Step inside 49 Gladstone

Road

This impressive, detached double fronted Edwardian property has one great advantage over many of its neighbours. It has a garage and off road parking for two or three cars and that is a real bonus in Broadstairs. The house is set back from the road, bordered with attractive wrought iron railings and accessed through a matching gate. There is a Pugin style tiled pathway flanked by a gravel frontage that leads to the original balustraded loggia with a balcony above and the front entrance. As well as these fascinating external features there are also interesting internal period features including the staircase, fireplaces in many of the rooms, coved ceilings, picture rails, solid wood flooring and pine doors.

The hall leads to the well-proportioned reception rooms including the elegant sitting room with a box bay window, a wood surround fireplace with a cast iron coal effect gas fire. The dining room is ideal for those more formal occasions and family celebrations and includes a bay window and an original ornately carved fireplace. You can relax in the pleasant snug with French doors to the decked terrace while the study next to the kitchen provides a spacious area to work in or could always be a playroom for young children.

The dual aspect L shaped kitchen/breakfast room including a Stanley range cooker as well as a stand-alone cooker and storage units with space for additional appliances. There is an external door with steps down to the garden, a walk in larder, an adjacent utility room and cloakroom.

Off the half landing there is a shower and the family bathroom as well as two double bedrooms with fitted cupboards while the galleried landing is large enough for a desk or chairs if you want a quiet reading area. It has French doors to the balcony where you can sit on a warm summer’s day. The landing leads to four double bedrooms. Three of these have original fireplaces including one with an attractive cast iron art deco design, two have bay windows and one has a fitted corner cupboard.

The easy to manage walled rear garden is very secluded. It has the large decked terrace that was only installed a year ago, a storage shed, a lawn with a small block paved patio, mature shrub borders and a back access to the garage.

This wonderful property is ready for the next custodian to add their own taste in décor and have a fabulous family home.