Moreton Avenue, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2ET | Property for sale | Savills
3,483 sq ft
Guide price £2,500,000(HK$24,645,480)

Moreton AvenueHarpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2ET

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Key features

  • Well proportioned rooms
  • Garage and driveway
  • South westerly facing garden
  • Solar panels
  • In floor spiral wine cellar

Handsome Edwardian detached house on a plot of about 0.23 acres

About this property

  • A fine 1905 built detached house on a south westerly facing plot of about 0.23 acres. This grand house offers the capacious room size and ceiling height associated with the Edwardian period and retains a range of period features.

    A central hallway has staircase to first floor, guest cloakroom and doors to the principal reception rooms. The sitting room enjoys a triple aspect with bay window to front, leaded arch windows flanking a fireplace and double doors leading out to an open ended garden room. There is a second living room, also with bay window and open fireplace, a dining room with French doors to the garden and bricked fireplace. A morning room takes advantage of an south easterly facing bay window and it leads through to the kitchen breakfast room. This generously sized room has great views of the garden from windows to both side and rear and glazed French doors and an in floor spiral wine cellar. There is also a utility room and a boot room.

    The first floor has three very substantial double bedrooms, the principal of which has an en suite bathroom. There is also a family bathroom. The second floor offers three further double bedrooms, a shower room and a large eaves storage area.

    The rear garden is mainly laid to lawn with mature trees and shrubs to the borders. To the rear of the house there is a patio to take advantage of the south westerly aspect. The front garden has a block paved driveway which leads to the attached single garage, which has pedestrian doors to the rear.

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Apparently this is the first house built in Harpenden by renowned local firm Jarvis in 1905.

Douglas SleaperProperty agent

Local information

  • Harpenden is a sophisticated town boasting a bustling High Street with a comprehensive range of shops, supermarkets, boutiques, bistros and restaurants.
  • Access into London for the commuter is convenient with Harpenden Station approximately 1 mile away providing fast and frequent trains to St Pancras International from 26 minutes.
  • Harpenden has a great choice of schools with both private and state catered for including, Roundwood Park Junior and Senior Schools, Sir John Lawes and St Georges secondary schools. Private schools in the area include St. Hilda's School for Girls and Aldwickbury Boys Preparatory School.

Additional information

  • EPC Rating: E
  • Tenure: Freehold
  • Council Tax Band: H