Park Avenue North, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

An attractive double-fronted and generously-proportioned property offering superb family accommodation located in the highly sought after Park Avenue North.

57 Park Avenue North is an attractive, double-fronted, detached family home offering 3,307 sq ft of light-filled, flexible accommodation arranged over three floors. Configured to provide an elegant and practical space for family life and entertaining, the layout flows from a welcoming reception hall with tiled flooring and useful storage. The ground floor comprises an L-shaped, dual-aspect drawing room with exposed wooden flooring, a feature open fireplace with wooden overmantel, and double doors opening into a vaulted, triple-aspect conservatory with large picture glazing and French doors to the terrace.

There is also a dual-aspect family room with exposed beams, full-height glazing, tiled flooring, a neighbouring cloakroom, and French doors opening to the terrace on two sides, along with a dual-aspect dining room with a side bay window. Completing the ground floor is an L-shaped kitchen/breakfast room featuring a range of wall and base units, complementary work surfaces and splashbacks and a breakfast area with a side bay window and built-in seating. There is space for a sizeable table for informal dining, and a door leads to an inter-connecting fitted utility room with access to the side-aspect driveway.

Stairs rise from the reception hall to a generous first floor landing, giving access to a front aspect principal bedroom with built-in storage, a fitted dressing room and a fully-tiled en suite bathroom with bath and separate shower enclosure, three further double bedrooms, one with a front aspect bay window, and a fully-tiled family bathroom. A separate staircase rises from the landing to the second floor, which benefits from useful eaves storage and houses the property’s two remaining double bedrooms and a fully-tiled family shower room.

Screened by mature shrubs and having plenty of kerb appeal, the property is approached through double wrought iron gates over a tarmacadam side driveway providing private parking and giving access to an outbuilding incorporating a double garage and an inter-connecting storage area with a door to the rear terrace. The generous wraparound garden surrounding the property on three sides is laid mainly to lawn bordered by mature shrubs and trees and features numerous seating areas, a summer house, a swimming pool with paved surround and a large wraparound paved terrace accessible from the family room and conservatory, the whole ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.

The property is located in one of the Harpenden’s most sought-after roads near to amenities including comprehensive high street and boutique shopping, supermarkets including Marks and Spencer’s, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s, restaurants, bars and cafés. Sporting and leisure facilities include a sports centre with indoor pool, three golf courses, rugby, tennis, bowling and cricket clubs and cycling, riding and walking routes on Harpenden Common, in the Woodland Trust’s Heartwood Forest and in the Rothamsted Estate. Comprehensive amenities can also be found in St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Luton, Welwyn Garden City and Watford. Communications links are excellent: Harpenden station (1.0 mile) offers direct services to London and the M1 gives access to major regional centres and the motorway network.

The town offers a wide range of state primary and secondary schooling including Wood End, St Dominic Catholic Primary, Roundwood Park, St George’s and Sir John Lawes Schools (all rated Outstanding by Ofsted), together with independent schools including St Hilda’s, The King’s and Aldwickbury.

Distances
Harpenden High Street 0.6 mile
M1 (Jct 9) 4.3 miles
St Albans 5.5 miles
London Luton Airport 6.6 miles
Central London 33.4 miles
London Heathrow Airport 36.6 miles

Nearby Stations
Harpenden (London St Pancras International 24 minutes)

Key Locations
Harpenden Common
Rothamstead Park
Harpenden Golf Course
St Albans Cathedral
Verulamium Museum & Park
Hatfield House
Shaw’s Corner (National Trust)
Mill Green Museum & Mill
Welwyn Roman Baths
Knebworth House
Whipsnade Tree Cathedral
Ashridge Estate

Nearby Schools
St Hilda’s School
Roundwood Primary School
Roundwood Park School
Sir John Lawes School
Katherine Warrington School
St George’s School
St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School
The King’s School
Harpenden Academy
St Dominic Catholic Primary School
Wood End School
Manland Primary
Crabtree Junior School
High Beeches School
The Lea Primary School and Nursery