Decorative features give terraced home a lift

Life in the terraces is as familiar to Portsmouth residents as life on the terraces has become to Pompey fans.

But while the fans choose to be there, the terraces of houses became a necessity when the local population began to expand rapidly in Victorian and Edwardian times and there just wasn’t enough space for everyone to live a detached or semi-detached lifestyle.

Terraces or not, some of the homes became extremely elegant with their decorative architectural features and a perfect illustration of the genre is now on the market in Pelham Road, Southsea.

In fact this property makes a perfect opportunity for a family willing to take on some updating and redecoration and maybe even some reconfiguration of the room uses, too, and even better news is that with no onward chain there’s no time like the present for pressing on with the project.

“The house has a through sitting room since the dividing wall between the original two reception rooms was opened up by creating an arch,” explains Colin Shairp, of Town and Country Southern estate agents.

“At the end of the long hallway, steps beside the main staircase descend past the cloakroom to the dining room, beyond which is the kitchen.

“On the first floor there are three bedrooms, with a cloakroom on this level, and a second staircase then rises to the family bathroom above the third bedroom. It’s possible, and feasible, for these room uses to be swapped, bringing the bathroom down by one level.

“Behind the house is a garden area alongside a stepping stone path extending back from the patio.

“This Victorian home is right at the heart Southsea, within walking distance of the shops, Victorian waterfront, and a number of highly-regarded schools including Portsmouth Grammar, Portsmouth High School, and St. John’s College.”

Guide price is £390,000 (EPC Band E). For more information, contact Town and Country Southern on 023 93 277 288 or email sales@townandcountrysouthern.co.uk

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