Merthyr Terrace, Barnes, London, SW13

Elegant family home in a peaceful cul-de-sac.

Description

This elegant family home is situated in a peaceful cul-de-sac near Hammersmith Bridge, ideally located for those commuting into central London.

The house offers well balanced living and entertaining spaces. Having been refurbished to provide a contemporary interior while maintaining period features throughout, with high ceilings and an abundance of natural light throughout.

Set back from the road behind an attractive front garden, the house opens into a welcoming entrance hall leading through to the living and entertaining space. To the front of the house is a spacious bay fronted reception room with a period fireplace which leads through to a further family room, with sliding doors enabling it to be partitioned off from the reception room if required, which flows through to the open-plan kitchen and dining room.

The open-plan kitchen and dining room has been thoughtfully designed for family life and entertaining. The contemporary kitchen is fitted with a range of wall and base level units with integrated appliances including a wine fridge. Skylights, two sets of expansive glass doors and picture windows flood the space with natural light and seamlessly extend the living area out to the garden beyond. Alongside the kitchen is a downstairs cloakroom.

Upstairs on the first floor is the principal bedroom which benefits from built-in wardrobes. Along with an additional bedroom and a well-appointed stylish family bathroom has a walk in shower, twin basins as well as a free standing bathtub with a contemporary skylight overhead.

The top floor has a further two bedrooms, a jack-and-jill shower room and access to a large attic space via a retractable ladder.

The secluded landscaped south-west facing walled courtyard garden, has thoughtfully designed to provide a peaceful haven with well-considered planted borders and a gate leading out into a private alleyway.

Location

Merthyr Terrace is a peaceful cul-de-sac near Hammersmith Bridge and the River Thames with its attractive towpath walks. Ideally located for those commuting into central London with Hammersmith Broadway with its underground and bus network. As well as good bus services from Castelnau (such as 33, 209, 419, 485 and 533) to Richmond, Putney, Hammersmith and Barnes Station and Barnes Bridge station - both of which provide a good service into Waterloo.

Barnes village is also close by, with its pretty duck pond offering an eclectic range of independent retailers, pubs, coffee shops and highly regarded restaurants, as well as the popular Olympic Cinema and a weekly Barnes Farmers Market.

The redeveloped Riverside Studios, along with Chiswick Mall and Fulham Reach are to be found on the north bank of the Thames. While the open spaces of Richmond Park, Kew Gardens and the London Wetlands are also within easy reach.

The schools in the area include St Paul’s, The Harrodian, The Swedish School, Latymer, Godolphin & Latymer, West London Free School and St Paul’s Girls’ School. For younger pupils there is St Paul's Juniors, St Osmund’s (RC), Lowther Primary School and Barnes Primary School.

Square Footage: 1,675 sq ft