A substantial Grade II listed townhouse occupying a prime position on the corner of Binswood Avenue and Kenilworth Road. The property has the benefit of a duplex apartment with its own separate entrance and courtyard garden.

There is a wealth of original features, including deep skirtings, the original staircase, sash windows with shutters, architraves, high ceilings and intricate cornicing. Stone steps lead up to the canopy porch, where double doors open into the entrance lobby and impressive reception hall beyond. Reception hall with an impressive staircase to the first floor and door leading out to the rear garden. Access to the basement apartment and doors radiating off to the various reception rooms. Drawing room having a dual aspect with views over the gardens, fireplace with open fire and marble surround. French doors to a wrought iron balcony overlooking the garden. Dining room having two large sash windows to the front, the original shutters and fireplace.

Kitchen/breakfast room with windows overlooking the garden, a range of wooden units with granite worktops, integrated Miele appliances and a large Wolf range cooker. Central chimney with open sides and a central fire bowl. Breakfast area with space for table and chairs. Utility room with storage and shelving. Guest cloakroom.

Lower ground floor: family room with doors leading out to the side garden, cloakroom, spacious utility room and wine cellar.

The principal bedroom has two large sash windows to the rear, fireplace and en suite bathroom. Four further first-floor double bedrooms, two with en suite shower rooms and a family bathroom with bath and separate walk-in shower.

On the second floor: bedroom six/studio with en suite shower room. Separate duplex apartment on the ground and lower ground floors with an entrance hall/study, spacious sitting room and separate fitted kitchen, three bedrooms, shower room and cloakroom.

The garden is landscaped and surrounds the house on three sides, with a roadside brick boundary wall and hedging. Stone steps lead down from the reception hall to the private terrace below with box hedging and herbaceous beds to the perimeter. There is a pergola with terrace and seating area below. Steps lead down to the lower terrace, screened with bamboo to create an outdoor space for the duplex apartment. There is parking to the front of the property for several cars.

On the corner of Kenilworth Road and Binswood Avenue, a tree-lined avenue, one of the prime residential streets in Leamington Spa, and located in the heart of the town’s most favoured location, within walking distance of shopping and recreational facilities. Leamington Spa is famous for its Jephson Gardens on the banks of the river Leam, and throughout the town, there is evidence of the Victorian and Georgian heritage for which Leamington is renowned.

The area has some excellent schools, most notably Arnold Lodge and Kingsley School for Girls in Leamington and Warwick Boys School, King’s High for Girls and Warwick Prep in Warwick.

There are theatres in Stratford-upon-Avon, home of the Royal Shakespeare Company, golf at ‘The Warwickshire’ in Leek Wootton, racing at Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon, sailing and fishing at Draycote Water and polo at the Royal Leamington Polo Club. The property is also within walking distance of Leamington Spa Cricket Club.