A captivating, light-filled, two double-bedroom period upper maisonette occupies the raised ground floor, the entire first and second floors of this terraced building with a private rear terrace and roof garden on the third floor. It is accessed via a private street entrance from the raised ground floor level. Retaining its handsome façade, the internal areas are of generous Victorian proportions and give a feeling of warmth, light, and volume.
The interior décor is both neutral and uplifting in tone with the recent addition of a fully refurbished bathroom suite set to the rear of the half landing, between the raised ground and first floor.
Moving to the upper levels, there are two rooms on each floor, with a southerly facing reception to the front on the first floor, featuring a period fireplace, bespoke cabinetry and shelving, high ceilings and sash windows. In addition to this level is the kitchen-dining room to the rear. The upper floor features two generously proportioned double bedrooms, both with bespoke storage (with the second bedroom currently arranged as a home office).
All the property windows have been replaced with double-glazed throughout since the current owners have been in residence.
The airy hallway opens onto the rear terrace, and also leads up to a fantastic roof garden, both welcoming in form. The Roof Garden offers a 360-degree panoramic with sunshine throughout the day. It presents an opportunity to furnish with seating, dining, planters, and partial screening where necessary, and also affording sensational views of the London skyline. There is dedicated lighting for evening dining in the summer months as well as water and electricity points. The rear terrace is a more informal affair, ideal for morning coffee or working from home in the warmer months of the year.
Leighton Road is a brilliant location, nestled between the northern and southern ends of central Kentish Town and is predominantly of classical Georgian and Victorian architecture from the 1790s to the mid-1860s, and runs east from Kentish Town Road to Brecknock Rood.
It is conveniently placed for the independent retailers, cafes and restaurants on Brecknock and Fortress Roads, and the ever-changing High Street of Kentish Town, with some of the neighbourhood favourites, including Bread by Bike, Salvino's, Social Pottery, The Parakeet and Earth Natural Foods.
The nearest underground station is Kentish Town with Tufnell Park and Camden close by, all part of the northern line network. Kentish Town Thameslink station has fast trains into Farringdon, City Thameslink and Blackfriars. Access to the London Overground network can be found at Prince of Wales Road's Kentish Town West Station, with services running to Kensal Rise for connections to Richmond in one direction and Highbury & Islington in the other taking to fashionable East London through to South London. An extensive selection of bus services also runs into Central London.
Further afield, the central rail hub of King's Cross St. Pancras Way provides access to many parts of the UK and the continent.
The attractive green vistas of Parliament Hill Fields and Hampstead Heath are within a 20-minute walk, offering leisurely walks through ancient woodland, extensive grassland, and one of the best advantage points to view the skyline of central London and beyond with glorious open water swimming ponds many sporting facilities; including running track, tennis courts, lido, and further afield to Kenwood House, laying on the edge of the Heath, with tranquil landscaped gardens & a breath-taking interior
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