Detached House for sale with 4 bedrooms, Old Park Avenue, Dover

High on a hill in a delightful area of Dover you will find this charming detached Edwardian family home set in the midst of 0.4472 of an acre of grounds. It is approached via impressive flint pillars and a pair of wrought iron gates flanked by a flint wall leading to a driveway, the double garage and a charming front garden with a lawn, shrub borders and mature trees. There are also a pair gates that lead through to a large inner block paved drive so there is plenty of space for off road parking.

The house has great external appeal with its chimneystacks, roof lines with black and white eaves, barge boards and finial as well as bay and multi-pane sash windows, a balcony and the period front door. Crossing the threshold you are immediately aware of the wonderful period features within the property that also provide such a special character. These include high ceilings, picture and dado rails, coved ceilings with ceiling roses, high skirtings, wood doors and original fireplaces. At the same time, everything has been sensitively updated to provide modern day facilities.

The porch includes black and white tiled flooring and a wonderful stained glass inner front door with stained glass side panels and skylight. This opens into the hall with its archway and ornate coving, original oak staircase and delightful Travertine flooring that flows throughout most of the ground floor. Just inside the front door is the charming study that has a bay window and a tiled fireplace with the original wood surround. This is ideal for anyone working from home as it provides easy access for business visitors.

The elegant dual aspect lounge has all the wonderful features you would expect from a property of this age and includes a tiled period fireplace with a wood surround and French doors to the garden. While any guest would be delighted to sit down to a meal in the gorgeous dining room that also includes a bay window and an original tiled fireplace as well as access to the impressive conservatory. This has a tall vaulted roof, Amtico flooring, full height windows and French doors on two sides and provides an ideal additional seating and dining area.

If you enjoy catering you will find everything you need in the modern kitchen with its range cooker, attractive shaker style units with black granite worktops housing a dishwasher and fridge with access to the sociable family room. There is also a door to the adjacent utility with laundry facilities and a fridge freezer as well as access to a shower room and a back door to the garden. A corridor leads to storage facilities and ladder access to a useful playroom.

On the half landing there is a charming arch shaped leaded light window providing plenty of natural light, while off the wide galleried landing you will find the family bathroom with fitted cupboards and a vanity basin and a separate cloakroom. There is access to four good sized double bedrooms all with fitted cupboards and delightful views over the garden and beyond, including one with a lovely bay window and another with a small balcony.

Outside there are plenty of surprises including a Jacuzzi and steam room, a separate building with dual aspect and French doors, lighting and electrics that could be an outdoor office/studio or bar/games room as well as a koi carp pond and a storage shed. There is also a terrace area and lawns that wraparound much of the property, bordered by shrub beds and interspersed with mature trees.

Planning permission was accepted for the erection of a separate property and while the planning application has recently lapsed, it could possible be reinstated subject to the necessary application.