Dream Home: A City Jewel
An early Victorian gem in a perfect setting from Brand Vaughan
Set high in the exclusive Clifton Hill area is this jewel of a house. Built around the 1840s, when Victoria was a very young Queen, this eclectic and unusual period house is charmingly arranged over three floors, with a beautifully planted romantic garden and with sea views from the master bedroom. This home will delight anyone who is looking for something a little bit different.
“This is a lovely house” says Jason Brand of Brand Vaughan estate agents. “It’s a rare privilege to be offering such an original and charming Victorian property.”
The feeling is of a country cottage in the city; tucked away in its delightful garden it is both secluded and private – yet only a few minutes’ walk from the city centre and less than half a mile from Brighton Station.
The interior reflects the taste of current owner, Aideen FitzGerald, who has clearly injected her personal style and joie de vivre into the decoration of this charming home.
Gleaming, polished parquet floors stretch invitingly throughout the ground floor and set off the country-style kitchen with its Rangemaster cooker, immaculate granite worktops and traditional ceramic butler sink. In the elegant reception room there is light, space, and the cosy luxury of a woodburner for those winter evenings.
The ground floor also features a utility room plus a cloakroom/wet room/shower area for which there is planning permission to further extend the house and create an additional dining/reception room. As Aideen Fitzgerald says: “It just needs someone with vision who can see the potential of this space.”
On the first floor is a luxurious, newly fitted bathroom with a freestanding claw-foot bath, bamboo flooring and all polished chrome fittings, which emphasise the traditional Victorian style that flows through this lovely house. Next door to the bathroom is a pretty double bedroom, which looks over a stone terrace – a perfect eating area that faces west over the garden and looks across the rooftops of the city.
On the top floor is the airy master bedroom, with lovely townscape views to the sea. And next door, another spacious double bedroom, which could easily be converted to make a further luxury en-suite bathroom, looks out over the garden.
The three levels of garden and terrace offer wonderfully versatile family party and entertaining spaces with lovely views over the city. There are doors opening up all the different areas of the house and garden – and a feeling that the house flows into the garden and vice versa.
Altogether, this is a charming, unusual and luxurious house; beautifully put together with great style. It is, without doubt, a house for the connoisseur.
To view this exceptional property, please contact either Jason Brand or David Vaughan at Brand Vaughan estate agents on 01273 683111.
