Situation
Talma House is one of the few remaining family homes in the popular Victoria Park area with many having been transformed into student accommodation, apartments or offices. Manchester City centre, Elizabeth Gaskell College, part of Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester University and Manchester Royal Infirmary are all close by and all the amenities city life offer are on hand. Local shops on Dickenson Road provide for many day to day needs and Birchfields Park is a short stroll away.
Description
Believed to have been built in 1866 this splendid Victorian house would have comfortably accommodated the larger households of the period and their staff. Elegant architectural features abound and the superbly proportioned rooms reflect the grandeur of a bygone era. From the tiled and leaded window entrance porch to the 5 room cellars and the crystal glass door knobs to the deep skirtings, period staircase and sash windows this property has retained many of the features lost in other homes of the period. However the needs of today are readily met with garaging and parking, a family kitchen and gated access to the driveway. The possibilities for conversion to apartments or offices are here, subject to planning permission.
Accommodation
The pretty entrance porch opens to a generous hallway with its period staircase and panelling below, ceiling mouldings and an access staircase to the basement level. Period doors open off to the principal reception rooms, the larger of which combines two former rooms extending to the full depth of the house with two fireplaces and scope to reinstate if preferred. The second reception room is used as a living room and has a fireplace with a fitted gas log fire. The dining kitchen lies to the rear, has a full range of fitted units and a breakfast bar area. There is also a ground floor cloakroom/bathroom with an over bath shower. The basement has a central hall area with a staircase from the ground floor and a door to the rear gardens. There are 5 rooms, all 7’ in height and these include a boiler/utility room with plumbing for a washing machine.
On the first floor the landing with its period staircase extending onwards to the second floor, gives access to the four principal bedrooms and a family bathroom with a separate w.c. The half landing is especially attractive with a deep bow window.
The second floor has a landing with space for a study area and accesses the remaining three bedrooms plus a kitchen which could as easily be converted to create a third bathroom.
Talma House is approached by a pair of iron double gates which open to the parking area and the detached single garage. There are lawned gardens to the front and rear with, to the rear, a pond and patio area. They offer a reasonable degree of privacy with trees and shrubs to the boundary and a substantial brick wall to the boundary with the roadside.
Directions
Follow the A34 into Manchester and the property lies just after the junction of Dickenson Road and Birchfields Road traffic lights on the left hand side.
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