Carters Yard, High Street, Kimbolton, PE28

INTRODUCTION

Oliver Russell Property Consultants are delighted to bring to the market, a 3 bedroom Grade II Listed cottage situated in the heart of the historic small market town of Kimbolton , the property has the added benefit of providing a self contained one bedroom cottage, where the current owners run a highly successful Bed & Breakfast business from. It is understood that the property was substantially refurbished in the late 1990s with a new roof, new electrics, new heating system and has been sympathetically upgraded over recent years to provide a period home with modern practical living space. The house is within walking distance of Kimbolton School and has the amenities of the High Street on its door step.

KIMBOLTON

Kimbolton provides an eclectic mixture of homes and businesses with numerous independent retail operators, a Grade I Listed Church, a Public House with restaurant, an Indian restaurant a dentist, butchers, hardware store and chemist. The retail coverage has been improved with a small Budgens Supermarket opening on Thrapston Road, the village also has its own Doctors surgery and Medical Centre.

At one end of the village is Kimbolton Castle an imposing building of national historic importance with links to King Harrold, Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. The former seat of the Dukes of Manchester the Castle since 1951 has been a school.


EDUCATION:

Kimbolton hosts the leading independent Kimbolton School, providing pre prep, prep and senior schooling. The town also provides the Kimbolton Primary School State primary school.

Alternative independent schools are available at Bedford (14 miles) including Bedford School, Bedford Girls School, Bedford Modern School, & Bedford Greenacre School. Oundle School is approximately 18 miles to the North West. State secondary schools, Longsands and Hinchingbrook are situated in St Neots ( 9 miles) and Huntingdon (7 miles) respectively.

LOCATION:

The property is situated off the High Street in the centre of the small market town of Kimbolton and is approximately 8 miles to the larger market town of St Neots, where extensive retail and leisure facilities are available with the addition of a mainline railway station, providing regular direct access services to London Kings Cross in approximately 45 minutes.



THE PROPERTY:

Accessed from a door directly onto the High Street, an enclosed passageway leads to the garden gate of 1 Carters Yard. The delightful walled garden has well stocked borders with many traditional cottage garden plants and a number of climbing fruit trees, to the rear of the garden is a lawn area and an enclosed dining and seating area. The oil tank is behind wooden screens to the rear.

KITCHEN/DINER:

Door to fitted hand built kitchen with a range of base level units with oak worktops and a butler sink. Space for washing machine ,dishwasher, and fridge -freezer there is a Rangemaster with double oven and 5 ring electric hob, with Fired Earth tiles splash backs. There are windows to the front and rear, Jim Lawrence ceiling mounted spotlights, a central ceiling beam and period floor brick floor coverings.

The kitchen provides space for informal dining for 6 diners, and houses a large pantry with wooden shelving.

LOUNGE:

Sliding sash windows to front elevation, obscured glazed window to rear, part glazed door to garden. Restored and re-pointed period brick built fireplace with wood burner. Painted wooden flooring, central ceiling beam, radiator, wall mounted thermostat.

CLOAKS STORAGE CUPBOARD:

Generous cupboard with cloaks storage and shelving

BOILER & STORAGE CUPBOARD:

Cupboard providing storage, and housing Fire Bird boiler.

GROUND FLOOR CLOAKROOM:

Recently refitted cloakroom with wood flooring, WC and wash hand basin, contemporary heated chrome towel rail, obscured glazed window to front aspect, loft hatch access.

DINING ROOM / CHILDRENS ROOM:

Carpets, part glazed door to garden, windows to front and side elevations.

FIRST FLOOR:

Stairs to first floor landing, the whole of the first floor benefits from original re-sealed oak floor boarding and good ceiling height.

BEDROOM 2:

Double bedroom with sliding sash windows to front aspect, Jim Lawrence wall mounted lights, re-sealed original oak floor boarding, radiator. Integral wardrobe with shelving and hanging pole, with window to rear elevation.

FAMILY BATHROOM

Fitted bathroom, sliding sash windows to front aspect, painted oak flooring, inset ceiling mounted spot lights, white 3 piece suite incorporating bath with tongue and groove panelling with separate shower over, WC and wash hand basin, integral vanity storage cupboard, contemporary chrome towel rail. Loft hatch access.

BEDROOM 3:

Single bedroom, sliding sash window to front aspect, original re-sealed oak flooring, radiator.

BEDROOM 1:

Double bedroom, re-sealed oak flooring, sliding sash windows to front aspect. Period Victorian wrought iron fire place. Integral wardrobe and Integral airing cupboard.

COTTAGE ANNEX

The current owners run a successful Bed and Breakfast business from a delightful self contained cottage annex at the end of the garden

Front door to

HALL:

Period floor bricks, window to side elevation, radiator

KITCHEN:

Bijou kitchen, with tiled floor, radiator, tongue and groove panelling, butler sink, oak worktop, eye level mounted storage, space for fridge.

SNUG:

Sliding sash windows to front aspect, period floor bricks and brick built fire place, Jim Lawrence wall lights, and original brick built "copper" washer still in place, storage cupboard.

DINING ROOM:

Informal dining room, with period reclaimed floor bricks, windows to side elevations, radiator.

Stairs to first floor

BEDROOM:

Large double bedroom with sliding sash windows to front elevation, carpets, radiators, feature beam.

DRESSING ROOM:

Dressing room-walk in wardrobe, sliding sash window to front aspect, cloak storage, radiator.

EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM:

Re-fitted generous en-suite shower room, oversized curved shower enclosure with double large rose head chrome shower unit. WC, wash hand basin, Fired Earth tiling and splash backs. Obscured glazed window to side aspect.