Beautifully presented, detached barn conversion where established character meets contemporary style.
Superbly positioned at the edge of the village amid delightful rural surroundings with unrivalled views over farmland.
Carefully and sympathetically remodelled, extended and improved.
Offering a generous 2,000 square feet of exceptionally spacious and light accommodation.
Welcoming reception hall with vaulted ceiling and glazed ridgelights.
Two reception rooms creating wonderful living space with vaulted ceilings, exposed timbers and wood burning stoves, and extensive glazing including rooflights and bi-folding doors to garden terrace
Fine bespoke kitchen with granite counters and painted cabinets.
Three double bedrooms including principal with dressing room and superbly appointed en suite.
Delightful ‘wrap-around’ garden, gated drive and large garage/workshop.
Rural location yet convenient for local facilities and access to major road and rail links.
A fine detached barn conversion of undoubted quality with a wonderfully bespoke, spacious and light interior which takes full advantage of its delightful semi-rural location and exceptional views over farmland.
Accommodation in Brief:
Steps up to the recessed entrance porch with part-glazed composite front door opening to a welcoming reception hall with high vaulted ceiling, exposed timbers and glazed ridgelights, useful study/office area and Karndean flooring which extends throughout the majority of the property.
The lounge, also with high vaulted ceiling, exposed timbers and glazed ridgelights, has a wood burning stove making it ideal for cosy evenings - and glazed double doors opening into the dining/garden/sitting room featuring a wood burning stove, roof lantern and bi-fold doors which open onto the south-facing garden terrace.
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The finely crafted and comprehensively fitted bespoke kitchen has a vaulted ceiling with exposed timbers and glazed ridgelights and provides an array of quality painted cabinets with granite counters and upstands, Butler sink with swan-neck extending mixer tap, double oven and warming/proving drawer, ceramic hob with extractor, plumbing for dishwasher and free-standing larder unit. The hardwood breakfast bar/peninsula unit also houses a wine cooler. A practical laundry/utility room will be found adjacent to the kitchen.
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The rear hallway leads to the dormitory area with three excellent double bedrooms, all with vaulted ceilings and exposed ‘A’-frame timbers, and a well-appointed shower room. The superb principal bedroom offers both a walk-in wardrobe/ dressing room and an exceptional en suite bathroom with washstand housing twin washbasins, storage cupboards and ‘wet wall’ splashback which extends into the double shower enclosure. There is also a free-standing bath, close-coupled WC and vertical double-column radiator.
OUTSIDE
The property occupies an attractive plot with both southerly and westerly aspects, enclosed by post and rail fencing to the side and rear, along with mature hedgerow, offering lawned area and shrub beds and raised south-facing terrace. There are external electrical sockets to both front and rear.
A gated drive opens to the extensive off-road parking and provides access to the detached timber outbuilding, ideal for use as garaging, workshop or storage.
Detached Garage/Workshop
5.50m x 4.00m (18’ 1” x 13’ 1”)
Double doors, additional side door to garden.
Location
The village of Great Staughton straddles the B645 linking Kimbolton with St. Neots and the A1; it is a thriving village community with amenities including primary school, doctors survey, two Public Houses including one with renowned restaurant, butchers, beauty salon and Parish Church. The primary school also houses a nursery which offers a breakfast club and after-school activities and also offers pre-school facilities.
The A1 is about 3 miles Southeast giving excellent dual carriageway access both North and South, the recently upgraded A14 and onwards to the M11. Main line commuter train service to London’s Kings Cross is available from St Neots (approx. 6.5 miles) and Huntingdon (approx. 9 miles). Bedford is approximately 14 miles and Cambridge 26 miles away. Airports at East Midlands, Stansted and Luton can be reached in just over an hour. Grafham Water with its full range of sailing activities is less than three miles away and nearby Kimbolton has one of the area's leading private schools, Kimbolton School, along with the well-regarded Kimbolton Primary Academy. There are shops and cafes, pub/restaurant, Indian restaurant, chemist, supermarket, garage, dentist, health centre and veterinary practice.
BUYERS INFORMATION
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