High Street, Toft, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

This beautifully presented, Grade II listed detached residence dates to 1640 with later additions. It offers over 3,000 sq. ft. of charming and adaptable accommodation arranged over two floors. Character features include casement windows, latched wooden doors, exposed timbers, natural wood and stone floors and fireplaces. The property also benefits from a versatile self-contained two-storey cottage of around 750 sq. ft.

The entrance hall with its cloakroom and staircase flows initially into a tranquil study with a cast iron fireplace, and further into the expansive 29 ft. multi-aspect sitting room, with its handsome Inglenook fireplace and open fire. From here is the striking and heavily beamed formal dining room, which enjoys additional natural light via the adjoining conservatory with its views and access to the pretty rear garden. Attached is a utility/laundry room. The accommodation flows further into the in-keeping and well-sized country-style kitchen, complete with garden access, a secondary staircase and a range of wooden wall and base cabinetry and worksurfaces, along with a cream AGA range stove and a separate integrated oven with hob.

On the first floor are four comfortable bedrooms, which are well-served by a pair of well-appointed family bathrooms. A tucked-away office space, or potential dressing room completes the first floor.

The attached brick-built cottage comprises a charming family room with log-burning stove and a kitchen with various units and appliances. An additional reception/bedroom benefits from an en suite shower room and double doors onto a private courtyard garden. A further bedroom, and a bathroom with a luxury freestanding bathtub are on the second floor.

The property sits within a plot of approximately 1.6 acres and is approached via a gravelled driveway that leads up to the detached double garage. Beyond this is a well-established kitchen garden and a pathway flowing to a peaceful pond. Mature hedging and trees enclose the front and rear gardens, with the front garden containing a section of level lawn, herbaceous borders and a brick-laid terrace. The rear garden features a large paved west-facing sun terrace followed by a generous bordered level lawn.

The popular west Cambridgeshire village of Toft has various everyday amenities, including a village hall, shop/Post Office and recreation ground. At nearby Bourn is the Cambridge Country Club, providing a variety of sporting and leisure facilities, including an 18-hole golf course, swimming pool and spa. The village of Comberton has a variety of educational facilities, whilst the city of Cambridge offers comprehensive cultural, well-regarded educational, recreational and shopping amenities, with regular rail services to London from Royston and Whittlesford and the M11 providing convenient road links.