Eastholm, Letchworth Garden City

This early Garden City home has the distinction of being designed by Parker & Unwin, the lead architects in charge of the project and fully retains its original charm and character • Well updated • Splendid gardens extending to nearly a quarter of an acre • Generous off-street parking and detached garage • Enviable location close to Norton Common

The Property - This fine example of the early Garden City style is one of the very earliest examples, dating from 1903. It forms part of a notable group of properties designed by Parker and Unwin, the lead architects in charge of the entire project. This attractive bay windowed semi has lost none of its original charm and character, retaining its period fireplaces among other features. It has, however, been very well updated.

The ground floor provides two large reception rooms, modern kitchen and well-appointed bathroom. There are three bedrooms on the first floor, two doubles and a generous single currently used as a study. There is also a cloakroom/WC on the first floor.

The house benefits from part secondary double-glazing and gas fired central heating.

The Outside - The house stands in a fine plot extending to approaching a quarter of an acre, measuring approximately 228' by 40' (69.4m x 12.26m) overall. The front garden is screened by hedges and laid to a gravel forecourt providing good off-street parking, with herbaceous border and mature beech and sycamore trees. A concrete driveway with a minimum width of 7'7" (2.33m) leads from the forecourt to the detached garage to the rear.

A gate between the house and garage opens to the delightful west facing rear garden, which is some 164' (50m) in length. It is laid to extensive lawns with a paved patio terrace, herbaceous beds and borders, ornamental pond with adjoining area of decking, apple tree and ornamental shrubs and trees , including Japanese acers, silver birch and field maple. There is an impressive greenhouse to the rear of the garage and a timber summerhouse/workshop with adjoining garden store at the rear of the plot.

The Location - Eastholm lies to the north-east of the town centre, running along the western edge of Eastholm Green and continuing northward to become Eastern Way. No 5 is just three-quarters of a mile mile from 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 2.3 miles away by car and Junction 10 is a 3 mile drive.

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, is within 200 yards.

Construction - Solid brick, roughcast rendered externally, under a pitched tiled roof.

Services - Mains water, sewerage, gas and electricity are connected to the property.

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 located within the Letchworth 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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