A rare opportunity for a detached house, adjoining building plot and additional grassland

Description

55 North Road is a detached house which has been extended over the years on the ground floor. Of brick elevations beneath a tiled roof. On the ground floor the hall leads to a double aspect sitting room with fireplace, a kitchen, fitted with a range of floor and wall units with views to the rear, an adjoining study and conservatory with plumbing for washing machine. In addition, there is a dining room (or third bedroom), a ground floor bathroom and separate cloakroom and there are two bedrooms on the first floor. There is access from outside to a second WC facility.

The property is approached via a gravel driveway and the gardens immediately surround the property with a side lawn and a variety of mature trees and shrubs. There is a garage and one remaining glasshouse.

To the left of the site is the former piggery/potential building plot with permitted development rights. Outline planning permission has been approved REF: 23/02245/OUT.

The whole site extends to 10.25 acres and at the far end, with mature trees to the far boundary which adjoins the former railway line. Please refer to site plan and floor plan for further detail and orientation.

In all 10.25 acres.

History of the site: The Land Settlement Association (LSA) built an estate of smallholdings just south of Gt Abington in the late 1930s. This was one of about 20 such estates around the country, established to provide employment opportunities for long-term unemployed men from depressed industrial areas. The Abington site extended to 688 acres and comprised 62 holdings.

Each of the lots were 10 acres and included a modest house, greenhouse and piggery. The LSA in Abington closed in 1983 at which time the current owners purchased their house and land to continue their horticultural business. Since then the house has been extended on the ground floor, by the government who owned the land settlement association.

The Neighbourhood Plan 2018 - 2031 extended permitted development rights to the dwellings and former piggeries.

Location

The attractive South Cambridgeshire village of Abington has good local facilities Abington including a well-regarded village pub, The Three Tuns, a village shop/post office and, on the edge of the village, the Granta Business Park.

Within the village there is a primary school and further schooling for all age groups is found within the area including well regarded independent schools in Saffron Walden and Cambridge.

More comprehensive shopping and recreational facilities are found in the high tech university city of Cambridge and the medieval market town of Saffron Walden.

For the commuter there is ready access onto the A11 dual carriageway just outside the village which in turn leads south to the M11 (Junction 9) or via the A505 to Junction 10, the Duxford interchange. The A11 proceeds northwards to connect with the A14 which leads to the east coast ports and the A1, M1 & M6. Mainline rail services are available from Whittlesford and Audley End stations, serving London's Liverpool Street and Cambridge, and domestic and international air services from Stansted airport which is three miles from Junction 8 of the M11 to the south.

All distances and times are approximate.

Square Footage: 1,080 sq ft


Acreage: 10.25 Acres

Additional Info

AGENTS NOTE - The access road is unadopted and owned and maintained by Abington Estate Management Ltd (AEML) for which there is a annual membership fee. The members are the freehold owners of property on the Land Settlement Estate.

Please contact the agent for further information in respect of permitted development rights. Outline planning permission for the plot has been approved REF: 23/02245/OUT

Mains water and electricity are connected, private drainage