Asylum Road, Peckham

£1,300,000

Chain free, hugely-characterful double-fronted doer-upper Victorian villa, with a big driveway to the front, and a walled, mature and sunny garden to the rear.

In current configuration, upstairs you have five double bedrooms (one of these is large enough to split into two doubles - making six), two bathrooms and one shower room; downstairs you have two large reception rooms, a big kitchen/diner, and a large utility room which leads onto a downstairs w.c. A double-chambered basement (of 414 square feet) concludes matters.

Excluding this generous cellar, the house measures in at over 2000 square feet. You can really spread out here! And the double-fronted wide layout means you can enjoy lateral-living (often preferred to the tall Victorian townhouse style).

The location is a good one - you are close to Brimmington Park, and just down the street from Asylum Chapel and its neighbouring delightful almshouses (listed/protected).

Walk just seven minutes to Queens Road Peckham Station for regular and Overground services, or jump on a bus from Old Kent Road to central London destinations.

There is a central front porch and you open into a larger than average hall. To your left is a huge, bright and double-aspect reception room - of over 20 feet by over 11 feet. White walls, a central fireplace, stripped floors, and original shutter and box work all impress. Glazed French doors deliver you to the wide and paved side-return area of the garden.

To the right of the hall (noting a back door from the hall straight ahead), you have another roomy reception to your right (of 15 feet by 11 feet) then next door is your big kitchen/diner (of over 11 feet by nearly 15 feet). Sliding doors open to the garden here, and the fitted kitchen units are tired but inoffensive and functional - while you work on your master plan!

On through this room and you have a welcome windowed utility room. Beyond this is a windowed w.c. (with another door out to the garden).

Your first floor delivers three big bedrooms. These are 21 feet by 11 feet, 12 feet by 12 feet, and over 15 feet by nearly 12 feet - this last one has an en suite shower room. The property’s main bathroom sits in between the first two front bedrooms. This has a modern white suite, over-bath shower, and a big sash window.

Your second floor hosts two further double bedrooms - both are over 13 feet by over 11 feet. Pleasingly, all of the bedrooms in the house have stripped floors and attractive feature fireplaces. Set between these two bedrooms is your final bathroom with a Velux window, and again with a modern white suite.

This is a notably well-connected spot with buses running day and night up to Elephant and Castle and Bermondsey from Old Kent Road, nearby, and with fast and frequent trains just a seven minute walk away at Queens Road Peckham Station (Zone 2 and on the Overground network). Just a couple of stops has you at London Bridge.

Local landmarks include Asylum Chapel: a beautiful Grade II listed building built in 1826, used for shoots, exhibitions, theatrical events and weddings etc. and the architecturally-interesting early C19th almshouses (Caroline Gardens) are also Grade II listed, and the largest almshouse complex in London, no less! A genuinely historically-interesting immediate locale.

Newer highlights in the area are AMP Studios (for events, pop-up vintage markets and such) and Bermondsey Community Sauna (on Ilderton Road).

The patch around QRP Station is attracting more and more cool businesses. We particularly rate Peckham Cellars, Mamma Dough, Beer Rebellion, Kudu’s three offerings, and Blackbird Bakery. The Meeting House (cafe through to bar) is getting good reviews too, on nearby Meeting House Lane.

For more options, walk/bus/bike to trendy spots on Bellenden Road and Rye Lane. And Camberwell, Dulwich, New Cross, Deptford, Bermondsey and Borough are also easily reached.

Green spaces locally include Brimmington Park with active ‘Friends of’ group, and Burgess Park. The latter has a great parkrun each Saturday at 9am.