Great Staughton,
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KEY FEATURES: -• Characterful Detached Cottage.
• Sitting Room with Inglenook Fireplace and Wood Burner.
• Separate Dining Room and Snug/Study.
• Three Bedrooms.
• First Floor Bathroom.
• Ground Floor Shower Room and WC.
• Rustic Kitchen/Breakfast Room.
• Utility Room.
• Recently Replaced Combi-Boiler.
• Mature Gardens and Private Off-Road Parking.
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The Property
Once two cottages, this fine C18th home is tucked away amid pleasant rural surroundings within the sought-after and convenient village. Rethatched in long straw around 4 years ago, the property offers all the original features and character you could hope for in a cosy and comfortable cottage including a charming Inglenook and a wealth of exposed timbers, a kitchen/breakfast room brick pamment floor, granite counters and fitted appliances and a family bathroom with period suite including a roll-top claw foot bath. The ‘wrap around’ gardens offer an attractive frontage with sun-trap seating area, side courtyard and good-size lawn with a variety mature plants and shrubs.
Stable door leading to:
Rear Lobby / Utility Room
9' x 7' 4" (2.74m x 2.24m)
Utility area with a range of base units with granite work tops over, space and plumbing for automatic washing machine, window to front aspect, tiled floor. Door leading to:
Shower Room
Suite comprising: Shower cubicle with mixer shower and tiled splashbacks, low level W.C. and pedestal wash hand basin, ceramic tiled floor and walls. Window and door to rear aspect.
Kitchen / Breakfast Room
11' 10" x 11' (3.61m x 3.35m)
Fitted with a range of base and wall units in solid oak with granite work tops, inset stainless steel sink bowl / drainer, tiled splashbacks, built-in electric oven and hob with extractor hood over, built-in dishwasher. Feature fireplace with wood burning stove, exposed beams to walls and ceiling, stairs rising to First Floor. Door leading to:
Dining Room
12' 3" x 12' 1" (3.73m x 3.68m)
Horizontal sash window and further window to front aspect, fireplace with brick hearth, exposed beams to walls and ceiling, stairs rising to First Floor. Door leading to:
Sitting Room
13' 5" x 12' 9" (4.09m x 3.89m)
Feature inglenook fireplace with bressumer beam, wood burning stove and brick hearth, exposed beams to walls and ceiling, TV point, window to both side aspects and French doors to side aspect, radiator. Door leading to:
Study
12' 5" x 6' 10" (3.78m x 2.08m)
Window to front aspect, radiator, exposed beams to walls and ceiling, built-in bookcase.
First Floor Landing
Airing cupboard, loft access. Doors leading to Bedrooms and Family Bathroom.
Master Bedroom
12' 8" x 12' 1" (3.86m x 3.68m)
Windows to side and rear aspects, vaulted ceiling, exposed beams to walls and ceiling, radiator.
Bedroom Two
11' 9" x 9' 6" (3.58m x 2.90m)
Window to front aspect, radiator, exposed beams to walls and ceiling.
Family Bathroom
8' 6" x 8' (2.59m x 2.44m)
Suite comprising: Roll top bath, low level W.C and pedestal wash hand basin. Window to front aspect, exposed beams to walls and ceiling.
Bedroom Three
11' 6" x 11' 4" (3.51m x 3.45m)
Accessed via second staircase from Kitchen. Window to front aspect, radiator, exposed beams.
Outside
Front: Off road parking area laid to gravel, gated access to front and side garden, lawn area.
Side: Courtyard garden, patio area, a variety of shrubs and borders.
Rear: Mainly laid to lawn with a variety of shrubs and borders, patio area, enclosed be fencing and hedging.
The Village
Great Staughton straddles the B645 linking Kimbolton with St. Neots and the A1; it is a thriving village community with amenities including primary school, Post Office, two Public Houses, butchers and Parish Church. The primary school also houses a nursery which offers a breakfast club, after-school and pre-school facilities. The A1 is about 3 miles South East giving access to the A14/M11/M6. Commuter train service to London’s Kings Cross is available from St Neots (approx. 6.5 miles) and Huntingdon (approx. 9 miles). Bedford is approx. 14 miles and Cambridge 26 miles away. The airports of Stansted and Luton can be reached in around an hour. Grafham Water with its full range of sailing activities is less than 3 miles away and nearby Kimbolton offers a wider variety of amenities and highly regarded Public School.
Marketed by Town-and-Country.