deco potentialshirley drive, bn3£899,950

shirley driveSweep into the garage and leave the world behind when you stepinto this three bedroom Deco dream which is impressively big as itis but still offers opportunities to extend up and out to create yourown ideal home. In an exclusive area of Hove well served for parks

and schools and close to shopping and the beach, this bright,sociable house with sea views from the bedrooms has a south

facing balcony and a truly magnificent garden which stretches asfar as the eye can see.

deco potential

why you’ll like it...

Style: Detached house circa 1930’s

Bedrooms: 3

Living rooms: 4 spacious

Area: 1478 sq ft; 137.3 sq m

Outside: South facing balcony and large rear garden

Parking: Garage and driveway

why you’ll like it...This large house is impressive with its strong Art Deco lines and it is good to see that the energyefficient windows are in keeping with the style of the house. There are steps up from the drivewaybut there is also a welcoming pedestrian entrance stepping up through gardens to the southfacing balcony and the imposing front door. Inside is a sensibly tiled lobby where the originaldouble doors are waiting to sweep you through into a wide and welcoming hallway with agleaming herringbone floor, decorative ceiling and walls painted to look like stone.

The Hollywood, baronial feel continues in the imposing reception on your right which shimmers ingold and has a carved stone fireplace. Running the full breadth of this substantial building,windows at each end ensure this space is light all day long and the broad door in the far wallopens on to the sun terrace which leads to the most wonderful garden. Across the hall, thebeautiful wood floor continues into the dining room with a magnificent deco fireplace, open viewsof the front garden and a discreet hatch through to the kitchen next door. Bright and cheerful, thekitchen is decorated in Jane Churchill paper and has plenty of space with a wall of fitted cupboardswith a shelf beneath the hatch and there is also a larder with a window. The original bell box isabove the door to the hall and opposite is a door to the garden and the garage, and you can seethat it would be easy to make this airy room which looks over the garden very glamorous.

A cloakroom-cum boot room is tucked away at the foot of the staircase and heading up past aglorious leaded window, the house really spreads its wings with a long hallway heading off intwo directions and access to the large attic. The spacious master bedroom, like the living roombeneath it, spans the depth of the house and has a period fireplace. Wonderful sea views pourin through the front and restful views of the garden come in at the back.

Next door, the single room would be ideal for a nursery and shares with the third bedroommagnificent views which sweep along the coast and over the city to the Blatchington Mill andthe green of the Downs which encircle the city. Nicely discreet a separate w.c is at the end ofthe hall and just by it is a bathroom, resplendent in Deco tiles with a sunny suite to match andbig enough for both a bath and a shower, which is wet room in style.

Outside, the sun terrace steps up to the spacious lawn to follow the sun and there is abeautiful paved area on this level, ideal for sophistiated al fresco dining.

owners secret

“The size of the house and garden makes family and social life easy and it isgood to be near the theatres, restaurants, stations, shops and schools.”

bear in mind

Homes of this size and quality rarely come on to the market and this oneoffers exciting possibilities

where it isStyle:Shops: Waitrose 3 minute drive, Church Road 5

minutes and Lanes 10 minutes

Train Station: Hove about a 20 minute walk, 5 minutedrive and Brighton Station 10 minute drive

Seafront or Park: Hove Rec and Hove Park both under minutes away

Closest Schools: Primary: Cottesmore St Mary

Secondary: Cardinal Newman

Private: Brighton College Windlesham Brighton and Hove High

Hove Park is much sought after, particularly by youngprofessionals and families because of its easy access tothe city centre, seafront and popular schools includingthe award winning Brighton College. The fashionableLanes, Royal Pavilion and Theatres are within a tenminute taxi ride and both Hove and Brighton Stationsand the A23 are also within easy reach, making thishome a viable prospect for those requiring fast andfrequent access to the Airports or London.

call: 01273 221102117-118 Western Road, Hove, BN3 1DB