Benson Street, Cambridge

This impressive extended Victorian home offers beautifully balanced accommodation arranged over three floors, combining period features with contemporary finishes, and includes a recently built garden studio/workshop.

The front door opens into an entrance hall with timber flooring and stairs rising to the first floor. To the front, the living room has a sash window, a feature cast-iron fireplace with pine surround, and retains attractive period detailing, including cornicing and a picture rail.

At the heart of the home is the kitchen, fitted with a stylish range of modern cabinetry and granite worksurfaces, integrated appliances and a breakfast bar. There’s useful understairs storage with space and plumbing for laundry appliances.

Beyond, a light-filled family/dining room extends across the rear of the property, featuring tiled flooring with underfloor heating, four skylights and wide bi-folding doors opening directly onto the terrace, perfect for entertaining or family living.

The first floor landing leads to three bedrooms and a family bathroom. The second bedroom overlooks the front, featuring a cast-iron fireplace, sash window and picture rail. The third bedroom is a generous double to the rear, and the fourth bedroom is ideal as a study or single room.

The family bathroom includes a contemporary suite with a large basin, a bath with a shower over and modern tiling.

Second Floor, The principal bedroom occupies the top floor, enjoying vaulted ceilings, exposed brickwork and a feature wall radiator. Glazed doors open to a private roof terrace with views over the garden. The shower room is fitted with a walk-in shower, vanity basin and WC, with underfloor heating and Velux windows providing excellent natural light.

Outside, the landscaped rear garden extends to approximately 55ft, with a porcelain-tiled terrace, lawn, mature borders, outdoor lighting and tiled seating area beneath mature trees.

At the far end of the garden stands a superb studio/workshop, recently constructed and ideal as a home office, creative space or gym. It offers two connected areas, an insulated studio space with double-glazed windows and hardwood doors, and a separate store with power and lighting. There is an added benefit of gated, rear pedestrian and bicycle access via the store.