If moving to the country is just too much to contemplate, being away from the urban buzz of city life and easily able to pop out for a coffee, enjoy a day of retail therapy on the doorstep or catch a movie without having to drive miles, but you still long for a country home then maybe this big beauty of a building is your best bet. For the space it offers, it's a bit of a bargain too.
So £800,000 isn't in every buyer's property purchasing range but for those that can afford it, this substantial Victorian house is victorious in offering lots of lovely space inside and a generous and gorgeous garden that includes a kitchen garden outside.
A city property that has oodles of space outside as well as inside is pretty rare - many larger urban houses come with a disappointing sized garden in this price bracket. Try finding a six bedroom, three bathroom, three-storey detached period property with this much land in another city for this price - it's not impossible but it is a challenge.
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This gentleman's residence has a garden so large for a city dwelling that it used to easily accommodate a full-size tennis court, although any budding Andy Murray out there will be disappointed as the court is now the kitchen garden and vegetable plot.
But the point is, the garden is so large that a new owner can reawaken the tennis court, or add a swimming pool, or keep working the smallholding element of the land to produce their own food.
There's a greenhouse and potting shed too - all that a country manor can offer but this one comes with the advantage of being able to easily and instantly satisfy the urge for a latte, movie, sporting event, gig, night out or shopping; or all of them.
Nestled amongst the leafy tree-lined residential streets of arguably the poshest part of Newport this handsome house hides waiting for a new owner to discover its character and charm, and the potential to renovate and restore it into a luxury dream home.
The house is found on the locally iconic and unusual Stow Park Circle, a one-way street that not surprisingly is predominantly circular in shape, therefore creating an island of huge and impressive period properties within the centre.
It's an island of detached, unique buildings within this conservation area, all demanding attention and oozing with period character. The road also includes The Mansion House, the city's suburban register's office popular for weddings and events.
Rare to the market in this prestigious location, this particularly handsome house that could easily compete with its country cousins for country charm, was originally built in 1892 and has stood proudly in this prominent position on this impressive road ever since.
The entrance is the starting point to a visit to this Victorian red brick beauty, with substantial black wrought iron gates opening to welcome you to a driveway and parking area bigger than some people's actual house.
The first impression of the facade of the house is impressive, with mullioned and transom windows and a bathstone pillared porchway arguably the stand-out features that ensure this first greeting with the house is a memorable one.
As you make your way around the house there are plenty of features to delight, such as original floor tiles, parquet wood flooring and fancy cornices and coving, deep skirtings and picture rails.
The large, original staircase, and wide, panelled doors and exposed beams give the house robust internal structures around which more delicate features such as stained glass door panels and decorative ceiling carvings are added, to give the house the finer finesse such a fancy home in a fancy location deserves.
The ground floor is a maze of generous and light sociable spaces, with the living room in particular bathed in sunshine from its period bay window.
There's a vast formal dining room, again welcoming the south-facing light flooding in, as well as access to an enclosed veranda with views of the garden.
The former butler's pantry has been converted into a study and the kitchen has a large adjoining utility and preparation room. Add a workshop, utility room and a garage and the ground floor tour is almost completed, apart from arguably the best space in the house.
Leaving maybe the best to last, the single-storey music room is an absolute delight, with a vaulted, double-height ceiling joyfully celebrating the roof structure with exposed beams and trusses.
But the mesmerising ceiling also has added glory via its decorative plasterwork, both on the ceiling and rather unusually on the beams too.
There's a fireplace in the corner promoting cosy gatherings by the flames, and a visually warming wood block floor is the perfect companion to the light walls and white beams.
This space is vast and could be whatever a new owner's lifestyle demands. It could stay as a music room as it is now - it can certainly easily accommodate a grand piano - or maybe the ultimate games room, a dance and yoga studio, or an artist studio utilising the light from the plethora of windows and French doors to the garden. The options are limited only by the imagination.
Up to the first floor and three bedrooms and three bathrooms are waiting to impress you with their space, and this space can easily be reconfigured to create the most stunning of master suites across a whole wing of the home.
The next floor up gets you to the attic floor, where the servants at this gentleman's residence would have slept and currently has three large bedrooms and a store room, each with ceiling beams and character sloping ceilings.
Throughout the house there is the potential to make this your period palace, changing the interior design to suit your personal style while living in it and ultimately creating your perfect escape to the country retreat within a city home.
The best of both worlds period property in the middle of the city is for sale for offers in excess of £800,000, call Crook & Blight estate agents on 01633 222333 to find out more.
