The property 174 Fishpool Street is a charming three-bedroom terraced house featuring a mansard roof and splendid victorian red brick elevations that has plenty of character features, including exposed timber beams, sash windows, open fireplaces, and hand laid flagstone floors, alongside elegant, understated styling and décor.

The main reception room is the sitting and dining area towards the rear of the ground floor. The room provides space for a seating area and a family dining table, and features a corner fireplace and French doors opening onto the rear garden, as well as a false glass ceiling over the dining area. The lower ground floor has a comfortable family room, providing further space in which to relax. The kitchen at the front has shaker-style units to base and wall level, wooden worktops, a butler sink and integrated appliances. On the first floor there are two bedrooms, one of which could be used as a home study. The first floor also has the family bathroom, while the second floor has the principal bedroom with its en suite shower room.

General Local Authority: St Albans City and District Council Services: Electricity, gas and mains water and drainage Council Tax: Band G Tenure: Freehold Guide Price: £915,000

Outside

Outside At the front, the property opens onto Fishpool Street with steps between the footpath and the entrance. At the rear there is a split-level, terraced garden with steps leading to a patio and an area of lawn, with well-stocked border beds and a timber-framed shed at the top of the garden. Parking is available in marked bays along Fishpool Street, via a resident permit scheme.

Situation

Location The property is in the heart of the Cathedral Quarter in the old conservation area and within very easy reach of the City Centre, with its wealth of amenities including shopping and leisure activities, Verulamium Park, The Abbey, St Michael’s Village and very wellregarded local schools. The mainline station, with its fast through services via St Pancras International to the City (19 mins) Gatwick and beyond, is also close at hand. Road users enjoy easy access to the M1, M25 and the A1(M) and to the airports at Heathrow, Luton and Stansted.

Directions

Directions From Strutt & Parker’s St. Albans office, head along London Road, onto the High Street. Turn left onto George Street and then onto Romeland Hill and Fishpool Street