Barrow Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2

A south facing property on a much favoured road close to the heart of Cambridge

Description

4 Barrow Road, is a detached property situated within the Barrow Road Conservation Area, an attractive street lined with white cherry blossom trees. Constructed in the early 1930s in the Arts and Crafts style, the property features painted rendered elevations beneath a tiled roof with original small pane Crittall windows to the front and mainly double glazed windows to the rear. The property extends to 2,324 sq ft (215.9 sq m) with fairly typically laid out accommodation over ground and first floors.
The property which has been in the same ownership for more than fifty years , is set back from Barrow Road, beyond a grassed verge, neatly clipped yew hedge and deep gravel driveway and now provides scope for a programme of modernisation, which might, subject to the necessary consents being granted, include an extension and/or loft conversion if more accommodation is required.
Accessed via an original substantial oak front door into a lobby and hallway, to the right-hand side is a dual aspect sitting room which has a wide recessed open fireplace with marble surround and matching hearth along with glazed double doors leading to a conservatory with a tiled floor, overlooking the garden. Of particular note is the central dining room which has a wide double-glazed bay window and attractive original red brick fireplace, adjacent to the long kitchen/breakfast room which is fitted with 1970s cabinetry and has a wide twin oven with six burner gas hob, along with ample space for a six-seater dining table and wide double glazed doors leading to the gardens. To the far left is an attached ‘tandem’ double garage with boiler room and laundry area which is accessed via sliding panelled doors to the front. This space might lend itself to an additional reception room or could even be combined with the existing kitchen area to create an open plan kitchen/breakfast, dining and family room. There is a WC and cloaks area which completes the ground floor accommodation.
At first floor are six rooms which include four bedrooms, each of which has a wash hand basin and the two principal rooms overlook the rear gardens. The long room to the left, over the garage, has a dual aspect with Crittall windows and is currently a home office/study and library. It is fitted with oak panelled walls, two large oak bookcases and has oak strip flooring. This latter space might, combined with one (or two) of the single bedrooms, possibly be reconfigured to create a fabulous main bedroom suite which could include a dressing area and en suite facilities. The main bathroom, which has a shower over the bath, completes this level.
The front gravel driveway is enclosed and provides off street parking for a number of cars and has a side pedestrian access. The rear garden which measures 59m x 21m is of particular interest and has a large south facing lawn, flanked by deep mature shrub borders to both sides and has a wide paved terrace adjacent to the house along with mature sycamore, tall (horse) chestnut, wild cherry and apple trees. In all about 0.42 of an acre.

Location

Barrow Road is situated in the south side of the University city of Cambridge, just 1.5 miles (approximately) from the city centre.
There is a wide range of cultural and recreational amenities within the city, including The Fitzwilliam Museum, and Kettle’s Yard. There is punting available on the river Cam and various green spaces around the city including Grantchester Meadows, Coe Fen and Midsummer Common. Kingsway Cambridge Golf Course and Latham Road playing fields are just 0.3 miles away (on the other side of Trumpington Road), and the Cambridge University Botanic Garden (which covers an entire 40 acres and holds over 8,000 species of plants) is 0.7 miles away.
Cambridge has also become recognised as an important centre for the high tech and bio-tech industries with the University Research and Development Laboratories, Science Park, ARM, Microsoft, AstraZeneca and Addenbrooke’s Hospital/Biomedical Campus.
For shopping there is a popular busy daily market in Cambridge Market Square and further facilities can be found at Grand Arcade shopping malls in central Cambridge. For everyday groceries, there is a Waitrose in nearby Trumpington, located 1.3 miles away.
Cambridge railway station is 1.5 miles away with regular services into London Liverpool Street and Kings Cross and journeys taking from 50 minutes, as well as Stansted and Gatwick Airports. Cambridge is well connected for the A14, A10 and M11 which in turn leads to access down to the south towards London and Stansted.
Schools for all ages groups in Cambridge centre in both state and independent sectors including St Faiths, The Leys, The Perse, The Stephen Perse Foundation. For college students, Long Road and Hills Road sixth form colleges are 0.7 and 1.5 miles respectively.
All distances and times are approximate.

Square Footage: 2,324 sq ft