About this property

An elegant and well proportioned, four-bedroom semi-detached family home in one of Hove’s most coveted conservation areas, a stone’s throw from the sea and local amenities.

Situated in one of Brighton’s most desirable streets, Alicia House was built in the 1880s and forms part of the Sackville Gardens Conservation Area, notable for a variety of preserved and elegantly presented architecture, including the generously proportioned Victorian stucco-fronted residences seen on Westbourne Villas. The property is supremely light and spacious, with its accommodation arranged over three well-proportioned floors. Sash windows and soaring ceilings – characteristic of the era – contribute to the feeling of space, creating an ideal family home. The setting is highly desirable, being moments from the beach and Hove Lawns in one of the area’s most sought-after addresses, with a plethora of seaside attractions on the doorstep and views of the coast from the first-floor bedroom. The property has the added benefit of a side entrance and side return, giving easy access to a paved rear garden, a private oasis in which to enjoy warmer days alfresco, and off-street parking on a private driveway as well as a spacious loft which poses potential for conversion, subject to permissions.

Inviting and well-proportioned, the ground floor makes a striking first impression, entered via an elegant, half-glazed stained-glass door. A light-filled hallway provides access to the ground floor accommodation. To the front, the living room is generously proportioned and features a traditional-style marble fireplace, creating a warm and inviting focal point. A separate study offers a practical and versatile space for work or a quiet retreat.

Outside
To the front, the property’s traditional painted façade is complemented by a block-paved driveway providing off-street parking, with additional on-street permit parking available. Adjacent is a lawn bordered by attractive planting. The rear garden is fully enclosed by walls and laid to block paving, with stone-built raised beds to two aspects planted with a variety of shrubs to provide year-round interest, including palms and camellias. It offers a practical and low-maintenance space for outdoor relaxation, dining, and entertaining, and further benefits from a useful garden shed for storage.

Situation
Westbourne Villas is situated off the Kingsway, with only the seafront promenade and Hove Lawns separating the property from the beach. Alicia House is close to an array of leisure amenities, with the King Alfred Leisure Centre and Hove Beach Park, with its tennis and padel courts a stone’s throw away. Also close by are the Western Lawns, Hove Lagoon and Wish Park, the latter with its community fruit and veg garden and café. Hove offers a wide variety of restaurants, pubs, and shops. The many bars, cafes and restaurants of Church Road are 0.8 miles away with the wider selection of leisure facilities in Brighton accessible just 2.3 miles along the seafront. Hove Station is 1.1 miles away and Portslade Station is 1.4 miles with fast and direct trains to London Victoria, London Bridge and Gatwick Airport. Local schooling options include St Christopher’s school which is at the top of the Road and forms part of Brighton college, Brighton Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College, Hove Junior School, Hove Park Secondary School and Sixth Form and Blatchington Mill School.

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Additional Information
Brighton & Hove City Council
Council Tax Band F
Mains water, electricity and drainage are supplied to the property

Additional information

• Living Room
• Study
• Cloakroom
• Utility
• Kitchen/Dining Room
• Four Double Bedrooms
• Three Bath/Shower Rooms
• Garden
• Total of Approx. 2
• 356 Sq Ft

Key information

Council Tax Band: F

Tenure: Freehold

Energy Performance Certificate