Attractive Chocolate Box Cottage located in a peaceful village location on a generous plot

Description

A Grade II listed 18th century detached thatched cottage, conveniently situated close to the centre of the village, approached via a shingled driveway and set within established and largely secluded gardens. The property retains a number of period features including inglenook fireplaces with wood burning stoves, exposed wall and ceiling timbers and a hipped thatch roof. Additional features include a self contained studio/office and a detached double car port.

The accommodation is entered via an entrance door opening to a hall with quarry tiled flooring. The sitting room features an inglenook fireplace with brick hearth, bressummer beam, wood burning stove, together with exposed wall and ceiling timbers, and opens to a study area with further exposed timbers, under stairs storage and a staircase to the first floor. The dining room has a fireplace recess with wood burning stove, brick hearth and timber mantel, together with built in cupboard storage and shelving, additional storage cupboard, quarry tiled flooring and exposed timbers, and opens through to the kitchen. The kitchen is fitted with wall and base units with granite worktops and upstands, incorporating a deep ceramic sink, with integrated electric cooker, extractor hood and dishwasher. There is quarry tiled flooring, exposed timbers, under stairs storage and a further staircase leading to the first floor. A utility room provides space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer, houses the oil fired central heating combi boiler, and has a quarry tiled floor and external door. There is also a shower room comprising a tiled shower enclosure, low level WC and corner wash basin and a ladder style heated towel rail. The bathroom completes the ground floor accommodation and is fitted with a panelled bath with shower attachment, pedestal wash basin and low level WC.

On the first floor are four bedrooms. Bedroom one is accessed via bedrooms two and four and includes a built in wardrobe, exposed timbers, brick chimney breast and access to roof space. Bedroom two has solid oak flooring and interconnecting access to bedrooms one and three. Bedroom three has solid wood flooring, stairs rising from the ground floor and access to roof space. Bedroom four has oak flooring and exposed wall and ceiling timbers and can be utilised as a dressing room for bedroom one.

The property is approached through a gated entrance onto a shingled driveway providing parking and turning space. The gardens surround the house and are predominantly laid to lawn with established trees, shrub and flower borders, mature hedge boundaries, shingled pathways, a timber shed and brick storage sheds. The studio/office is triple aspect and fitted with light and power, with a loft area accessed by ladder. There is a stable door entrance and a separate immersion heater supplying hot and cold water. The detached double car port benefits from accessible loft storage.

Location

Gazeley is a village east of Newmarket (5.4 miles) and Cambridge (18.4 miles) which benefits from a village hall, church and a public house, Munson’s Brewery.

Newmarket, the home of British horse racing,offers a further array of cultural and recreational facilities, including the Rowley Mile and July race courses which also hosts music events throughout the year. For everyday grocery shopping, there is a Waitrose and Aldi supermarket in the town.

Newmarket train station offers services into Cambridge which in turn offers regular services to London Liverpool Street (from 1 hour and 10 minutes), Kings Cross (50 minutes) and Stansted Airport (from 30 minutes). Gazeley is also well situated for the A14 which grants access to the east towards Bury St Edmunds and west to the A11, M11 and A1.

For schooling, the nearest primary school is Moulton CEVC Primary School which is just under 2 miles away, and for secondary schooling is Newmarket Academy 5.6 miles away. There is also further independent and state schools available for all ages in Cambridge including The Perse, The Leys, St Faith’s and Hills & Long Road sixth form colleges.

All distances and times are approximate.

Square Footage: 1,495 sq ft