Gardeners Cottage, Burwell

Gardener’s Cottage, dating from around 1837, is a Grade II listed property full of character, set in a pleasant village location. The house sits on a generous plot with landscaped side and rear gardens and offers significant potential for modernisation. It also includes a large detached garage, a driveway, and off-road parking.

Location

Burwell is a charming village located in scenic countryside, approximately eleven miles northeast of the university city of Cambridge and just four and a half miles from Newmarket, a town famous for its horse racing. The village boasts a rich variety of properties, from historic period cottages to modern family homes, offering a blend of architectural styles.
The village is well-serviced with an excellent range of amenities, including a primary school, doctors’ surgery, dentist, various local shops for everyday needs, a church, public houses, and a regular bus service. Its prime location offers easy access to the A14 dual carriageway, providing strong connections to regional traffic routes like the M11 to London and the A11 to the east.

Property Information

Situated along an idyllic leafy lane, Gardener's Cottage is a truly remarkable home within this highly desirable and popular village. The property offers significant potential for modernisation, making it an exciting opportunity for buyers seeking to create a bespoke home in a characterful setting.

The accommodation includes a triple-aspect sitting room with a striking through 'inglenook' fireplace, built-in cupboards, and French doors opening to the garden. The dining area also features a through fireplace and exposed timbers. The kitchen provides base units, some integral appliances, space for white goods, and access to a rear lobby/breakfast room via a stable door.

Upstairs, the first-floor landing with an exposed stone wall leads to three bedrooms and a family bathroom.

The beautifully landscaped rear garden features a generous flagstone terrace, ideal for al fresco dining and entertaining.

Entrance Hallway

A wooden ledged and braced front door leads into the entrance hall, telephone point, radiator, cloaks cupboard, wall mounted light points.

Sitting Room

The charming reception rooms comprise a triple aspect sitting room, with a striking inglenook fireplace inset with a cast iron burner stove, bressumer beam and paved hearth, built-in cupboards to side, with French doors opening to rear gardens. Cupboard housing the gas fired boiler.

Dining room

A dining area opening to the kitchen also benefits from a through inglenook fireplace, bessumer beam, cast iron hood and paved hearth, exposed timber beams, stairs rise to the 1st floor, wall light points, two radiators and storage recess door to:

Kitchen

The kitchen is fitted with a range of base units and wall units with some integral appliances, an inset 1, 1/2 sink unit with single drainer, tiled splashbacks, two windows to side aspect, space and plumbing for washing machine and fridge/freezer, electric oven and hob, a stable door leads to the rear lobby/breakfast room.

Rear Lobby/Breakfast room

With windows to sides and rear, door to gardens, radiator.

Shower Room

Fitted with a three piece suite comprising tiled shower cubicle, with shower over, pedestal wash hand basin, tiled splashbacks, low level WC, radiator, with a window to rear aspect.

Landing

Stairs rising from ground floor, with a window to side aspect, 2 windows to rear aspect, two radiators, wall mounted light points. Doors to:

Bedroom 1

With fitted wardrobes, radiator, with a window to front aspect.

Bedroom 2

With a window to front aspect, radiator.

Bedroom 3

With a window to front aspect, radiator, fitted wardrobes housing the hot water cylinder.

Outside

With a double detached garage, gated driveway and ample off road parking for 5 vehicles. The generous landscaped gardens are laid mainly to lawn to rear and side of the property, flanked with a stone wall with established flower beds, trees and hedging, together with a useful timber garden storage shed.

Services & information

Mains water, gas and drainage are connected.
The property is freehold.
The property is in Burwell High Town conservation area.
The property is in a very low flood risk area.
The property has a registered tile and is undergoing Probate.
Property type: Detached house.
Internet connection: Basic 16 Mbps, Superfast 80 Mbps, Ultrafast 1000 Mbps.
Mobile phone coverage by the 4 major carriers available.
Viewings strictly by arrangement with Pocock + Shaw.