2 Drove Road, Gamlingay, Sandy

Attractive period family home • Fine inglenook with wood-burner and wealth of exposed timbers • Stunning family bathroom and excellent modern kitchen • Versatile range of outbuildings including double garage currently converted to office and store/workshop • Half acre garden plot • Delightful rural setting

The Property - This most attractive Grade II listed period property dates from the 17th Century and boasts a wealth of exposed heavy timbers internally and a fine inglenook fireplace with a fitted wood-burning stove in the spacious sitting room. The original section of the house also includes a large dining room and a study or family room. The kitchen wing was replaced in the 1970's and blends harmoniously with the older part and provides a modern kitchen/breakfast room, utility room and cloakroom/WC.

There are four bedrooms on the first floor including a master suite comprising bedroom, dressing room and en suite shower room. The remaining bedrooms are served by a truly stunning family bathroom, boasting a large walk-in shower and equally impressive free-standing bath.

This fine home is well presented throughout and benefits from central heating supplied by an external oil fired boiler.

The Outside - The house is set in a fine half-acre plot, measuring some 340' by 69' (103.65m x 21m) overall and screened from the road by mature hedges. A range of outbuildings is attached to the study/family room and comprises a laundry/store, workshop and two loose boxes or garden stores. A pair of five-bar gates opens to the gravel driveway (over which the neighbouring barn conversion enjoys a right-of-way), which provides good off-street parking and leads to the detached double garage with loft above. The garage has been converted into an office and adjoining store/workshop, but could easily be restored to its original use, if required.

To the north of the drive is a young orchard, laid to lawn. A gate opens to a delightfully secluded courtyard between the house and the garage, mainly paved and with a generously proportioned gazebo.

A gate opens from the courtyard to the side garden leading to the main area of garden, which lies to the south, overlooked by the two principal reception rooms and is approximately 157' (47.88m) in length. It is laid to lawn with paved patio, herbaceous borders, ornamental shrubs and trees and vegetable plot. Timber garden shed and chicken run.

The Location - The property enjoys a delightful rural setting opposite the wooded area of Woodbury Park and surrounded by open farmland in the greenbelt a mile and a half to the west of the main part of the attractive village of Gamlingay. The village is located in south Cambridgeshire close to its borders with Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.

The village can be dated back to the Bronze Age and some of its fine period buildings predate the infamous fire of 1600 which destroyed much of the village. One of its claims to fame is that Downing Street is named after its builder, Sir George Downing, who lived in the village.

Today it provides a primary school, two pubs, local shops, a fine parish church dating from the 12th Century, sports facilities and other local amenities. Secondary education is provided at the outstanding Comberton Village College. Alternative secondary schools are located in Sandy and Biggleswade.

The nearest railway station is 3.7 miles away in Sandy. Regular services run the London St Pancras, most taking just 49 minutes. For drivers, the A1 runs just to the west of Sandy.

Park Farm is 19 miles west of Cambridge and other nearby towns include St Neots (6 miles), Potton (2 miles), Biggleswade (6 miles), Baldock (13 miles), Letchworth Garden City (15 miles), Hitchin (18 miles) and Bedford (12.5 miles).

Services - Mains water and electricity are connected to the property. Drainage is to a private septic tank.

Listed Property - Grade II.

Construction - Traditional heavy timber frame, roughcast rendered externally, with a modern cavity extension, all under a pitched tiled roof.

Conservation Area - The property is not located within a Conservation Area, but is set within greenbelt.

Broadband Speed - A choice of providers with claimed download speeds of up to 54 Mbps.

Mobile Signal - Most providers claim up to 4G coverage, O2 claims to provide 5G.

Restrictive Covenants - A restrictive covenant is a clause in an agreement that restricts, limits, prohibits, or restricts how owners can use a property. These could include: property use (e.g., business and rental use), the number and type of vehicles allowed on the property, fence height and type, removal of trees, paint colours for the front door or garage, installation of satellite dishes and even types of animals allowed at the property. For more information, please ask the agent.

Easements - Having an easement on your property means that a third party (an individual or a utility company for example) has a right to use your property for a particular purpose. This could be passing by foot or with vehicles over your property, or a right to pass service media for utilities on, over or under your property. An easement could also allow a neighbour to access your property in order to carry out repairs to their own property. For more information, please ask the agent.

Flooding - Properties can be at risk of flooding and it is important for you to check if the property has been flooded in the last 5 years, what flood defences are in place and source of any flooding. For more information, please ask the agent.