Location

60 Thorpe Road is situated on the corner of Thorpe Road and Aldermans Drive, one of Peterborough’s favoured addresses, close to Ferry Meadows Country Park and yet within just 0.7 of a mile’s walk to Peterborough Railway Station in the city's centre.

The Cathedral City of Peterborough is a regional centre for commerce, industry, retail, recreation, and leisure, with theatres, cinemas, ice skating, bowling, sports centres, and varied sports clubs. Peterborough Railway Station offers commuter services to London Kings Cross (from about 50 minutes) and to Cambridge, whilst the city also has good north-south and east-west road links via the A1, A14, A47 and A15.

The River Nene and the Ferry Meadows Country Park are within a mile of the property, with easy access to Peterborough’s “Green Wheel” network of cycle/jogging routes that provide over 20 miles of continuous sustainable routes around the city, riverside and green spaces for residents to enjoy.

Schooling is also well catered for. The Peterborough School (an independent school catering for all ages) is 500 meters, or thereabouts, whilst The King’s (The Cathedral) School on Park Road is a 1.3 mile walk from the property, among other primary and secondary school options. Further afield, the market towns of Stamford and Oundle are both 13 miles, with Uppingham 21 miles, each with their renowned independent schools.

Description

Positioned on one of Peterborough's favoured residential streets, 60 Thorpe Road is well placed for access to the city's cathedral centre, schools and railway station (with commuter services to Cambridge, and to London Kings Cross every 20 minutes during peak periods) as well as the city's rowing lake and Ferry Meadows Country Park, all of which are within three quarters of a mile's walk.

Originally constructed in 1889, this striking redbrick home stands out with its distinctive turret and fantastic bay windows, comprises four bedrooms, three bathrooms and three reception rooms along with kitchen, garden, and gated off-street parking. The accommodation is set out over two floors, with fantastic volume and natural light throughout with internal renovations conducted to a high specification complimenting the Victorian proportions.

Upon entering the home, you are greeted with an entrance porch with storage for coats and shoes leading through to a double height galleried hall with Victorian style tiles and decorative staircase filled with light from the double aspect and double height space. They central space leads through to each of the rooms along with direct access to the rear garden.

The triple aspect kitchen is flooded with natural light and boasts walnut engineered wood flooring, Oakwood gloss kitchen units, quartz worktops incorporating integrated Zanussi appliances which include a fridge/freezer, dishwasher, oven, microwave, and hot tap. The large kitchen island provides a breakfast bar and there is a separate dining area providing a formal seating area. The kitchen enjoys views over the rear garden, with French doors providing access to the outside space.

Across the central hall, a spacious, dual aspect sitting room with ample space for family life and entertaining, enjoys views over the south facing front garden with the adjoining snug offering a second south-facing reception room with flexible space for a purchaser to adapt to their own needs such as playroom or office space. A downstairs W.C. completes the ground floor.

Ascending the 150-year-old staircase, the landing is airy and light. There are four bedrooms, two of which are en suite, with fitted wardrobes, and a family bathroom. Bedroom one is spacious with built in wardrobes, a fantastic south facing bay window and en suite shower room. The second bedroom is another spacious double, with an en suite shower room. Bedroom three enjoys south facing views from the bay window and turret reading nook. Bedroom four and the family bathroom complete the first-floor accommodation. The bathrooms include digitally controlled Fascino Smart Taps, and Fascino Smart Showers and Smart Baths.

The front door is situated to the east, via a paved path enclosed by metal railings and hedging providing privacy. The garden wraps around the property, to the front is a spacious garden, laid to lawn, boarded in metal railings and hedging. To the rear the garden provides an al-fresco dining space, perfect for outside dining or family living, again, with lawn. A gate opens into the gated parking area, which is accessed via Alderman's Drive.

A sealed basement may provide further storage or space should it be reinstated.