Middle Leazes, Stroud, GL5

An extended and well-proportioned end-of-terrace older style four bedroom period property situated at the end of private residents path below Middle Leazes a short distance from the town centre. At the same time, it’s only a short walk to open countryside and e.g Swift Hill nature reserve, so it offers the best of both worlds – town and country. The Leazes offer a quiet setting and village-like community whilst still being a few minutes’ walk to shops, the farmers’ market, amenities and train station of Stroud. The ground floor comprises an entrance porch, dining room with woodburning stove and panelling, a sitting room with open fire and dado rail, a fitted kitchen with under unit lighting, a rear porch/hallway and the bathroom with shower over the bath. On the first floor is a landing with two windows over and some built in storage with two double bedrooms - both with built in storage and one with decorative panelling. The top floor is home to one bedroom with dormer window and built in wardrobe/cupboards and the main bedroom with clever built in dressing area into the dormer. Windows to the rear of the property enjoy an open aspect towards Uplands and beyond so is particularly enjoyed from the top bedrooms. The property benefits from gas central heating and double glazing with character features such as the fireplaces, retrofitted panelling and dado/picture rails. The current vendors have improved the property by rendering the house and landscaping the garden in recent years.

The interior is complemented by a long front garden accessed from the front porch and path down. The well thought out and unique garden has been landscaped to include a wooden built outbuilding with power and light, a wooded area with bridge over a water feature that goes into a nature pond as well as two areas of lawn. There is flexible room at the top of the garden for potential further landscaping or a home office/studio (subject to the usual building regulations and permissions). To the rear of the house is a courtyard mainly laid with patio with a pond and views over Uplands.

The immediate area benefits from a playing field/play area, allotments, a corner shop, pubs and schools within walking distance, a theatre and country walks. Stroud town benefits from an award-winning weekly farmers market as well as a variety of local independent shops and stores, galleries and arts events, pubs serving locally supplied beers and ciders and plenty of cafes, bars and restaurants to eat and socialise. The recently opened “Five Valleys” shopping centre is of particular note and is certainly worth a visit for a range of market stalls, food stalls and stores. The wider area has a range of shops and amenities, including supermarkets, a hospital, state and private schools, a leisure and sports centre and a main line railway station with inter city services travelling to London (Paddington). Other towns are easily accessible and commutable: Cirencester (10 miles), Cheltenham (15 miles); Bristol and Bath (31 miles) and Swindon (25 miles) are all within comfortable driving distance.