Belleville Road, Battersea, SW11

Red brick and a stained-glass fanlight over the door announce this Queen Anne revival Edwardian semi-detached house on Belleville Road. It is a restored period home: original fireplaces, leaded light windows, herringbone parquet in a mid-brown, original shutters and deep skirtings, with a kitchen and bathrooms that have had gentle updating. Soft putty and chalky white soften the palette. With 1,834 sq ft across two floors and a loft conversion, it offers four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a large sitting room and a kitchen with bi-fold doors to the garden.

Hall 2.21m x 3.51m (7'3" x 11'6")

A cloaks cupboard stands beside the door, and the dark-stained staircase, with its square newel posts and turned balusters, is the hall's best feature. Parquet in herringbone begins under the fanlight.

Sitting room 4.43m x 6.21m (14'6" x 20'4")

A wood-burning stove stands inside a painted timber surround with tiled slips, and alcove shelving fills the recesses. A deep green linen sofa sits on a worn Oushak rug beside an antique pine table, with tall cotton curtains on a brass pole at the windows and pleated shades on brass sconces lighting the walls. The Edwardian proportions and the generous length make the room very comfortable.

Kitchen 4.87m x 6.67m (16'0" x 21'11")

The kitchen is vast, with painted in-frame cabinets in a warm stone shade and a honed marble worktop, and the garden is reached straight from the room through bi-fold doors. Small glass lantern pendants hang over the table. It is the house's social centre, and gets good light.

Cloakroom 1.42m x 1.77m (4'8" x 5'10")

A basin and wc are installed in the cloakroom beside the hall.

Principal bedroom 4.72m x 4.59m (15'6" x 15'1")

The principal bedroom, at the front of the first floor, is a big room lit by a sash window, with the shutters folded back and a deep skirting at the floor.

Bedroom 2 3.73m x 3.44m (12'3" x 11'3")

Fitted wardrobes line the second bedroom, which is a well-balanced double.

Bedroom 3 3.63m x 4.26m (11'11" x 14'0")

A desk is built into bedroom 3, which is a long, comfortable room and makes a fine study-bedroom.

Bedroom 4 3.67m x 4.27m (12'0" x 14'0")

Bedroom 4 is in the loft conversion, with fitted wardrobes, a ceiling that pitches towards the street and its window in the rear dormer.

Bathroom 2.55m x 3.30m (8'4" x 10'10")

A freestanding bath stands in the first-floor bathroom, which has been quietly updated.

En-suite 2.03m x 2.76m (6'8" x 9'1")

The en-suite has another freestanding bath, a generous touch.

The garden faces east and takes the morning light, with bi-fold doors from the kitchen making the garden an extension of the room in warm weather. Off-road parking is provided. When the house was photographed in early March, the street trees were bare with their first buds and the pavements damp.

Battersea Park, laid out by Sir James Pennethorne and opened in 1858, is the great green space of the area, and the London Peace Pagoda stands in it. Queenstown Road and Battersea Park are the two nearest railway stations. St Mary's Church, which dates from 1777, is a quiet landmark of the area.