Beautiful Detached Home in Stunning Friday Bridge

Beautiful, spacious and tranquil, Hillegom is a wonderfully individual family home that has evolved considerably in recent years, combining generous proportions with an impressive programme of improvements. Set behind an electric five-bar gate in the village of Friday Bridge, the house offers four double bedrooms, excellent reception space, a double garage and a substantial garden, complemented by a superb bespoke garden room with indoor swimming pool.

At the heart of Hillegom is the kitchen/dining/family room, a generous and sociable space where everyday life naturally gathers. The substantial island creates a focal point for cooking and conversation, while the dining area occupies a particularly lovely position overlooking the duck pond to the front. Here, morning sunshine spills into the room and there is always something to watch, from ducklings and moorhens in spring to the changing seasons beyond. French doors now connect the room directly with the garden, strengthening the relationship between inside and out, while air conditioning is a welcome modern addition.

For quieter moments, the house retains its choice of additional reception rooms. The family/dining room, with its cosy log-burning stove, offers somewhere to retreat on cooler evenings, while the separate sitting room provides another generous place to relax and opens towards the rear garden. A practical utility room completes the ground-floor accommodation.

Upstairs are four double bedrooms, giving the house flexibility for family life, guests and home working. The principal bedroom benefits from an en-suite shower room, while the remaining bedrooms are served by the family bathroom. Air conditioning has been added to both the principal bedroom and bedroom four/study, making the latter particularly well suited to use as a comfortable home office as required.

The improvements continue outside, where the garden has been completely re-landscaped to create a setting designed as much for relaxing as entertaining. Perhaps the most exciting addition is the bespoke garden room housing an indoor swimming pool. Air conditioned for year-round comfort and fitted with full-width bi-folding doors, it can be opened almost completely to the garden in warmer weather, creating a wonderfully fluid indoor/outdoor leisure space.

There is plenty here for more practical needs too. The established gravel driveway provides extensive off-road parking and leads to the double garage, an EV charging point and a substantial workshop/shed with power and lighting at the end of the garden.

Yet despite the scale and flexibility of the accommodation, it is perhaps the setting that gives Hillegom its greatest charm. The rear garden is a peaceful place to listen to birdsong and watch the sun set, while countryside walks begin close to home, leading through open fields and towards the village pub.

Friday Bridge itself offers the sense of community the owners have valued greatly, while Wisbech, King’s Lynn, the Sandringham Estate and the North Norfolk coast all broaden the possibilities for days out and exploring. Even the village church, affectionately associated locally with its famously wonky spire, adds to the character of this Fenland setting.

Hillegom is a home that offers considerably more than generous rooms alone. It is somewhere designed for family gatherings, quiet mornings overlooking the water, summer afternoons with the pool doors folded back and evenings spent enjoying the garden — a home whose recent transformation has enhanced both the way it looks and, importantly, the way it can be lived in.

FRIDAY BRIDGE
A small Cambridgeshire village, Friday Bridge is around three miles south of Wisbech. The village has a Post Office and store, a pub - The Chquers Inn - and a primary school.

Commonly known as the Capital of the Fens, the attractive and historic market town of Wisbech is renowned for its elegant Georgian architecture. The town has an abundance of amenities to offer, such as a theatre, swimming pool, library, good schools and the Horsefair Shopping Centre. Browse the shops or visit the market on a Thursday or Saturday with a wide range of traders offering locally grown produce and plants.

Explore the surroundings by taking a leisurely walk through the tranquil gardens in the heart of the town centre, which have been awarded a commendation award for Innovation for its links to the town’s Merchant Trail. The Merchant’s trail shares the history of the many famous characters of the town, telling the story of how Wisbech became one of the most prosperous ports in the country during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Wisbech Park is just a five minute walk from the town centre. Extending to over 12 acres, the facilities include tennis courts, bowls green, two children’s play areas and a multi-use games area for five-a-side and basketball.

Once owned by a Quaker banking family for over 150 years, Peckover House and Gardens is a classic Georgian merchant’s town house, which is certainly worth a visit. Now in the care of National Trust, Peckover House is an oasis hidden away from the town centre with two acres of beautiful Victorian gardens.

SERVICES CONNECTED
Mains electricity, water and drainage. Gas fired central heating.

COUNCIL TAX
Band E.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATING
C. Ref:- 8807-6157-4622-1496-5603
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TENURE
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