Cowslip Hill, Letchworth Garden City

One of the most stylish homes you could wish to find • Superb blend of the original Art Deco and the contemporary and finished to the highest standards • Spacious and versatile accommodation • Excellent modern kitchen • Delightful gardens backing on to the 63-acre Norton Common • Workshop • Off-street parking • Garage (currently converted to laundry/utility room) • Very convenient central location

The Property - This must be one of the most stylish and imaginative reworking of a house of its period that you could possibly find. Its origin is a very attractive bay-fronted 1920's semi, which has lost none of its original Art Deco style and charm, whilst the modern extension has added an impressive extra contemporary dimension. This has provided a spacious garden/dining room to the rear of the original two reception rooms, as well as solving the usual shortcoming of houses of this period by the creation of a kitchen of very satisfactory dimensions. The garage has been converted to a laundry/utility room and the ground floor is completed by a cloakroom/WC.

There are three double bedrooms, plus a shower room, on the first floor with a master suite of bedroom and shower room in the excellent loft conversion above.

This fine home has been finished to an exceptional standard throughout with top quality flooring, Art Deco moulded plaster panelling to the hallway, Art Deco fireplaces. a large double-glazed lantern above the dining room and wrought iron balustrades. The house benefits from uPVC double-glazed windows and the main central heating is supplied by a gas fired boiler. There is electric underfloor heating to the garden/dining room.

The Outside - The house stands in a plot measuring approximately 205' by 25' (62.5m x 7.6m) overall and backing on to Norton Common. The front garden is laid to lawn with herbaceous borders and ornamental shrubs. The tarmac drive provides off-street parking and leads to the attached garage (although this is currently converted to the utility room - see above).

The delightful rear garden is some 140' (42.9m) in length and most attractively laid out. A paved patio terrace adjoins the rear of the house, stepping down to a lawn with herbaceous borders to either side. A brick path leads beneath a pergola to the next section of the garden, which is again laid to lawn with a second paved patio incorporating an ornamental pond with a cascade water feature and herbaceous borders. At the rear of the plot is a third paved patio and the timber workshop with electric power.

The garden is planted with numerous ornamental shrubs and trees, including birches, willow and Japanese maple.

The Location - The house is conveniently situated towards the southern end of Cowslip Hill, just a third of a mile to the north of the town centre and 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 2.1 miles 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 most impressive of which, the 63-acre Norton Common, adjoins the rear of the property.

Services -

Construction - Insulated cavity walls; pitched tiled main roof. High quality flat roof to single storey areas.

Broadband Speed - A choice of providers with claimed download speeds of up to 10,000 Mbps.

Mobile Signal - Most providers claim up to 5G coverage.

Conservation Area - The property is not located within a Conservation Area.

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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