23 THE FIRS
ALTRINCHAM, BOWDON, GREATER MANCHESTER WA14 2TF
£1,650,000
Main Sitting Room Live In Dining Kitchen Rear Elevation Entrance Hall Sitting Room Lounge Lounge Live In Dining Kitchen Live In Dining Kitchen Living and Dining Area Living and Dining Area Kitchen Kitchen Utility GFWC First Floor Landing Principal Bedroom 1 Principal Bedroom 1 Bed 1 En Suite Bedroom 2 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Bedroom 3 Family Bathroom Second Floor Bedroom 4 Bedroom 4 Bed 4 En Suite Bedroom 5 Garden Garden Garden Patio Rear Elevation Rear Elevation Site Plan Street Plan Town Plan
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Property details
Tenure
FREEHOLD
Floor area
236 m²
Council tax band
G
Last sold
£790,000 Feb 2003
Local average
£565,161 (+192%)
Deprivation
Decile 10 (31,737 of 33,755)
Street crime
0 incidents within 1 mile (Apr 2026)
Key features
- A Double fronted Victorian Semi Detached family home
- Ideally located between Altrincham Town Centre, Market Quarter and Hale Village
- Spacious family accommodation across four floors, approx. 3000 sq ft
- Two elegant reception rooms with original character features
- Stunning 500 sq ft open-plan living dining kitchen
- Five double bedrooms
- Three bath/shower rooms, two en suite
- Two chamber cellar offering excellent conversion potential (STPP)
- Extensive gated driveway providing generous off-road parking
- West facing landscaped rear garden
Additional details
- Parking
- Driveway
- Garden
- Yes
Description
Hall. GFWC. Lounge. Sitting Room. 500sqft Live In Dining Kitchen. Utility Room. Five Double Bedrooms. Three Bath/Shower Rooms. Cellars. Extensive Parking. Lovely Gardens.
A double fronted Victorian Semi Detached family home forming one of this distinctive row of beautiful family homes positioned on The Firs within one of the most desirable parts of Old Bowdon, midway between Altrincham Town Centre, its facilities, the Metrolink and the popular Market Quarter and Hale Village with its range of fashionable shops, restaurants and bars.
The property enjoys a deep frontage, providing generous parking in addition to a lovely, mature, well screened West facing rear Garden and the house itself has fantastic family accommodation arranged over Four Floors, including Cellars with potential to convert, extending to approximately 3000 square feet.
The property has been updated and improved whilst at the same time retaining a wealth of original character features to include high corniced ceilings, some original sash windows, attractive fireplace features and a spindle balustrade staircase rising through the floors.
The accommodation is arranged from a central Hallway with Ground Floor WC. There are Two beautifully proportioned Reception Rooms. The Lounge having custom built cabinets and French doors giving access to the gardens whilst the Sitting Room enjoys a bay window enjoying a front aspect.
The fantastic 500 square foot Open Plan Live In Dining with a striking contemporary design extension to contrast with the traditional style of the property, with a high vaulted ceiling and wide windows and doors, giving access to enjoying aspects of the gardens.
The Kitchen area is fitted with a range of laminate fronted units, incorporating a peninsula unit breakfast bar with integrated oven, hob, extractor fan, fridge, freezer and dishwasher.
A useful Utility Room is positioned off the Living space.
Over the Two Upper Floors are Five Double Bedrooms served by Three Bath/Shower Room facilities, Two being En Suite, including a Principal Bedroom with En Suite and a Top Floor Guest Bedroom with Walk In Wardrobe and En Suite facility.
The property has Two Chamber Cellars which offer excellent potential to convert into additional living space, subject to any necessary planning consents.
Externally, the property is approached via entrance gates to a gravel Driveway that returns across the front of the house, providing extensive off street Parking.
The front Garden is enclosed with mature bushes, trees and plants, providing privacy from the road and a mature setting. There is a bin store to the side of the property, and a gate leads through to the rear Garden.
