73 Castle Road

Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 3PR

Guide Price

£825,000

Property Highlights

Victorian property
Five bedrooms
Three reception rooms
Open plan refitted kitchen/breakfast room.
Laundry/shower room and family bathroom
Retained period features
Gas to radiator heating
Landscaped south facing rear garden

Property description

A Victorian five bedroom 2,457 sq. ft. property in the Castle Quarter 2 minutes' walk from Bedford's riverside Embankment.

The property has been extended and refurbished, with careful attention paid to blending traditional and original features, including moulded ceiling cornices, traditional fireplaces and exposed floorboards, with modern day amenities. The accommodation includes three reception rooms, an open plan kitchen/breakfast room and a cloakroom on the ground floor. The five double bedrooms are on the first and second floors. The principal bedroom has a dressing room and two of the bedrooms have period features. There is a family bathroom fitted in a white traditional style suite, and a laundry/shower room with space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer. The front garden is bound by a low brick wall with pillared corners, a postman’s gate, and mature borders. A gated side access leads to the rear garden.

Reception Rooms

The sitting room has a marble fireplace with an open grate and raised hearth and a bespoke sash bay window with bespoke louvred shutters. The family room/snug is currently used as a playroom and has a traditional fireplace and doors to the rear garden. The dining is split level and has a fireplace recess housing a log burning stove on a raised hearth and bespoke storage cupboards, one housing the gas fired boiler. A door leads to the rear garden.

Kitchen/Breakfast Room

The kitchen/breakfast room has been extended and has dual aspect full height windows and doors with views of the rear garden and access to a paved terrace. The kitchen has a range of painted Shaker style units, including a larder unit and central island, with quartz worksurfaces and metro tiling. Integrated appliances include a dishwasher, and there is space for a range cooker and American fridge/freezer. The breakfast area has a high vaulted ceiling.

Rear Garden

The landscaped rear garden is enclosed by walls and is south facing. It has a paved split level terrace which has steps leading down to the rest of the garden which is principally lawned with raised and low level borders and some mature trees including a Fig, a Walnut and Bay trees. There is a timber storage shed.

Situation and Schooling

The property is in the Castle Quarter which has shops including coffee shops, a butcher's shop, and a supermarket. Russell Park and The Embankment are 2 minutesu2019 walk. Bedford town centre has a larger range of shops and the independent Harpur Trust schools. The nearest school is Castle Lower School which is 5 minutesu2019 walk, and there are doctors' surgeries in Rothsay Gardens and Goldington Road, both within 10 minutes' walk.

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