Location

There are excellent facilities within the village and the adjacent village of Great Shelford including a variety of local shops for everyday needs including a butcher, well regarded delicatessen, convenience store, grocer, chemist, restaurants and public houses.

There is a primary school Great & Little Shelford C of E Primary school and further schooling for all age groups in the area including notable independent schools in Cambridge such as St Faiths, The Perse, The Stephen Perse foundation schools, The Leys and St Mary's.

For the commuter there are regular train services available from Great Shelford and Whittlesford stations leading to Cambridge and London's Liverpool Street station, and services to Kings Cross are available from Cambridge (5 miles) and Royston (10.4 miles).

All distances and times are approximate.

Description

Located in the picturesque village of Little Shelford, this property offers exceptional potential for someone looking to create their own home from an already established period house. Overlooking the village church to the front and open paddocks to the rear, its position in the village is hard to match. The property is available with no onward chain for the first time in 46 years.

Set back from the road behind a walled front garden, the house is set over two floors under pitched tiled roofs. With modernisation required throughout, the internal accommodation layout offers a fantastic canvas to create the mix of modern and period living. On the ground floor the front door leads you in to an entrance hall that in turn gives access to all ground floor rooms as well as taking you to a rear access. Accommodation on the ground floor comprises of a lounge that features a bay window overlooking the front of the property, there is an open kitchen dining area which spans from the front of the house to the rear. An additional spacious reception room overlooks the side garden and offers direct access to the attached green house. Completing the ground floor accommodation is the family bathroom.

Stairs from the hallway lead you to the first floor accommodation where you are greeted by a spacious landing area which benefits from an abundance of natural light. There are four generous double bedrooms as well as a large store room which could be utilised to create an ensuite to one of the adjoining bedrooms.

Outside the property offers additional opportunities to develop the home further with its own store barn located to the rear of the property. The barn, subject to planning, offers a number of possibilities such as an annexe or home offices, currently the barn offers three individual bays on the ground floor and on the first floor again comprises of three separate rooms. The home is approached by its own private driveway that leads to the rear of the property to a courtyard parking area. A covered rear porch leads off the back of the home and takes you to the external laundry room. A well-stocked and long loved garden wraps around the home from the rear garden with its brick built potting shed, overlooking the paddocks, in to the side garden with the green house and on to the secluded front garden area.