The rear Garden is a really lovely feature, having been most attractively landscaped, providing stone paved patio areas and a terrace retained within box hedging returning across the whole of the back of the house, accessed via the Live In Dining Kitchen and the Lounge, again enclosed with mature screening.
Beyond this, the Garden is laid principally to lawn, with a backdrop of substantial mature trees within the boundaries of this property and The Devisdale beyond creating a most attractive green outlook and enormous privacy.
There is a further patio area to the far end of the garden designed to maximise the movement of the sun throughout the day.
A really lovely family home of enormous charm and character in a truly first class location.
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band G
Listed by
Hale
Watersons
Reference: 88293093
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Flood risk
Zone: 1
Risk: Low
Job (default Low)
Price history
126% since 1997
| Event | Date | Price | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listed for sale | — | £1,650,000 | +108.9% |
| Sold | 14/02/2003 (23 years ago) | £790,000 | +125.7% |
| Sold | 15/08/1997 (28 years ago) | £350,000 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 BEECHFIELD, ALTRINCHAM, TRAFFORD, GREATER MANCHESTER, WA14 2QN | £1,350,000 | 04/08/2023 | Semi-detached |
| BEECH BANK BOWDON ROAD, ALTRINCHAM, TRAFFORD, GREATER MANCHESTER, WA14 2AJ | £1,530,000 | 15/11/2022 | Semi-detached |
| WESTLIND, 41 ST MARGARETS ROAD, ALTRINCHAM, TRAFFORD, GREATER MANCHESTER, WA14 2AW | £2,150,000 | 02/11/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 9 GREEN COURTS, BOWDON, ALTRINCHAM, TRAFFORD, GREATER MANCHESTER, WA14 2SR | £450,000 | 07/10/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 8 GREEN COURTS, BOWDON, ALTRINCHAM, TRAFFORD, GREATER MANCHESTER, WA14 2SR | £450,000 | 07/10/2022 | Semi-detached |
| MULBERRY HOUSE ST MARGARETS ROAD, ALTRINCHAM, TRAFFORD, GREATER MANCHESTER, WA14 2AW | £1,625,000 | 06/10/2022 | Semi-detached |
| WESTHILL GREEN WALK, BOWDON, ALTRINCHAM, TRAFFORD, GREATER MANCHESTER, WA14 2SL | £2,850,000 | 10/08/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 15 THE FIRS, BOWDON, ALTRINCHAM, TRAFFORD, GREATER MANCHESTER, WA14 2TG | £1,670,000 | 29/11/2021 | Semi-detached |
| CROMEHURST GREEN WALK, BOWDON, ALTRINCHAM, TRAFFORD, GREATER MANCHESTER, WA14 2SL | £1,505,000 | 29/06/2021 | Semi-detached |
Area average: £1,508,889 (9 sales)
Capital growth trend
Land Registry outcode average: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago (from sold prices).
House Price Index (HM Land Registry — official index, not sold-price averages): Trafford. Series: Semi-detached. As of March 2026.
Rental Range
Estimated market rent for Trafford. Low = conservative, Realistic = average, Optimistic = best case.
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, Cavendish Road / adjacent St Margaret's Road | 0.1 miles |
| Bus stop | Cavendish Road / St Margarets Road | 0.1 miles |
| Shop | Katie Alex Aesthetics | 0.3 miles |
| Shop | Live Louder | 0.5 miles |
| Hospital | Altrincham Hospital | 0.6 miles |
| Hospital | Altrincham Health and Wellbeing Centre | 0.6 miles |
| Train station | Hale | 0.7 miles |
| Train station | Altrincham | 0.8 miles |
| University | University Academy 92 | 6.3 miles |
| University | University of Salford | 6.9 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 | 0.1 miles | Outstanding — 4 Dec 2022 |
| Bowdon Preparatory School for Girls | Other | 0.4 miles | — (No rating) |
| Altrincham Preparatory School | Other | 0.5 miles | — (No rating) |
| Bollin Primary School | Primary | 0.6 miles | Good — 10 Nov 2022 |
| Altrincham Grammar School for Boys | Secondary | 0.6 miles | Outstanding — 10 Nov 2022 |
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