Lansdown House, Cotham

Lansdown House is one of the larger villas on Cotham Brow, the sort with a hall you can actually stand in and a staircase that curves up through the centre of the house. The volume is the thing here. The ceilings are tall, the windows are tall, and the rooms have kept the proportions that newer houses spent the last fifty years quietly losing.

There are two reception rooms on the ground floor, a kitchen and breakfast room behind, and a garden that faces south-west and holds the sun into the evening. Four bedrooms are arranged over the two floors above, with a family bathroom and a shower room. The house has been well looked after rather than recently reinvented, so there is room for a buyer to put their own kitchen and bathrooms in over time.

Cotham sits between the green of Cotham Gardens and the noise of Stokes Croft, which is a fair summary of its appeal. The school catchment is a strong draw and the city centre is a fifteen-minute walk downhill.