Location

Holmes Grove is ideally placed within a short stroll of Henleaze High Street, there are cafes a plenty, supermarkets including a Waitrose and fashionable eateries and gastro pubs, notably Little French, The Little Shop & Pantry and The Westbury Park Tavern. In proximity are quality and highly regarded schools, including Redmaids, Badminton and Henleaze infant & junior school, Holmes Grove also lies within the area of first priority for Redland Green School. Clifton is a mere 2 miles distance has Clifton College, Bristol Grammar and Clifton High. For sporting pursuits there are tennis clubs and health and leisure clubs, with 400 acres of parkland available from Durdham Downs which is virtually on the doorstep trim tracks and walks. For the commuter there is good ease of access to Bristol's commercial centre and the motorway networks, and Bristol has two main line train stations serving the wider country, the closest of which is Bristol Parkway with a fast train running to London Paddington.

Description

An Edwardian three storey bay fronted semi-detached family house located within level walking of Henleaze High Street. The property has been well maintained during the tenure of the present owners and offers both formal and informal living and retains plenty of detail. There are five bedrooms, well served by the family bathroom and the principal bedroom on the top floor has the benefit of an en suite shower room. Notable enhancements include the open plan kitchen arrangement and dedicated off street car parking. Of particular note is the South facing garden which is generous in scale, lawned and offers a good degree of privacy.

The reception hall is the central axis, and there are two principal rooms to the front elevation. The drawing room has a bay with leaded top lights and a feature fireplace with an inset wood burning stove. Adjacent is the sitting room with a further feature fireplace as the focal point. To the rear of the property the kitchen/living/dining room is open plan with dedicated functions, a lime stone floor extends throughout and there are picture windows and a French door opening on to the garden. The kitchen has recently been refurbished with modern wall and base units and a Silestone work surface with glass splash backs and there are various integrated appliances. The living area has a sliding door opening on to the sun terrace and rear garden with two Velux top-lights, beyond again is the utility which includes the plumbing for the prerequisite white goods.

The upper floors include five bedrooms, the first floor features four of these with orientations to both front and rear and one is being used as a study. There are feature fireplaces and some built in cupboards. The family bathroom includes a comprehensive suite and opaque windows to the side elevation. The top floor has been converted and now provides the principal bedroom suite with Velux windows, a dedicated dressing area with built in cupboards and a separate shower room. There is also useful eaves storage cupboards.
Off street car parking has been created to the front of the house with a block paved drive and pedestrian path to the side elevation, front door and a further gate to the rear garden. The rear garden incorporates a sun terrace and is south facing. The garden is bounded by a combination of brick, stone and fenced curtilages. There are a wide variety of flowering shrubs, plants and trees with a notable Wisteria, a Choisya and Weigela, colourful borders and perennials. A timber shed offers storage for garden implements.