Hawthorne Drive, Evington, Leicester, LE5

A handsome, Edwardian detached family home offering spacious accommodation over three floors, positioned on a particularly deep plot on this popular road, within walking distance to Evington village.

Location

Evington is located approximately two and a half miles east of Leicester city centre, providing convenient access to the professional quarters and mainline railway station. Local amenities can be found within Evington village itself, including an abundance of shopping, popular local schooling a post office, parish church, Evington Park tennis courts and bowls club and the Leicestershire Golf Club only a short distance away.

Accommodation

The property is entered via a recessed porch and oak front door leading into the reception hall, with Parquet flooring and a window to the front, housing an understairs storage cupboard, the stairs to the first floor and a cloakroom with a window to the side providing a white two piece suite. The front reception room has a tiled fireplace with oak surround, a bay window to the front and further window to the side elevation. The spacious rear reception room has a stone fireplace, fitted bookshelves, two secondary glazed windows to the side elevation and concertina doors leading into the conservatory, having Parquet flooring and double glazed bi-fold doors to the rear garden. A breakfast room with a built-in cupboard with glazed display cabinets above, has window to the side elevation. The breakfast kitchen boasts a good range of retro eye and base level units and drawers, ample preparation surfaces, metro tiled splashbacks, a stainless steel sink, a professional range oven with double oven, grill and six-ring hob, wall mounted Worcester boiler, a walk-in pantry and a window to the rear. A utility room with further units and a ceramic Belfast sink, plumbing for an automatic washing machine, tiled flooring, door and window to the front elevation. There is also a cold store, and a rear lobby with door and windows to the rear garden. The return staircase leads to the first floor landing with a window to the side elevation, housing the stairs to the second floor. The master bedroom has built-in wardrobes, a pedestal wash hand basin and double doors leading onto a balcony area overlooking the garden. Bedroom two has a bay window to the front elevation. Bedroom three has an inset wash hand basin with cupboard under and window to the rear elevation. Bedroom four has a window to the front. The family bathroom has a bath, pedestal wash hand basin, built-in cupboard and a window to the side elevation. A separate WC with a window to the side provides a low flush WC. The second floor landing leads to bedroom five, which has a shower enclosure, a window to the side elevation and a double glazed Velux rooflight. Bedroom six has a window to the side. A WC provides a low flush WC and pedestal wash hand basin.

Outside

To the front of the property is a tarmac driveway providing off street car standing and access to two single garages. To the rear of the property are fantastic, deep lawned gardens with paved patio areas, a brick and timber greenhouse, two summerhouses, mature tree d and shrubbed boundaries and a large secret vegetable garden to the rear of the plot (potential for a building plot or large annexe (subject to the necessary planning consents).

Tenure & Council Tax

Tenure: FreeholdLocal Authority: Leicester City CouncilTax Band: F