Bousfield Road, New Cross

Big bay-fronted three bedroom Victorian terrace with a delightful neutral decorative scheme, and a generous garden which extends over 80 feet. Find your new handsome home on a quiet and leafy residential back street (think driving lesson territory) within New Cross’s lovely and leafy Telegraph Hill Conservation Area. Kids? Popular primary schools really locally include Edmund Waller (3-11) and Haberdashers’ Hatcham College (3-18). You are also really close to Nunhead’s high street, central green and station. Walk six minutes. Queens Road Peckham, Brockley and New Cross Gate stations are also close (10-15 minutes by foot). Parking is unrestricted on the street. A neat walled front garden with traditional tiled path fronts the house. In your porched front door and your formal double-reception rests to your left. Stripped and treated boards flow through from the hall, and you have beautiful period detailing (ceiling roses and ornate coving). Your front reception is over 13 feet by over 12 feet and hosts a wood-burner. Your rear reception is over 11 feet by over 10 feet, with an opened-up fireplace and timber-framed glazed French doors onto the side-return area of the garden. At the foot of the hall you can access the cellar (ideal for suitcases, wine supplies and such) and there is a built-in cupboard (for coats etc.). Then your beautiful kitchen/diner is straight ahead, with timeless painted timber wall and base units. The room runs 20 feet and has the property’s second bay window. A perfect spot for your table and chairs. Beyond the kitchen is a conservatory/plumbed utility room onto your mature and sunny garden. Up to the half-landing and the first of your double bedrooms sits at the back of the house to garden views, with the property’s sash-windowed bathroom next door. This has modern sanitaryware and fittings, an over-bath shower and metro-tiling. From the landing proper, another double bedrooms sits is on your right, with the principal bedroom across the front of the house. Both of these bedrooms have original feature fireplaces. All of your bedrooms have pale carpets and slimline column radiators. Telegraph Hill is a corker of a community to call home. Once home to Victorian poet Robert Browning, this highly-desirable hillside neighbourhood with London skyline views and wide streets was developed in the late C19th, replacing market gardens – owned by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers (who controlled the development) – with high-standard housing. As well as the attractive architecture and fancy street lamps, what stands here now is a close-knit community, with good connections to central London, alongside strong state schools and well-tended parks. Telegraph Hill’s Victorian Parks (Upper and Lower) are delightful, as is The Hill Station community cafe and on-site pizza place. There is a weekly Saturday market held in the Lower Park, or nip down to Brockley Market (held on Saturdays in the Lewisham College Car Park). Your closest stations give you Windrush line, Southern, Southeastern and Thameslink services. That’s central journeys covered.
The village-like feel of Nunhead Green and Conservation Area is just a short stroll away with its Victorian library, butcher, fishmonger, baker, coffee shop, pizza place, wine shop and deli, as well as pubs and restaurants. Your most local pub is a fabulous one: Skehans. The Earl of Derby is a top spot too. Beer Rebellion, Blackbird Bakery, Eagle Eats and Connie’s pizzeria by Queens Road Peckham Station also impress and are a short walk. Peckham Bazaar is a little further but easily-walkable, and Browns, Mauby, Ellary’s and Cantinera are great if you are heading Brockley way. The centres of Peckham, New Cross, Deptford and East Dulwich are also close for more options. Tenure: Freehold
Council tax band: E
Borough: Lewisham