Sold Semi-detached

1 SOUTH ROAD

ALTRINCHAM, BOWDON, GREATER MANCHESTER WA14 2JZ

5 beds 3 baths 3,251 sq ft Listed 9 Mar 2026 (-103d)

£1,550,000

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1 South Road Image 2 Image 3 Image 4 Entrance Hallway Hallway Lounge Dining Room Dining Room Live In Dining Kichen Live In Dining Kitchen Live In dining Kitchen Live In dining Kitchen Dining Area Kitchen Kitchen Kitchen Kitchen GFWC Lower Ground Floor Family Room Study/Gym Utiity Staircase to First Floor First Floor Landing Guest Bedroom 1 Bedroom 1 Bedroom 1 En Suite Bedroom 2 Bedroom 2 Inner Landing Bedroom 3 Bedroom 3 Aspect 2 Bedroom 4/Study Bathroom Second Floor Landing Study Area Principal Bedroom 5 Bedroom 5 Dressing Room Top Floor Bathroom Top Floor Bathroom Lauriston Elevation 2 Garden Gardens Gardens Courtyard Courtyard Belfield Community Garden Belfield Community Garden Garage and Drveway Site Plan Street Plan Town Plan

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Property details

Tenure

FREEHOLD

Floor area

302 m²

Council tax band

G

EPC rating

D

Year built

England and Wales: before 1900

Last sold

£999,500 Nov 2013

Price per m²

£5,132/m²

Local average

£565,161 (+174.3%)

Deprivation

Decile 10 (31,851 of 33,755)

Street crime

0 incidents within 1 mile (Apr 2026)

Key features

  • A beautiful Georgian family home
  • 4068 square feet over four floors including Converted Basements
  • Superb location the heart of Old Bowdon
  • Close to Hale Village and Altrincham Town Centre
  • Walking distance Altrincham Boys and Girls Grammar Schools
  • Two Reception Rooms plus 325 square foot Live In Dining Kitchen
  • Two further Lower Ground Floor Reception Rooms and Utility Room.
  • Five Bedrooms. Three Bath/Showers Rooms. Principal Bedroom Suite
  • Driveway and Basement Garage
  • Corner plot Gardens.

Additional details

Parking
Yes
Garden
Yes

Description

A BEAUTFULLY APPOINTED GEORGIAN FAMILY HOME IN THE HEART OF BOWDON WITH CONVERTED CELLARS AND STUNNING ORIGINAL FEATURES. 4068sqft. Hall. WC. Four Receptions. 325 sqft Live In Dining Kitchen. Utility Room. Five Bedrooms. Three Bath/Shower Rooms. Parking. Basement Garage. Corner plot and South West facing Rear Garden.

A stunning and immensely attractive, double fronted Georgian property, enjoying a prominent position on the corner of South Road and Stamford Road, ideally located within walking distance of Hale, Altrincham and Altrincham Boys and Girls Grammar Schools.

The property offers beautifully appointed, extensive family accommodation arranged over Four Floors including Converted Cellars, extending to approximately 4068 square feet and provides perfectly balanced family accommodation with effectively Four Reception Rooms over the Ground and Lower Ground Floors in addition to a Live In Breakfast Kitchen and Five Bedrooms plus A Study/Bedroom over the Two Upper Floors served by Three stylish Bath/Shower Rooms.

The top floor is dedicated to the Principal Bedroom Suite of Bedroom, Dressing Room and Bathroom.

The property has been comprehensively updated and improved entirely in keeping with the original character with multi paned windows, high, intricate corniced ceilings, a spindle balustrade staircase turning through the floors and some delightful, original or reproduction fireplaces.

The property enjoys enclosed Gardens, principally laid to the front and side. Over and above this, the property enjoys the use of Bellfield, a private walled park extending to approximately 1 acre, positioned directly in front of the property and adjacent to Bowdon Preparatory School. The property has limited membership and is secure along all sides and includes a children's play area and a tennis court, providing a really wonderful and unique facility. This is available for the incoming purchaser for a one of cost of £5000 for the entire period of ownership of the property.

In addition, not immediately apparent from the road, the property enjoys a Driveway accessed from Stamford Road, providing extensive off street parking in turn leading to the Basement Garage.

In further detail the accommodation comprises:

Spacious Hall with stone flooring, spindle balustrade staircase with turned banister rising through the floors, having a high, intricate corniced ceiling and an attractive Georgian fan light window over the entrance door. Well appointed Ground Floor WC, fitted with a contemporary design suite and with cloaks cupboard. Beautiful 19' x 15' Lounge with tall sash windows enjoying front and side garden aspects and having an intricate corniced ceiling, custom built cabinets and shelving and a contemporary design multi fuel wood buring stove fireplace feature. 19' x 15' Dining Room, perfect for entertaining with tall sash windows to two elevations and having a high corniced ceiling, part stripped timber flooring and again with an impressive fireplace.

Live In Breakfast Kitchen, providing an ideal informal working kitchen, dining and living space with a window overlooking the front Garden, French doors leading to a Rear Courtyard with a further skylight window providing much natural light. The Kitchen enjoys a high corniced ceiling and is superbly appointed with an extensive range of custom built, traditional design, painted finish wood fronted units with granite worktops and featuring an Aga Range cooker in addition to a conventional stainless steel oven, hob and a further integrated dishwasher. There is limestone tiled flooring throughout which returns into the living area.

The Lower Ground Floor Converted Cellars has additional accommodation arranged around a large Hall Area with extensive storage space off. There is a Playroom with Amtico flooring, extensive halogen lighting and a window providing natural light. Family Room again with Amtico flooring, halogen lighting and a good sized window. There is also a fitted Utility Room and WC serving this floor. Access can also be gained to the substantial Basement Garage, with electrically operated 'up and over' door.

