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" A charming Victorian mid-terraced cottage with a host of original features. The property has a sitting room, family/dining room, galley kitchen. There are two double bedrooms, one currently used as a study and a spacious and well-appointed bathroom. At the rear there is a small garden with brickoutbuildings, one used as a garden shed and the other as a w.c. There is a small foregarden at the front and street parking.

Description
FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY

23 LEIGHTON ROAD, MOSELEY,
BIRMINGHAM B13 8HD

RPP01889

A charming Victorian mid-terraced cottage with a host of original features, it is well-presented and has excellent accomodation for a first time buyer or young professional couple. The property has a sitting room, family/dining room, galley kitchen on the ground floor. There are two double bedrooms, one currently used as a study and a spacious and well-appointed bathroom. At the rear there is a small garden with brickoutbuildings, one used as a garden shed and the other as a w.c. There is a small foregarden at the front and street parking.

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SITUATION AND DESCRIPTION

This Victorian terraced cottage is ideally placed for the City Centre approximately three miles away, together with the Edgbaston and Five Ways Business Sectors, the International Convention Centre with the world renowned Symphony Hall and the National Indoor Arena. Schools for children of all ages are found within the vicinity including Moseley Church of England Infants and Junior Schools in Oxford Road, King David's School on the Alcester Road and King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls and Boys in Kings Heath are within a mile. The King Edward Foundation Schools are nearby on the Bristol Road. The University of Birmingham is within approximately two miles in Edgbaston, together with part of the City University. There are also some excellent private schools in nearby Edgbaston which is within easy commuting distance and include the Blue Coat School, Hallfield and West House Schools, Edgbaston High School for Girls, the Priory School and St Georges.

Medical facilities in the area include the Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Edgbaston Priory Hospital, Edgbaston (Nuffield) Hospital, City Hospital NHS Trust Dudley Road, and the new Princess Diana Children's Hospital. The new Dental Hospital and Technology Park at Pebble Mill are both now underway and will attract new people to the area.

There are first rate sporting and recreational amenities such as the Edgbaston Priory Club, Moseley Golf Club, Edgbaston Golf Club, Warwickshire County Cricket Ground with the Botanical Gardens to add further interest. In addition, Cannon Hill Park and the Midlands Arts Centre together with Highbury Park are within half a mile of the property.

Moseley itself, with its village atmosphere, its excellent neighbourhood restaurants and its award winning farmers's market, offers a viable alternative to Edgbaston and Harborne for families wishing to live close to the city.

Leighton Close is parallel to the main Alcester Road and is within easy walking distance of Moseley village. Number 23 is a mid terraced property with small foregarden and plenty of on road parking. Steps lead up to the main front door which has a glazed panel above and canopy over. There is an inner hall with matwell and a step up to the inner front door which is of pine with glazed panels, indeed there are pine doors throughout the house.

The Reception hall

This has lovely original Minton tiled flooring, dado rail and ceiling light point and stairwell.

The Sitting Room

A pleasant room with large bay window, original cornicing and ceiling rose, a pine fireplace with living flame effect fire, with pretty floral tiled surround and red glazed hearth tiles. The alcoves to both sides of the fireplace have fitted bookshelves and under the right hand side is a fitted cupboard with a further cupboard housing the gas meter alongside the window.

The Dining Room/ Family Room

This is a very pleasant room with picture window onto the paved path leading up to the garden and over the area beyond which is open and wooded. This room also has a pine fireplace with living flame effect fire, floral tiles to the sides and hearth tiles in a caramel colour. There is a lovely fitted cupboard to the left of the fireplace beneath the window. There is also an excellent walk-in cloaks cupboard and general storage space to the right of the fireplace.

A door leads through to

The Kitchen

This is a bright room with a rustic charm, with its red quarry tiled flooring, pine units both base and wall-mounted, some with glazed fronts for display, a mottled cream continuous work surface, an integrated gas cooker with hob and stainless steel extractor hood over, one and a half drainer sink, two windows and glazed door onto the garden, wall mounted gas boiler and spotlight unit to the ceiling.

The staircase is between the two reception rooms and rises to a pretty galleried landing, there is a hand rail, dado rail and small internal window onto the second bedroom

The Master Bedroom

This attractive room is at the front of the house, it has two windows onto the road, ceiling light point, fitted wardrobe and fitted cupboard with shelving above.

Bedroom 2

This room overlooks the rear garden and is currently used as a study, there is room for a double bed and it has a small internal window from the landing and a new double-glazed sash window onto the garden.

Bathroom

With a step down from the landing, this is a lovely spacious room with white suite with window onto the rear, panelled bath with shower over and shower curtain, low level w.c., with small fitted cupboard alongside, and hand washbasin with glass shelf above and wall mounted mirror. There is an airing cupboard with louvred doors. The walls are part tiled in various subtle shades of green.

OUTSIDE

At the front is a small foregarden, the rear garden has a paved pathway leading form the house to a lawned area with flower borders, and a gate leading to the railway cutting which is beyond the rear of the property. The outlook is bright and open with distant views over the trees towards Wake Green Road and beyond. It is the most pleasant outlook.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Tenure:

The property is Freehold..

The Agent has not checked the legal documents to verify the Freehold status of the property. The buyer is advised to obtain verification from their Solicitor or Surveyor.

Services:

All mains services are understood to be available and connected.

Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 - Agent's Note:

No services, fixtures, fittings or appliances, including central heating, have been tested by the Agent at the time of printing. All references to parts of the fabric, material, decoration, external or internal features or grounds of the property are made without any warranty as to their conditions or effectiveness. Where definite checks have been made, such results will be made clear at the appropriate place in the particulars of sale. Every effort has been made by the Agents to obtain accurate information from the correct sources. However, intending purchasers and other readers are asked to make their own arrangements regarding verification of any statements expressed in these particulars of sale.

Fixtures and Fittings:

All fixtures and fittings mentioned in these particulars of sale are included in the . All others are specifically excluded, but some items may be available by separate negotiation.

Viewing:

Strictly by prior appointment with the Selling Agents : Robert Powell & Co., 40 George Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 1PL. Telephone No: 0121 454 6930. Regulated by RICS.

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23 Leighton Road, Moseley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B13 8HD

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