Tenure

Freehold

EPC

D

Council tax

Band G

Floor area

3,180 sq ft

Bedrooms

5

Status

For sale

In brief

• Double-bay gritstone elevations
• Three receptions, two with period fireplaces
• 120ft west-facing garden
• Coach-house garage + gated drive
• Cellars and useful attic floor
• Conservation area, unlisted

The full picture

Fernleigh is exactly what buyers picture when they think of the Duchy: dressed gritstone bays under a slate roof, a stained-glass door, and a garden that has had a century and a half to mature, on one of the broad avenues west of the Valley Gardens.

The two principal receptions flank the hall, each with a period fireplace; a third sitting room to the rear opens to the garden. The kitchen/breakfast room sits in the Victorian service wing with a separate utility and pantry. On the first floor are four bedrooms and two bath/shower rooms; the attic floor makes a fine fifth bedroom suite or studio. Cellars below give excellent storage.

The west garden runs to about 120ft — lawn, borders and a flagged terrace that takes the evening sun — with a coach-house garage and gated parking off the rear lane. Unlisted, so sensitively modernised services and secondary glazing have been possible.