Off the First Floor Landing are Three excellent Double Bedrooms all with built in wardrobes plus a Study/Fourth Bedroom. A Guest Bedroom is approached through an Entrance Lobby area and is served by the stylish, contemporary design En Suite Shower Room with Wet Room style shower, white suite with chrome fittings, extensive limestone tiling, under floor heating and halogen lighting. A Family Bathroom, appointed to an equally high specification, serves the remaining Bedrooms.

The Second Floor is dedicated to the Principal Bedroom Suite of Bedroom, Dressing Room and Bathroom located under the eaves of the property with attractive sloping ceilings, skylight windows and extensive built in wardrobes and cupboards to the under eaves roof void storage space. The stylish Third Bathroom, again appointed to a stunning contemporary theme with a shaped feature bath, a large enclosed shower area, wash hand basin on a stand, extensive ceramic tiling, halogen lighting and two windows including a skylight window providing much natural light.

Externally, as previously described a Driveway accessed off Stamford Road provides extensive off street parking and leads in to the Integral Basement Garage.

The Gardens to the property are laid predominately to lawn to the front and side with laurel bush screening. To the rear of the property there is an enclosed, Walled Courtyard accessed via the French doors off the Live In Dining Kitchen. Beyond this a pathway leads to the right of way access for this and neighbouring properties for wheelie bin collection etc.

This really is a stunning property, positioned in one of the very best parts of Bowdon and needs to be seen.

- Freehold
- Council Tax Band G

Listed by

Hale

Watersons

Reference: 173043899

EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

Current rating: D

Potential rating: C

Inspection date: 25/04/2025

Expiry date: 24/04/2035

Current heating cost: £3,572/year

Potential heating cost: £2,309/year

Est. upgrade cost to C: £20,500

Recommendations

  • Room-in-roof insulation (£1,500 - £2,700)
  • Internal or external wall insulation (£4,000 - £14,000)
  • Replace single glazed windows with low-E double glazed windows (£3,300 - £6,500)
  • Solar photovoltaic panels, 2.5 kWp (£3,500 - £5,500)

Flood risk

Zone: 1

Risk: Low

Job (default Low)

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First Floor

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Second Floor

Second Floor

Price history

365% since 1996

Event Date Price % change
Sold 08/11/2013 (12 years ago) £999,500 +6.3%
Sold 17/09/2010 (15 years ago) £940,000 +89.5%
Sold 25/01/2002 (24 years ago) £496,000 +130.7%
Sold 29/03/1996 (30 years ago) £215,000

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Crown copyright.

Sold Comparables

Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles (last 5 years). Data from Land Registry Price Paid.

Address Price Date Type
54 STAMFORD ROAD, BOWDON, ALTRINCHAM, TRAFFORD, GREATER MANCHESTER, WA14 2JW £1,780,000 12/10/2023 Semi-detached
LANGHAM MEWS 2 EAST DOWNS ROAD, BOWDON, ALTRINCHAM, TRAFFORD, GREATER MANCHESTER, WA14 2LQ £1,300,000 21/06/2022 Semi-detached
22 WINTON ROAD, BOWDON, ALTRINCHAM, TRAFFORD, GREATER MANCHESTER, WA14 2PB £1,275,000 29/04/2022 Semi-detached

Area average: £1,451,667 (3 sales)

Capital growth trend

Land Registry outcode average: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago (from sold prices).

5y growth 16.9%
10y growth 5.6%

House Price Index (HM Land Registry — official index, not sold-price averages): Trafford. Series: Semi-detached. As of March 2026.

1y (index) 1.4%
5y (index) 19.9%
10y (index) 65.4%

Rental Range

Estimated market rent for Trafford. Low = conservative, Realistic = average, Optimistic = best case.

Low £1,223/mo
Realistic £1,359/mo
Optimistic £1,495/mo

Based on Local Authority from postcode lookup → Trafford.

LHA (30th percentile) floor for Southern Greater Manchester: £1,396/mo (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026)

Location

Nearby

Nearest stations, universities and amenities (distance from property).

Type Name Distance
Bus stop Bowdon, The Firs / outside Bowdon Church 0.2 miles
Bus stop The Firs/Bowdon Church 0.2 miles
Shop Society 0.4 miles
Shop Co-op Food 0.4 miles
Train station Hale 0.5 miles
Hospital Altrincham Hospital 0.6 miles
Hospital Altrincham Health and Wellbeing Centre 0.7 miles
Train station Altrincham 0.9 miles
University University Academy 92 6.4 miles
University University of Salford 7.1 miles

Street-level crime

Category Count
Total incidents 0

Within 1 mile during Apr 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).

Schools nearby

Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown. Data from Get Information about Schools and Ofsted.

Name Type Distance Ofsted
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls Secondary 0.2 miles Outstanding — 4 Dec 2022
Altrincham Preparatory School Other 0.3 miles (No rating)
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Secondary 0.4 miles Outstanding — 10 Nov 2022
Bowdon Preparatory School for Girls Other 0.4 miles (No rating)
Bowdon CofE Primary School Primary 0.4 miles Outstanding — 12 May 2020

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Rent-driven metrics

Based on Area rent estimate.

Rent ratio 0.09%
Max investor price (0.8%) £169,875
Target investor price (1%) £135,900
  • Rent ratio — Monthly rent ÷ purchase price (1% rule). 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak for cashflow.
  • Max investor price — Rent ÷ 0.8%; the price at which rent would be 0.8% of price (Stoke-style target).
  • Target investor price — Rent ÷ 1%; the price at which rent would be 1% of price (strong cashflow band).
  • Gross yield — Annual rent as % of purchase price (no costs).