Winstanley Road, Battersea, SW11

Winstanley Road in Battersea is a bay-fronted Victorian street, and this mid-terrace house keeps its painted stucco ground floor, its original fireplaces and its sash windows. Over two floors and a loft conversion, leaving the street-facing slope of the roof alone and lighting the top floor from a flat-roofed dormer at the back, it extends to 1,683 sq ft. The reception rooms, four bedrooms and two bathrooms are arranged with the generous proportions of a house of this age. It has been restored with a light touch: cornicing, picture rails and dark-stained original boards have been kept, and a runner in the hall adds warmth. Soft putty and chalky white are the colours throughout.

Hall 1.72m x 3.28m (5'8" x 10'9")

The stripped-pine staircase climbs from the hall, and a runner covers the dark-stained boards.

Sitting room 5.08m x 4.85m (16'8" x 15'11")

The bay window brings light to the sitting room, and a wood-burning stove in a painted timber surround makes it warm in winter. A velvet sofa in rust sits on a faded Persian rug facing a mahogany chest, and linen curtains hang to the floor at the window. Swing-arm wall lights are set on either side of the chimney breast.

Dining room 3.66m x 4.39m (12'0" x 14'5")

Double doors connect the dining room to the sitting room, so the two can be thrown together for a party or closed for a quiet supper, and the dining room has space for a table for eight.

Kitchen 4.46m x 5.77m (14'8" x 18'11")

Unfitted painted cabinets, with a dresser, stand beside a scrubbed timber worktop, and a central island is the focus of the room. It runs the full width of the back of the house and is planned for a family that cooks.

Cloakroom 1.03m x 1.96m (3'5" x 6'5")

A small cloakroom beside the stairs is fitted with a basin and wc.

Principal bedroom 4.24m x 4.91m (13'11" x 16'1")

A sash window lights the principal bedroom, which is the biggest room on the first floor.

Bedroom 2 2.87m x 3.57m (9'5" x 11'9")

A built-in desk fills the end of the second bedroom, in a room that works for study or sleep.

Bedroom 3 3.29m x 4.15m (10'10" x 13'7")

The third bedroom has a built-in desk too and a wider floor area than its neighbour.

Bedroom 4 3.19m x 3.20m (10'6" x 10'6")

A sash window lights the fourth bedroom, which is in the loft and almost square.

Bathroom 2.36m x 2.61m (7'9" x 8'7")

The bathroom has a bath but no separate shower, a ceramic basin on a mahogany chest and herringbone tiles in a quiet pattern.

En-suite 1.83m x 2.18m (6'0" x 7'2")

A walk-in shower with a painted panelled vanity and Victorian encaustic tiles makes up the en-suite.

The garden faces south and receives the sun for most of the day. Residents' permit parking is available on Winstanley Road.

Battersea Park, a 200-acre green space laid out by Sir James Pennethorne, is home to the London Peace Pagoda and is the largest open space close to Winstanley Road. Within reach of the house, Clapham Junction is the largest railway station in Battersea and opened on 2 March 1863. The area became part of the County of London in 1889, and St Mary's Church, completed in 1777, is among its older buildings.