4 bed town house for sale

Marlborough Street, Bath BA1

5 Marlborough Street has not been on the market for many years with the current owners enjoying their occupation of this wonderful townhouse for over 35 years.

The property is a 5 storey Georgian townhouse nestled between the Royal Crescent and St James’s Square boasting retained period features and a recently built rear, glazed extension (completed 2016) spanning the ground and first floors.

It has a bright & welcoming hallway on the ground floor with the dining room to the front and leading through wedding doors to the kitchen which overlooks the west facing rear garden & park beyond. From the hallway, a couple of steps access the glazed garden room with cloakroom to the side.

The first floor allows for a handsome and tranquil drawing room and further wedding doors to another reception room, an ideal snug. Located on the half landing and above the garden room is the ‘park view room’ which is a three-sided, near fully glazed room with a superb vista over the parkland beyond.

The principal bedroom occupies the second floor with an expansive bathroom and further to this there are two double bedrooms and a shower room on the third floor as well as a cosy study over the gallery room.

The lower ground floor offers a versatile room which would have been the original Georgian kitchen with access to the front lightwell & vaults plus another multipurpose room to the rear which overlooks the garden

The rear garden is fully enclosed, sunny due to a south and westerly aspect and fully stocked with mature planting, flowering borders and brick-block raised beds & seating areas, ideal for entertaining.

Number 5, Marlborough Street is set in a superbly quiet position, hidden just off St James’s Square with a garden boasting a westerly, sunny aspect.

Within St James’s Square are a number of excellent local amenities which include a chemist, organic greengrocers, hairdressers, public house and convenience store, along with a national chain supermarket on Julian Road.

The unesco World Heritage City of Bath offers a wonderful array of chain and independent retail outlets, many fine restaurants, cafes, and wine bars along with a number of well-respected cultural activities which include a world-famous international music and literary festival, the attractions at the Roman Baths and Pump rooms and some lovely museums and art galleries.

Many excellent schools are on the doorstep and include St Andrews Primary School, St Stephen’s C of E Primary School on Richmond Place, Kingswood and The Royal High Schools on Lansdown Road and King Edwards Schools on North Road and Weston Road.

World class sporting facilities are available at Bath Rugby and Cricket Clubs and at Bath University and 5-star hotel and spa facilities are available at the nearby Royal Crescent and Priory Hotels.

Communications include a direct line to London Paddington, Bristol and South Wales from Bath Spa Railway Station, the M4 Motorway, junction 18 is 8 miles to the north and Bristol airport is 18 miles to the west.