Waller Road, New Cross

£1,435,000

Charming bay-fronted Victorian townhouse with five bedrooms and two bathrooms. A west-facing garden with a welcome twist of south completes the package.

Find your new home within lovely and leafy Telegraph Hill Conservation Area: a delightful hillside community near excellent nursery, primary and secondary schools, plus local parks and conveniences.

The icing on the cake? The sellers have already successfully planted themselves outside of London, so the house is being sold without an onward chain.

Walk to your local stations (New Cross Gate and Queens Road Peckham) in 10-15 minutes. There are also lots of brilliant bus routes at the foot of your street on New Cross Road.

The lower ground floor (of 404 square feet, with own access to the front and onto the garden at the rear) is currently used for utility/storage. Hill neighbours have converted to make studio flats, annexes or workshops. You choose!

Entering at the raised ground floor, a welcoming and high-ceilinged hall delivers your pleasing formal double-reception, sash-windowed setup; with a front reception of nearly 15 feet by over 12 feet, and a rear one of over 11 feet by over 10 feet. Both have attractive fireplaces (original marble surrounds here), exposed boards to the floor, and coving, rose and picture rail detail.

Take a few stairs down from the hall and find your generous and double-aspect kitchen/diner, running over 25 feet to French doors out onto the gorgeous garden. A central island and modern units impress here, plus slick granite counters and high-end integrated appliances. There is a natural dining/family area beyond your kitchen space.

Up the stairs and from the half-landing you have a large double bedroom to the back of the house (of over 15 feet by over 10 feet), with views to the garden and inbuilt pine cupboards to the far alcove. Next door is the property’s main windowed bathroom and separate windowed w.c.

From the main landing you have a good double bedroom to your left (of over 11 feet by over 10 feet). Then the large principal bedroom - with big bay window and additional sash - is set across the front of the house. This is over 16 feet by over 15 feet and has a pale carpet.

Up the stairs again and you have two more bedrooms - a respectable double to the rear, and a large single next door. A neat shower room completes the floor, and indeed the tour.

This hella pretty residential area (once the home of Victorian poet Robert Browning) was developed in the late C19th. It replaced market gardens owned by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers (who controlled the development) with high-standard housing, on broad and verdant streets.

Enjoy the great connectivity of Fare Zone 2, great views, fab period street lamps, lovely parks, strong community spirit, and a weekly Saturday market (held in the lower park).

Local schools include Haberdashers' Hatcham College (covering 3-18) and Edmund Waller (3-11). There are also several popular very local nurseries.

The Hill Station community cafe and pizza place (just next to the church) is very popular with locals and visitors alike. A large Sainsbury's store sits behind NXG station for groceries, and there are cool independent shops, cafes and restaurants on both New Cross Road, Brockley Road and Queens Road, alongside popular pubs.

Locally, we particularly like Corner (cafe), The Rosemary and The Old Library Bar, Peckham Cellars, Beer Rebellion, Well & Fed, and Blackbird Bakery. The Rose Inn, The Earl of Derby and Skehan's are all top local public houses (the latter has fab live bands on weekends).

Tenure: Freehold
Council tax band: F
Borough: Lewisham