Grade II listed Italian-style villa in Norwich on sale for £950k
Irstead House in Thorpe Hamlet is an Italianate villa on sale for £950k - Credit: Sowerbys
Built in the style of an Italianate villa, this Grade II listed home is on the market for £950,000.
Irstead House is a four-bed property located on a hillside in Thorpe Hamlet, an area known as the "Richmond of Norwich".
The kitchen is spacious with wooden cabinets, green-blue tiles and an island. - Credit: Sowerbys
The kitchen and breakfast room lead to the east terrace - Credit: Sowerbys
The home was built in 1875 as a large extension to the owner's older house (now 4 Cotman Road) for his family.
It is a good example of late Victorian Italian-style architecture with period details such as high ceilings, ornate cornices and a wood-burning stove.
The house is split in two by a central staircase - Credit: Sowerbys
The drawing room is long and has an original period fireplace - Credit: Sowerbys
The house is split down the middle by the stairs, with rooms on either side. The ground floor includes a drawing room and a kitchen-breakfast room.
The first floor has two bedrooms, one with an en suite, and a family bathroom. The second floor has two further bedrooms, with views of the Yare Valley.
The drawing room leads to the west terrace and the garden - Credit: Sowerbys
One of the bedrooms on the first floor - Credit: Sowerbys
To the sides of the property, there are both west and east-facing raised terraces as well as a landscaped garden with meandering walkways through established beds, box hedges and mature trees for privacy.
The shared bathroom on the first floor - Credit: Sowerbys
One of the bedrooms on the second floor - Credit: Sowerbys
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This gated house is approached by a gravel drive and has off-road parking and a double garage.
Located in Cotman Road off Thorpe Road, the house is just a mile from the centre of Norwich.
The garden is accessed from the house via the west terrace - Credit: Sowerbys
There are established beds in the garden providing grass walkways - Credit: Sowerbys
PROPERTY FACTS
Cotman Road, Norwich
Guide price: £950,000
Sowerbys, 01603 761441, www.sowerbys.com
