Detached house for sale in Cowper Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP1

This handsome and spacious five-bedroom detached Victorian home is located on an admired road in the heart of Boxmoor village.

The extended property oozes period features and charm, benefiting from a grand reception hallway with an open fire, an impressive sitting room, a dining room, and a superb orangery. The useful basement is currently used as an office/Studio. The kitchen/breakfast room features granite surfaces, there are two bedrooms that offers an en-suite plus three additional bedrooms, a family bathroom with a feature glass atrium, a delightful west-facing rear garden with an incredible home office/studio, and a large storage shed.

The entrance hall, semi-open plan with a staircase to the first floor, welcomes you into the home. The spacious lounge/dining room features dual aspect sash windows, an impressive open fire, fitted cupboards, stained and varnished old pine flooring, a radiator, dado rail, coving, and an ornamental archway leading to the dining room. The family room, with a sash window to the front aspect, includes an impressive cast iron open fireplace with a tiled surround and mantle, fitted cupboards, stained and varnished old pine flooring, coving, and multi-glazed French doors opening to the orangery.

The orangery is a delightful feature with a double-glazed vaulted ceiling, decorative wrought iron features, quarry tiled flooring, and double-glazed French doors opening to the patio and rear garden. The kitchen/breakfast room is refitted with a white butler's sink, honed granite drainer, and an extensive range of matching wall and floor-mounted antique pine units. The kitchen also includes granite work surfaces, a breakfast bar, integrated appliances, and a stable door opening to the rear garden. The utility room, with dual aspect double glazed windows, has roll-top work surfaces, space and plumbing for appliances, and a gas boiler.

The first floor landing is a great size with doors leading to all bedrooms. The master bedroom features en-suite shower room. Bedroom two, has double-glazed Velux skylights plus an en-suite shower room. There is also three further bedrooms all double bedrooms and a family bathroom.

Outside, the double-length integral garage has power, light, heating and an electric up-and-over door. The block-paved driveway provides excellent off-road parking. The outbuildings is being used as a Studio and has a w/c and a utility room. The large workshop/storage shed has power and light.

The front garden is landscaped with low maintenance in mind, featuring a dwarf brick retaining wall and cast-iron railing. The private rear garden includes a blocked patio with a built-in BBQ, a further paved patio, a lawn, and variegated herbaceous borders.

Boxmoor Village` has a range of shopping facilities and amenities, including the Village Hall and Playhouse, restaurants, public houses and Leisure Centre. The Moor is a beautiful open space with a cricket pitch and the Grand Union Canal and River Bulbourne running through it. The mainline railway station offers an excellent service to London Euston (26 mins)