5 bedroom detached house for sale
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Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Versatile accommodation extending to 3,340 sq ft (319 sq m)
- Charming Sitting Room with floor to ceiling, walk-in bay window and doors to front aspect, exposed timber floor and feature fireplace
- 2 further reception rooms including spacious Dining Room with attractive fireplace and the original kitchen range in the Breakfast Room
- Good sized Kitchen leading to Breakfast Room, fitted with range of base and wall cabinets, appliances and separate Pantry and Utility Room
- Principal Bedroom with fitted wardrobes and ‘Jack 'n' Jill’ Bath/Shower Room
- Four further Bedrooms and Bathroom with separate WC
- Ample sweeping driveway
- Wonderful Gardens and Grounds extending to 1.83 acres overlooking River Great Ouse
Cambridge 14 miles, Huntingdon 4 miles, (Kings Cross 47 minutes), St Ives 3 miles (distances and time are approximate).
The Old Rectory is a handsome, Grade II* listed family home, believed to date from 1813. It is a fine example of the period with beautiful, well-proportioned rooms and high ceilings. The property occupies a superb location, set well back from the road, in mature gardens and grounds of just under 2 acres with wonderful river frontage. The property has been well maintained throughout, yet also offers prospective purchasers with a unique opportunity to finish the property to their own tastes and standards.
Hemingford Abbots is a very picturesque and highly regarded conservation village with many period properties. The spire of the medieval church is a riverside landmark and the village square has the Axe and Compass public house. There are also delightful riverside walks, golf range. Further facilities are available in the sister village of Hemingford Grey (about 1 mile), including a public house/restaurant, general store, primary school, farm shop, sports and social club with facilities for tennis, squash, cricket, bowls and football.
Cambridge is recognised as the centre of the 'high tech' and "bio tech" industries with the University Research and Development Laboratories and the internationally renowned Cambridge Science Park. The city provides an excellent choice of shopping facilities and a wide range of educational and cultural amenities.
For the commuter, the nearby A1307 provides fast access to Huntingdon Station, Cambridge and the M11 for London to the southeast, Peterborough, via the A1, to the north and the M1 and M6 to the west. A mainline railway station at Huntingdon provides a fast service to London's King's Cross in about 48 minutes and there is a guided bus route, which runs between Huntingdon and Cambridge with a park and ride site available at St Ives (about 3 miles).
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