I know it's going to be bought

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and modernised - but I love the perfectly preserved interiors of this house. Not touched since the 1950s at least I should think. Loving the kitchen and bathroom especially. Honestly, I'd pay to have a look round if it was a museum.

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-89150816.html

Agree- I adore those bathrooms.

What a gem. Thanks for sharing, agree that somehow it should be kept as it is. Wonder if the Geoffrey museum would be interested at all?

I'd love to live there, it's beautiful.

That’s a wonderful house

I hope whoever buys it doesn’t rip out everything

It’s got some brilliantly preserved arts and crafts features

I love looking on Rightmove and finding all the houses that say "in need of modernisation". It's fascinating to see such perfectly preserved decor from times gone by.

I always say to DP that when we die our house will be frozen in time from 2016 (when we bought it) as I can't see us ever being arsed to change anything.

They've ruined one of the bedroom fireplaces, sadly. And the lounge is like a care home. But aside from that, it's really gorgeous.

I love it. I hope the new owners don’t spoil it.

I'd keep almost all of it. I'd have to do something with the kitchen but I's still keep the cupboards and the sink.

I love the wood paneling but god that place depresses me. It's like my nans house in the 70's. Dark and austere in the private rooms. Grand and over the top in the 'reception' with frills and doilies.

The kitchen is appalling. The little toilet. The horrible electric fire in the bedroom. Bathroom rocks though.

I'd love to know the history though, why would the owner never have put a more modern kitchen in? I'm so intrigued.

I hope someone (individual or organisational) buys and it preserves it. Restores it to something to its original condition, even. We are losing such a wealth of domestic architectural treasure to successive waves of probate sales.

It’s what I would do if I had the funds to build a portfolio of period houses still in such unmodernised condition. They’d be a good resource for TV & Film production. Locations are getting hard to find.

Of course you’re right. It will be snapped up and ruined.

Beautiful! I love the hallway and staircase.

It's beautiful. The inglenook fireplace and all the panelling are lovely. It needs rewiring though - it's still got plug sockets in the skirting boards.

Just noticed it's got the original servants' bells box in the kitchen.

@ArriettyJones
Ooh I would love to do that too. It would be my ideal job to buy up unmodernised houses, restore and furnish them in keeping with their period and rent them out to tv production companies. I wonder if there is much demand....

I know there is increasing demand for period locations, because a relative works in a related field. There are film/TV studios at Ealing, Shepperton, Pinewood and even a dinky one v close by at Wimbledon. So handy too.

Probably time the National Trust snapped a couple of these more ordinary gems up too.

Meanwhile, I’ll buy a lottery ticket.

I love this house! See the latches on the patio doors?
It seems like a good price for the area too.

@ArriettyJones Do you know what sorts of rents these properties achieve? I guess there would be a lot of void time between rentals though.

No @weepingwillow22 - no idea. It’s just interesting when the relative I mention points things out on dramas or explains about the trouble finding places suitable (and then the carpenters who go in to so-so locations and cover modern features up with clever plywood trompe d’oeil). It completely distracts from the plot, but it really is interesting. The recent Christine Keeler drama had to be shot in Bath, for instance because London is too modernised you get a full complement of 1960s locations (street or internal).

Maybe you could do themed holiday rentals too, to pad out the booking calendar? Sadly, I’m in no danger of writing the business plan or stumping up the cash.

Absolute heathen checking in.
Love the windows (though probably a bit draughty, no?). Quite fond of the wood panelling and interior doors but NOT in the dark wood.
The rest? Ge’rid. The bathroom is giving me shivers.
Luckily I’m poor

I love it. I live in a Victorian villa relatively untouched by time. Builders, architects, structural engineers, delivery drivers are all amazed. Before we bought it ten years ago another couple had it for 12 years, they didn't do much just painted it in Farrow and Ball colours fitting with the period. Before that some friends of there's had it for 2 years and put a new roof on, that was all. And prior to that an old lady had it for fifty years, she was very short of cash and rented out all the rooms, which meant it took quite a pounding but all original features remained. We have amazing wall paper in some bits and loads of features, victorian tiling and stain glass windows. Ive found some old receipts from the forties for groceries from Fortnums.

That house is stunning.
OP if you're ever in Liverpool go round The Hardmans House. It was owned by a photographer and his wife during the mid 20th century.
It's national trust now and has been preserved as found. Absolutely fascinating.

Glad to see others sharing the love! It says recently deceased elderly widower to me, judging by the austerity and lack of frills but extremely tidy garden. There must be so few interiors left like this, from the 'sherry before lunch' era. Those green armchairs are the sort that all the more modish manufacturers are copying for their mid-century modern ranges.

Will definitely put The Hardmans House on my list to see!

I'm with @BlueEggsAndSpam Not for me. I've lived in old houses and they might look quaint but I prefer Mod cons! So it'll not be a bidding war with me. :D

Is the wooden panelling real? Look to the right of the inglenook fireplace - the panelling looks creased like it’s Lino?!