marble mantelpieces. Leading off the reception room is the kitchen with doors which lead out onto a beautiful mature garden.

The lower ground floor offers the new owner the option of either transforming this floor into a splendid kitchen/diner, or keeping it as two additional reception rooms, or two further bedrooms, or to transform it into a ‘granny flat’. The lower ground floor benefits from good ceiling height and houses a bathroom, wine cellar, and utility room. The lower ground floor provides access to the front and rear gardens.

Set on the first floor again with great ceiling height is a further reception room, double bedroom and a house W/C. The reception is set to the front of the property and offers wonderful light from the two large south facing arched windows. The reception room has cornicing, an ornate fireplace with marble mantelpiece and high skirting. The second-floor houses two double bedrooms and two bathrooms. Up a spiral stair, the loft has been converted into a wonderful additional room, which is currently being used as a study/office with fantastic light coming in from the Velux windows on both sides.

The property enjoys a unique location feeling both close to the City yet semi-rustic. It enjoys the best of the delights to be found in Highbury, Islington, Newington Green. Highbury Barn and Upper Street. It has easy access to six bus routes, the Canonbury Overground, and Highbury and Islington Underground station. It is an easy walk to two ‘foodie havens’ – Newington Green and Highbury Barn. Additionally Angel tube station provides access to the Northern Line. It is one stop from King’s Cross / St Pancras which provides access to the Circle Line, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan Lines, Piccadilly Line and Victoria Line as well St Pancras International and National Rail. There are good schools nearby, and a large selection of restaurants, pubs, delicatessens, boutiques and traditional local shops.

For scenic walks, look no further than New River Path, Clissold Park, and Highbury Fields with its tennis courts and swimming pool.