Description
Owned by our client since 1985, this quite extraordinary home is a rare example of a property that has been carefully maintained and thoughtfully improved.
The property is situated towards the top of Dowanside Road and forms part of a substantial red sandstone terrace which was designed by David Barclay and built at the beginning of the Edwardian period. Number 57 occupies a prominent corner position on Dowanside Road and Dowanhill Street.
This is a unique home with seven main rooms and in addition there is a dining kitchen, a ground floor W.C., first floor bathroom, a separated shower room and a large utility room.
Extending to around 3,500 square feet, it has stunning original features throughout including stained/leaded glass windows, wooden panelling and floors, a “galleried” upper landing and a large stained glass leaded cupola, restored by our clients.
Dowanside Road is a prime West End address and is extremely convenient for Hyndland Road and Byres Road. It is perfect for buyers associated with Glasgow University and several local schools including Notre Dame, Hyndland, Kelvinside Academy and The Glasgow Academy. The West End offers countless amenities and local hospitals include Gartnavel General and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (accessed from the Clyde Tunnel ). The house is within easy reach of Dowanhill Park and the famous Botanic Gardens for local green areas.
Accommodation
• Entrance vestibule with panelled storm doors
• Stained/leaded glass front door leading to an amazing, spacious reception hall with storage off
• The reception hall has full parquet wooden floors and panelled walls, with original stencilled wallpaper.
• Cloakroom with stained/leaded glass door and window to the front
• W.C with stained glass door and window to the front
• Magnificent main living room with five section bow windows to both the front and side, wall panelling, focal point fireplace, and parquet surround flooring
• Versatile second public room (currently a formal dining room) with five section bow window to the side, focal point fireplace, detailed cornicing, wooden panelling and wooden flooring
• Four steps down from the reception hall to a large, fitted dining kitchen (Cameron Interiors) with two section window to the rear, generous storage units, Corian worktops, built-in appliances and recessed dining area
• Stairway at back of kitchen leading down to the utility room
• Utility room with storage, boiler cupboard, worktop with a sink, two section window and back door to shared vestibule
• Elegant, balanced stairway leading from the reception hall to the upper levels
• Sitting room/bedroom five with two section window, parquet surround wooden flooring and focal point wooden fireplace (currently used as a T.V. room ) - mid way between ground and first floor.
• Unusually large first floor landing with fascinating split-level layout and stained/leaded glass above the bathroom door panels and within the cupola
• Bedroom four with two section window, parquet wooden floor surround, focal point fireplace and fixed wall shelving/storage (currently used as a study)
• Bedroom one (principal) with five section bow windows to both the front and side
• Jack & Jill bathroom between bedrooms one and two with three piece white suite and stained/leaded glass window
• Bedroom two with five section bow window, focal point fireplace and wooden flooring
• Nine steps from the first floor landing to the upper landing which has two useful cupboards and leads to the remaining rooms
• Modern shower room with “wet room” style shower cubicle
• Bedroom three with two section window and storage
• Gas central heating
EPC: D
Council Tax: G
Tenure : Freehold
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