Location

Laurel Road is a prestigious road in the heart of Barnes village with the open spaces of Barnes Common at the end of the road.

Barnes Village offers a range of local shops, restaurants and bars. Barnes duck pond, green, common and the river Thames are also on the doorstep.

Barnes station and Barnes Bridge station offer a frequent service into Waterloo. There are also good bus services to Putney, Richmond and Hammersmith all of which offer underground connections. Heathrow and Gatwick airports are also easily accessible.

The schools in the area include – St Paul's School, The Harrodian, The Swedish School and Ibstock Place School. For younger pupils – St Paul's Juniors, St Osmunds' (RC), Lowther Primary School and Barnes Primary School.

Description

This handsome rarely available Lion House is set back from the road behind an attractive front garden and benefits from side access and a useful side entrance. The house offers excellent lateral living and entertaining space which is arranged over three floors

The house opens into a wide entrance hall which has a wonderful sense of light and space, with the original front door and wooden staircase leading up to the first and second floors.

To the front is a spacious bay fronted reception room which is a lovely family area and features a period working fireplace and an alcove of bespoke full height shelving. A further reception space towards the rear of the house opens into a superb open plan kitchen and dining area which provides a fantastic family and entertaining space. The contemporary kitchen is fitted with a range of bespoke wall and base level units with integrated appliances and a separate pantry cupboard. The space is flooded with light from the full height glass doors leading out to the landscaped garden. Off the kitchen is a useful utility room and there is a further downstairs cloakroom off the entrance hall.

On the first floor is the principal bedroom with an en suite bathroom and fitted wardrobes. There are a further three double bedrooms, a family bathroom and an additional WC on this floor.

The second floor features flexible reception/home office space with useful eaves storage, along with two further bedrooms, and a bathroom with both a bathtub and a walk in shower.

The landscaped south facing walled garden has been designed with both family living and entertaining in mind. With a terrace overlooking the garden, which is laid to lawn with beautifully maintained herbaceous borders.