Gilbert Close, London
Asking Price: £425,000Description
An opportunity to take your first step on the property ladder with this two bedroom, top floor, apartment set within the Royal Herbert Pavilions.
The historic Royal Herbert Pavilions is steeped in history as the country’s first purpose built military hospital with input from Florence Nightingale. Converted in 1996 it is now a sought-after private development built upon a 7-acre plot surrounded by beautiful, landscaped gardens, including a residents tennis court and creating an oasis of calm to escape hectic London life.
Florence House is the first Pavillon within the development and the apartment is set on the top floor. The accommodation comprises entrance hall benefitting from solid wood floor; living room with solid wood floor, large sash window with fitted shutters; modern fitted kitchen with tiled floor, integrated oven and hob, dish washer, wine fridge, space for fridge freezer and breakfast bar; two carpeted double bedrooms benefitting from large sash windows and with fitted shutters; completing the accommodation is a modern family bathroom.
The Pavilions are a community of their own with exclusive resident facilities that include onsite concierge, indoor swimming pool, whirlpool, sauna, steam room, gymnasium (which has recently undergone refurbishment) tennis court and resident’s bar. While to the rear of the development is a large communal garden.
Those with a car will find an allocated parking space and for visitors there is ample visitor parking available throughout the development in designated bays.
Shooters Hill is circa 35 minutes to the City via Elisabeth Line at Woolwich and circa 45 minutes to the City from at Eltham Station. Kidbrooke and Blackheath Stations are a short bus ride journey away. On top of that Shooters provides a wide range of options with bus networks, including night buses, Jubilee Line, DLR and mainline overground connections to central London.
This location on Shooters Hill is surrounded by open green spaces which include Oxleas Woods, Blackheath Common and Greenwich Park. Set within these beautiful surroundings are many places worth a visit such as a community hub at Shrewsbury house in the Laing estate with its café and regular activities; tea rooms in the tranquil setting of Severndroog castle; a café atop of Oxleas Woods, 16th Century Tudor Barn Eltham, the only existing Tudor Barn in London; and historical Charlton House and Gardens.
There is an abundance of shopping options in the surrounding area with Greenwich Shopping Park, Sainsburys at Eltham, Co-op a short walk away on Shooters Hill, M&S at Blackheath Standard for supermarkets. There is also a range of boutique shops and restaurants nearby in Blackheath and Greenwich.
Those that like to be active and partake in sports will find plenty to get involved with locally with Shooters Hill Golf Course, Blackheath Rugby and Cricket.
The historic Royal Herbert Pavilions is steeped in history as the country’s first purpose built military hospital with input from Florence Nightingale. Converted in 1996 it is now a sought-after private development built upon a 7-acre plot surrounded by beautiful, landscaped gardens, including a residents tennis court and creating an oasis of calm to escape hectic London life.
Florence House is the first Pavillon within the development and the apartment is set on the top floor. The accommodation comprises entrance hall benefitting from solid wood floor; living room with solid wood floor, large sash window with fitted shutters; modern fitted kitchen with tiled floor, integrated oven and hob, dish washer, wine fridge, space for fridge freezer and breakfast bar; two carpeted double bedrooms benefitting from large sash windows and with fitted shutters; completing the accommodation is a modern family bathroom.
The Pavilions are a community of their own with exclusive resident facilities that include onsite concierge, indoor swimming pool, whirlpool, sauna, steam room, gymnasium (which has recently undergone refurbishment) tennis court and resident’s bar. While to the rear of the development is a large communal garden.
Those with a car will find an allocated parking space and for visitors there is ample visitor parking available throughout the development in designated bays.
Shooters Hill is circa 35 minutes to the City via Elisabeth Line at Woolwich and circa 45 minutes to the City from at Eltham Station. Kidbrooke and Blackheath Stations are a short bus ride journey away. On top of that Shooters provides a wide range of options with bus networks, including night buses, Jubilee Line, DLR and mainline overground connections to central London.
This location on Shooters Hill is surrounded by open green spaces which include Oxleas Woods, Blackheath Common and Greenwich Park. Set within these beautiful surroundings are many places worth a visit such as a community hub at Shrewsbury house in the Laing estate with its café and regular activities; tea rooms in the tranquil setting of Severndroog castle; a café atop of Oxleas Woods, 16th Century Tudor Barn Eltham, the only existing Tudor Barn in London; and historical Charlton House and Gardens.
There is an abundance of shopping options in the surrounding area with Greenwich Shopping Park, Sainsburys at Eltham, Co-op a short walk away on Shooters Hill, M&S at Blackheath Standard for supermarkets. There is also a range of boutique shops and restaurants nearby in Blackheath and Greenwich.
Those that like to be active and partake in sports will find plenty to get involved with locally with Shooters Hill Golf Course, Blackheath Rugby and Cricket.