For total restoration in Velwell Road

***Guide Price £575,000 - £600,000*** A spacious Edwardian "Art Nouveau" semi detached 5 bedroom town house on the market for the first time in about 50 years and now with enormous potential for complete restoration and modernisation. With many of the original features still in tact, a good sized enclosed garden for re-cultivation pls a separate garden and single garage and lovely far reaching cityscape and country views. This is an extremely rare opportunity indeed!

Directions: If walking from Exeter High Street proceed along Queen Street until reaching the Clock Tower whereupon continue straight across into Elm Grove Road. At the 'T' junction turn right into Howell Road and then immediately left into Velwell Road. The property to be sold can then be easily found on the right hand side.

This is a wonderful and very rare opportunity to purchase a superbly located Edwardian town house enjoying some really outstanding views not only over its rear garden but also from the front upper floors, across the city and beyond to the fields and countryside on the edge of the city. All this and just a few minutes easy walk from the city centre itself. Velwell Road is now one of the most favoured roads in Exeter and this house will doubtless be of interest to professionals and others with university associations. Velwell Road is a conservation area and during the process of its designation the houses in Velwell Road along with those in Thornton Hill and West Avenue are described as being "excellent examples of the revolution in house design arising from the Arts and Crafts and Garden City movements that created the vernacular suburb". This style and quality of building is not common in Exeter and the buildings have an important group value in that they are specific to very few localised areas. They reflect the architectural thinking of the period and social history of Exeter. In need of complete restoration, overall this is a rare opportunity to acquire a property in a fine and well regarded location which has tremendous scope and the owners' sole agents wholeheartedly recommend early inspection.

This is a fantastic opportunity to purchase a superbly positioned period family home of real style and character which comes to the market with enormous potential for complete restoration and modernisation and the scope to create a magnificent period city home . With high ceilings, many original sash windows, together with numerous other features including period fireplaces, picture rails, original panelled doors with decorative handles. In addition there are high skirtings as well as some splendid moulded cornices and a fine original balustraded staircase and even a balcony on the second floor half landing! The accommodation throughout is beautifully light and spacious. Starting from the large entrance lobby with its lovely Art Nouveau stain glass feature door and glazed sides (damaged) leading in to the spacious hallway with the original period balustraded staircase. The sitting room especially with it's wide bay window and fine period fireplace surround is a delight as is the coved ceiling and picture rail.  Also on the ground floor there is a generous dining room with pretty fireplace and other period features.   Accessed also from the entrance hall is the large breakfast room from where there is a door leading to the elementary kitchen.  A door leads from the kitchen to the rear garden.  The first floor accommodation comprises 3 bedrooms, the principal bedroom and bedroom 2 have fantastic views to the front from the wide bay window and bedroom 3 overlooks the rear garden. A period staircase then leads to the second floor landing where there is access to a a large  eves storage area and then on to the two top floor bedrooms, one of which has stunning distant views and the other over the rear garden. There are 2  further useful attic store rooms which may have potential to be converted to further bedroom or bathroom space (Architectural aficionados will be interested to see the exposed original lathe and plaster wall in the attic room). 
Outside the property is approached at the front from easy steps flanked by small garden areas. At the rear a level, mainly walled, good sized garden in need of complete re-cultivation, takes full advantage of the sunny aspect and potentially affords a safe and enclosed area of outdoor space for children to play and a great place for entertaining.  There is also a very useful outside WC .  

Entrance Porch


Entrance Hallway


Sitting Room 19' 0'' into bay x 12' 3'' (5.79m x 3.73m)


Drawing room 17' 0'' x 12' 9'' (5.18m x 3.88m)


Dining Room 11' 6'' x 10' 10'' (3.50m x 3.30m)


Kitchen 12' 3'' x 7' 4'' (3.73m x 2.23m)


First Floor Landing


W.C.


Bathroom 8' 8'' x 7' 3'' (2.64m x 2.21m)


Bedroom 1 19' 8'' x 12' 3'' (5.99m x 3.73m)


Bedroom 2 14' 6'' x 12' 9'' (4.42m x 3.88m)


Bedroom 3 13' 7'' x 12' 7'' (4.14m x 3.83m)


Half Landing


Second floor landing


Bedroom 4 16' 0'' x 13' 4'' (4.87m x 4.06m)


Bedroom 5 12' 5'' x 12' 0'' (3.78m x 3.65m)


Attic Room 9' 7'' x 8' 1'' (2.92m x 2.46m)


Adjoining Attic room


Large level rear garden


Secondary garden close-by


Garage with shared access