The six-bed property, with floor space of 285sq m (3,065sq ft), was withdrawn at auction last month with a guiding price of 2.8m and is now on sale for 3.2m.

Period features . . . ornate ceiling plaster detail, dado rails, pitch pine floorboards, original marble and cast-iron fireplaces, and sash windows with shutters . . . have all been restored to their former glory, while the living space has been tastefully extended to create a vast kitchen/ dining room with soaring ceilings and full-height glazed windows and French doors to the southfacing (175ft) rear garden.

Accommodation comprises the entrance hall, drawing room with interconnecting doors to dining room and the first en-suite bedroom with double doors to terrace. On the first-floor return is the family room/bedroom six and guest cloakroom.

The garden-level entrance hall is cool and contemporary, in contrast to the period features elsewhere, and has polished marble floor tiles and double glass doors.

Four bedrooms (one en suite) and bathroom lead off from this.

Also on this level are the kitchen/ dining room, the living area with marble floor and cast-iron fireplaces, and utility.

Price: 3.2m Agent: Colliers Jackson-Stops 01-633 3700