Guide price
£800,0005 bedroom detached house for sale
Newmarket CB8
Detached house
5 beds
2 baths
4,154 sq ft / 386 sq m
EPC rating: F
Key information
Features and description
- Quiet, rural location
- Excellent scope for improvement
- Mature gardens approx 1.75 acres
- Garage and parking
- Unlisted period property
- Countryside views
This substantial detached unlisted period property is situated in a quiet rural location backing onto open countryside. The property offers a spacious and flexible layout offering excellent potential for reconfiguring to create a modern family layout all set within mature gardens measuring 1.75 acres.
ENTRANCE HALL A spacious and welcoming entrance hall large enough to be used as a sitting room, featuring a wood burning stove, wooden floors and cupboard under the stairs.
SITTING ROOM Part of the original cottage enjoying a double aspect with Gothic styled windows, parquet flooring, fireplace and French doors opening onto the garden.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM Extensively fitted with a range of units under tiled worktops with a double oven, AGA and stainless-steel sink with drainer. In addition, there is a stainless-steel range cooker and space and plumbing for a washing machine and dishwasher.
WET ROOM Stylishly fitted with a modern WC, wash basin, walk in shower and heated towel rail.
DINING ROOM A well-proportioned room with French doors opening to the:
CONSERVATORY A lovely light room with wood burning stove and tiled flooring and doors opening onto the garden.
REAR LOBBY Stairs leading up and down to the cellar.
BOOT ROOM A useful area in turn leading to the:
GARAGE Large spacious garage with up and over door, light and power and workshop area with double doors leading to the rear. The garage and workshop offer excellent potential to create a large kitchen / living area to the rear of the property providing views over the rear gardens, subject to the necessary planning consent.
First floor
DRAWING ROOM An impressive double aspect room featuring three sets of sliding doors opening onto the balcony overlooking the rear garden and the countryside beyond. There is a wood burning stove, two cupboards (one featuring a kitchenette) and this area could easily be re-configured as a master suite or as two bedrooms.
Secondary staircase leads to the landing in turn leading to:
BEDROOM ONE Featuring built in cupboards, views over the front, walk in wardrobe with door leading to:
EN-SUITE WC, washbasin and bath with shower over.
BEDROOM TWO Featuring a sink, built in cupboards, views over the front.
BEDROOM 3 Fitted wardrobe with outlook to the side
BEDROOM 4 Fitted wardrobe and outlook to the garden
CELLAR The extensive cellar is divided into 4 rooms as follows, games room with tiled flooring and cupboard under the stairs. Boiler room / utility with boiler serving radiators and tiled flooring. Store / pantry and sauna & shower with changing room.
Outside The property is situated along a quiet country lane approached by double gates onto an extensive gravel driving providing parking and turning for several vehicles with ample space to erect an additional garage subject to the necessary planning consent. The property sits well within its plot and is surrounded by predominately lawned gardens, featuring mature beds and borders, trees and shrubs with extensively paved terraces enjoying a southerly aspect and a great deal of privacy overlooking an ornamental pond. There are various outbuildings (in disrepair) offering the potential for conversion whilst a gate leads to an additional area of meadow and large ponds creating a haven for wildlife and enjoying the spectacular backdrop over adjacent countryside. The summer house overlooks a large pond with bull rushes and lilies with meandering pathways leading past an ancient oak tree to another pond and to the front is an additional vehicular access in all approx. 1.75 acres.
SERVICES Oil fired central heating. Mains water and electricity. Private Drainage. Note, none of these have been tested by the agent.
LOCAL AUTHORITY East Cambridgeshire District Council
COUNCIL TAX BAND G. £2699.70 pa.
TENURE Freehold.
WHAT3WORDS vessel.eventful.openly
COMMUNICATION SERVICES Broadband: Yes. Speed: Up to 26 mbps download, up to 1 mbps upload. Phone Signal: Yes. Provider: EE, O2 and Vodafone.
VIEWINGS Strictly by prior appointment only through David Burr.
NOTICE Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of these sales details, they are for guidance purposes only and prospective purchasers or lessees are advised to seek their own professional advice as well as to satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their correctness. No representation or warranty whatsoever is made in relation to this property by David Burr or its employees nor do such sales details form part of any offer or contract.
ENTRANCE HALL A spacious and welcoming entrance hall large enough to be used as a sitting room, featuring a wood burning stove, wooden floors and cupboard under the stairs.
SITTING ROOM Part of the original cottage enjoying a double aspect with Gothic styled windows, parquet flooring, fireplace and French doors opening onto the garden.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM Extensively fitted with a range of units under tiled worktops with a double oven, AGA and stainless-steel sink with drainer. In addition, there is a stainless-steel range cooker and space and plumbing for a washing machine and dishwasher.
