20 Prince's Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7NB - Matthews Benjamin

An impressive Grade II late Georgian townhouse of the Regency period possessing many refined period details providing an elegant and gentrified aesthetic with extensive accommodation over four floors. An extraordinary and authentic property, rich in history, character and personality with a restful quality. Rooms are spacious, light and airy. The layout has evolved over time as extensions have been built, incorporated and adaptions undertaken. Whilst upgrading has been recently started, there is further scope to untap greater potential and restore this impressive home to its full former glory.

An impressive Grade II late Georgian townhouse of the Regency period possessing many refined period details providing an elegant and gentrified aesthetic with extensive accommodation over four floors.

An extraordinary and authentic property, rich in history, character and personality with a restful quality. Rooms are spacious, light and airy. The layout has evolved over time as extensions have been built, incorporated and adaptions undertaken. Whilst upgrading has been recently started, there is further scope to untap greater potential and restore this impressive home to its full former glory.

The ground floor accommodation briefly comprises a wide entrance hall, drawing room, dining room, breakfast kitchen with pantries, home office, snug through to rear porch, shower room and laundry room. Cellars extend under the front part of the house and include a vaulted wine cellar. On the first floor are five double bedrooms, a dressing room/study, two bathrooms and a wet room. Rising to the second floor is a series of rooms and a bathroom.

For discerning buyers seeking a renovation project, this is an extraordinary opportunity to act as custodians of this rare piece of architectural history, to gently ease it forward and create a comfortable family home for coming generations. The continued restoration promises to be rewarding and interesting; the process as satisfying as the result.

Just outside of the Lake District National Park, Ulverston is a desirable location if you like a town with personality, with a strong identity and a great sense of community. Centrally located Queen Street and Prince’s Street are prime residential addresses and whilst the century may have changed and the town developed enormously, the fine period townhouses on Prince’s Street are exceptionally special and much admired.

Ulverston lies just a few miles south of the Lake District National Park and north-west of Morecambe Bay, within the Furness Peninsula. Approaching Ulverston from the north and travelling in on the A590 is a local landmark, the impressive Grade II* Listed Sir John Barrow Monument, known locally as the Hoad Monument as it stands proudly on top of Hoad Hill; Sir John Barrow (1764-1848), was born in Ulverston and was a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society.

Immediately surrounding Ulverston is the gently rolling farmland of the Furness Peninsula with the coastal villages of Bardsea, Baycliff, Aldingham and Newbiggin to discover, all enjoying stunning views over impressive Morecambe Bay. Further afield, for those that love exploring the great outdoors and all that Cumbria has to offer this is an excellent base; whether it’s rambling or hiking, running, cycling or mountain biking, climbing, paddleboarding, sailing or off-roading, you really couldn’t find a better place.

Architectural purists will delight in the high level of retained detailing. The proportions of the principal rooms on the front elevation are generous with high ceilings and graciously tall windows. Refined plaster decoration includes cornicing, moulded arches and picture rails. The cantilever staircase is worthy of note, elegant and refined with simple stick balustrades. Internal joinery is of the day, surrounding panel doors are subtly detailed wide architraves sat on plinth blocks where they meet deep skirting boards. Sash windows are frequently fitted with working shutters, many of which have been stripped to reveal the pine’s grain and warm tone. Many floors have exposed boards, the cellars have stone flags (and feature a vaulted wine cellar with stone benches) and in places there are Victorian floor tiles. Other Victorian additions include coloured and etched glass including panels on the impressive wide front door and a painted ceiling skylight.

There is an array of fireplaces most of which are thought to be part of the original property with a few later additions. Those in the office, dressing room, drawing room and dining rooms are marble, the latter having a hearth of Pugin designed Minton tiles. One bedroom has a rare fossilised Bardsea limestone fire surround. The drawing room has been fitted with a contemporary wood burning stove for comfort and convenience. On the second floor is a 1920s Esse stove surrounded by handmade tiles; a couple of similar stoves were long since removed and have been stored (and will be left) in the garage.

It is believed that No.20 has always been a private residential property, never succumbing to commercial use as many other fine houses of the day did. The adjoining property, No.22, was originally the coach house, connecting doors on the ground floor and in the cellar, long since blocked up.

The garden is also not without its history, conveyance documents from 1874 refer to the garden having a greenhouse and vinery with hot water fittings, a boiler and furnace with vine and fruit trees, cucumber and melon frames.

Listing details scraped from www.matthewsbenjamin.co.uk · refreshed daily · first seen 50 days ago