Cromer Road, Tooting, SW17

Cromer Road in Tooting has the red brick and white-painted timber that mark the Queen Anne revival end of Edwardian building, and this mid-terrace house still has its stained-glass front door and its picture rails. The house is on two storeys with a loft conversion above, and it extends to 1,300 sq ft with four bedrooms, three bathrooms and two reception rooms. It is offered part-furnished. The look is restored-period: cornicing, fireplaces and panelled doors have been repaired and kept, the proportions are traditional, and the kitchen and bathrooms have been quietly brought up to date in soft putty and chalky white.

Hall 1.87m x 2.86m (6'2" x 9'5")

A cloaks cupboard sits in the hall, and a runner covers the dark-stained boards. The dark-stained staircase has square newel posts and turned balusters.

Sitting room 3.69m x 4.48m (12'1" x 14'8")

High ceilings and a bay window set the tone of the sitting room, in which a cast-iron grate with tiled slips holds an open fire in a painted timber surround. Original shutters and deep skirtings are retained, and a tobacco leather sofa on a red Heriz rug sits beneath brass schoolhouse pendants.

Study 2.98m x 3.15m (9'9" x 10'4")

A study with fitted shelving offers a quiet room for working from home, with a bureau of walnut alongside.

Kitchen 2.97m x 3.47m (9'9" x 11'5")

Pale grey panelled units and a zinc worktop furnish the kitchen, with a window over the sink. It is a compact room, planned efficiently.

Cloakroom 1.19m x 1.84m (3'11" x 6'0")

A basin and wc make up the cloakroom.

Principal bedroom 3.54m x 4.70m (11'7" x 15'5")

Fitted wardrobes line one wall of the principal bedroom, which is wider than it is long, and the original floorboards give it a good deal of warmth.

Bedroom 2 2.95m x 4.16m (9'8" x 13'8")

The second bedroom has fitted wardrobes of its own and could take a double bed with ease.

Bedroom 3 3.24m x 3.47m (10'8" x 11'5")

A third bedroom with fitted wardrobes completes the first floor, and works well as a child's room.

Bedroom 4 2.51m x 2.96m (8'3" x 9'9")

The fourth bedroom sits in the loft, with a sash window in the rear dormer and the ceiling sloping down at the front. It is the smallest of the bedrooms but has a pleasing, secluded feel.

Bathroom 2.24m x 2.38m (7'4" x 7'10")

Herringbone tiles and a marble-topped washstand set the style of the bathroom, which has a bath and no separate shower.

En-suite 1.67m x 2.60m (5'6" x 8'6")

A walk-in shower, a ceramic basin set on a mahogany chest and small white hexagonal tiles make up the en-suite.

Bathroom 2 2.23m x 2.56m (7'4" x 8'5")

A shower enclosure, a painted panelled vanity with a marble top and herringbone tiling serve the top-floor bathroom, a convenience for whoever has the loft bedroom.

The garden at the back faces west, so the late afternoon and evening sun reach the lawn. There is no parking with the house, so a resident's permit or public transport is the usual solution.

Tooting Bec and Tooting Broadway are Northern line stations at the top and bottom of the hill that slopes down the High Street, and the High Street itself follows a Roman road. Tooting Bec Common and Tooting Graveney Common form a large open area at the northern end of Tooting, and an open-air lido on Tooting Bec Common opened in 1906. Totterdown Fields, a conservation area since 1978, was the first London County Council cottage estate, with 1,244 houses built between 1901 and 1911.