WET ROOM Stylishly fitted with a modern WC, wash basin, walk in shower and heated towel rail.
DINING ROOM A well-proportioned room with French doors opening to the:
CONSERVATORY A lovely light room with wood burning stove and tiled flooring and doors opening onto the garden.
REAR LOBBY Stairs leading up and down to the cellar.
BOOT ROOM A useful area in turn leading to the:
GARAGE Large spacious garage with up and over door, light and power and workshop area with double doors leading to the rear. The garage and workshop offer excellent potential to create a large kitchen / living area to the rear of the property providing views over the rear gardens, subject to the necessary planning consent.
First floor
DRAWING ROOM An impressive double aspect room featuring three sets of sliding doors opening onto the balcony overlooking the rear garden and the countryside beyond. There is a wood burning stove, two cupboards (one featuring a kitchenette) and this area could easily be re-configured as a master suite or as two bedrooms.
Secondary staircase leads to the landing in turn leading to:
BEDROOM ONE Featuring built in cupboards, views over the front, walk in wardrobe with door leading to:
EN-SUITE WC, washbasin and bath with shower over.
BEDROOM TWO Featuring a sink, built in cupboards, views over the front.
BEDROOM 3 Fitted wardrobe with outlook to the side
BEDROOM 4 Fitted wardrobe and outlook to the garden
CELLAR The extensive cellar is divided into 4 rooms as follows, games room with tiled flooring and cupboard under the stairs. Boiler room / utility with boiler serving radiators and tiled flooring. Store / pantry and sauna & shower with changing room.
Outside The property is situated along a quiet country lane approached by double gates onto an extensive gravel driving providing parking and turning for several vehicles with ample space to erect an additional garage subject to the necessary planning consent. The property sits well within its plot and is surrounded by predominately lawned gardens, featuring mature beds and borders, trees and shrubs with extensively paved terraces enjoying a southerly aspect and a great deal of privacy overlooking an ornamental pond. There are various outbuildings (in disrepair) offering the potential for conversion whilst a gate leads to an additional area of meadow and large ponds creating a haven for wildlife and enjoying the spectacular backdrop over adjacent countryside. The summer house overlooks a large pond with bull rushes and lilies with meandering pathways leading past an ancient oak tree to another pond and to the front is an additional vehicular access in all approx. 1.75 acres.
SERVICES Oil fired central heating. Mains water and electricity. Private Drainage. Note, none of these have been tested by the agent.
LOCAL AUTHORITY East Cambridgeshire District Council
COUNCIL TAX BAND G. £2699.70 pa.
TENURE Freehold.
WHAT3WORDS vessel.eventful.openly
COMMUNICATION SERVICES Broadband: Yes. Speed: Up to 26 mbps download, up to 1 mbps upload. Phone Signal: Yes. Provider: EE, O2 and Vodafone.
VIEWINGS Strictly by prior appointment only through David Burr.
NOTICE Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of these sales details, they are for guidance purposes only and prospective purchasers or lessees are advised to seek their own professional advice as well as to satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their correctness. No representation or warranty whatsoever is made in relation to this property by David Burr or its employees nor do such sales details form part of any offer or contract.
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Located in Bury St Edmunds, Clare, Castle Hedingham, Leavenheath, Long Melford, Newmarket and Woolpit our offices provide extensive coverage across Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and north Essex. For buyers with links to the capital, The London Office is situated in St James’s, with a proven track record of introducing purchasers from both their national and international departments and serving as a city link to those looking for a principal residence or additional property in the country. Blending a range of print and digital marketing techniques with a constant eye on technological developments, our attitude to business is that of a traditional approach with forward thinking values. The fostering of long standing client relationships is at the heart of everything we do, our guiding ethos at all times is offering the best advice to our clients. A principal led estate agency group, directors Steven Ray, Nicholas Mills, Tim Rutter, Jack Thornley, Henry Perrins & Rachel Suff oversee the day to day operations of the business having had a wealth of experience across sales and lettings spanning many decades. Dedicated to supporting our staff, training and development is an on-going priority at David Burr, highlighted by the experience of the directors who have all progressed from the position of Sales or Lettings Negotiator within the company. Fortunate to lead an exceptionally talented group of colleagues, the constantly improving abilities of the next generation is one of our most valuable tools of business development. It is a requirement that staff train for both the Certificate of Practice in Residential Estate agency and the Technical Award in Residential Letting & Property Management. The company has also achieved the Investor in People Award on multiple occasions.