Coach Drive, Harlton

Organ Cottage is a substantial period home in the heart of Harlton, with around 2,000 sq ft of internal accommodation alongside a separate office and a particularly large detached garage/workshop. Its appeal lies not simply in its age and character, but in the amount of usable space it provides: four bedrooms, two generous reception rooms and a flexible ground-floor arrangement, all sitting within a mature walled garden of approximately a third of an acre.

The front door opens into the entrance lobby with doors leading to the principal reception rooms, sitting/dining room, a broad room with a bay window and fireplace. From here the accommodation flows through to the kitchen, while a second reception room provides a more relaxed living space, with an additional fireplace and further period features, enjoying a triple aspect flooding the room with natural light. The kitchen has been refurbished and sits centrally within the ground floor, connecting the principal living areas with the more practical parts of the house.

One of the more useful aspects of the layout is the additional accommodation beyond the kitchen. Into an inner lobby with doors to the driveway/courtyard and gardens. A utility/shower room, cloakroom, two ground-floor bedrooms and a separate office with access via the outside. Giving the house considerably more flexibility than a conventional four-bedroom cottage. It creates genuine options for working from home, accommodating guests or providing a degree of separation for different generations without compromising the main living rooms.

To the first floor, there are two further bedrooms, each with built-in storage, together with a recently installed bathroom. The rooms vary in character and fitted storage, both having the benefit of dual aspects and views across the grounds to the front and rear, respectively.

Outside, the walled garden is an important part of the property. At approximately a third of an acre, there is room for different areas to evolve over time rather than the garden having to serve a single purpose. Mature planting and trees, including remnants of an earlier orchard, provide an established setting. The detached garage/workshop is also unusually substantial, measuring approximately 29 ft by 12 ft and offering useful space for vehicles, storage or practical hobbies. Additional outside WC.

Harlton is a small South Cambridgeshire village with countryside immediately around it while remaining well placed for Cambridge and the M11. For buyers wanting village life without becoming disconnected from the city, it is a particularly workable position, with the community-owned Hare & Hounds adding a useful focal point within the village and wider facilities available in the surrounding villages and Cambridge.

Organ Cottage has been in the same family for more than sixty years, and its next chapter is likely to appeal to buyers who value space, flexibility and an established garden as much as its period character. It is a house worth exploring in person, particularly to understand how the ground-floor accommodation and outside space work together.