Baldock Road, Letchworth Garden City

Attractive early Garden City home • Its heart is an entry from the Cottage Exhibition of 1907 with sympathetic extension making it particularly spacious on the ground floor • Scope for further updating • Pleasant corner garden plot • Good off-street parking and garage • Just half a mile south of the town centre

The Property - The influence of the Garden City movement at the beginning of the 20th Century was such that Letchworth's Cottage Exhibitions of 1905 and 1907 drew entries from all over the country. The 1907 Cottage at the heart of this attractive detached home was designed by Gilbert Fraser, an architect based in Liverpool, and is one of the minority which does not have external roughcast render. It has been sympathetically extended to provide very spacious accommodation on the ground floor, including a large sitting room, separate dining room, kitchen, double-glazed conservatory, kitchen, bathroom and attached garage. The first floor retains the original footprint of the cottage and provides three double bedrooms and a cloakroom/WC.

Whilst there is scope for further updating, the house benefits from gas fired central heating and some of the windows have secondary double-glazing.

The Outside - The house stands in a corner plot measuring approximately 106' by 60' (32.4m x 18.4m) overall and screened from the roads by a tall hedge. The front garden is laid to lawn with herbaceous borders and ornamental shrubs. A pair of metal gates open to the gravel driveway, which provides off-street parking and leads to the attached garage.

A pair of metal gates to the left of the house lead to the south facing rear garden, which is some 41' (12.7m) in depth with a walled and paved patio adjoining the rear of the house. Steps lead up to the lawn with herbaceous borders and ornamental shrubs.

The Location - No 97 is well located just 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 just over a mile 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.

Tenure - LEASEHOLD: 990 year term from 1970 with 935 years remaining. Peppercorn Ground Rent.

Council Tax - Currently Band E, but subject to an improvement indicator. The banding may be revised following a sale.

Construction - Solid block with 'stone' quoins and insulated block extensions, all under tiled pitched roofs.

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 1,000 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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