5 bedroom detached house for sale

Formerly a village inn, believed to date to c1830, Granby House offers more than 3300 sq. ft of characterful, well-proportioned and versatile accommodation with enhancement to suit present-day lifestyles. Lofty, sash windows ensure light-filled rooms, with the ground floor offering a sitting room with fireplace, which links to a drawing room providing two setting to enjoy downtime. The formal dining room is perfect for hosting family and friends, with an open aperture linking to the charming kitchen. With an Aga stove at its heart, the kitchen is fitted with white cabinetry, topped with stone and wood work surfaces, with a Belfast sink and colourful Moroccan-inspired tiling. At the rear of the house, the garden room provides flexible-use options and a relaxed space with a connection to the outside terrace.

The first floor offers five bedrooms, all with the benefit of fitted wardrobe storage, and one with decorative vintage fireplace. A family bathroom with pretty mosaic tiling provides a tub and shower cubicle, with additional wash room facilities offered by the separate shower room. A second stairway rises to attic-level where a skylight allows natural light inside and there is space for easy-access storage and a hideaway work setting. A spacious cellar with two-adjoining rooms provides additional versatile uses including excellent wine storage.

A low brick wall to the footpath with gravel and a planted bed creates an attractive frontage to the house and adjoining the rear, a paved terrace offers opportunities for outdoor dining and relaxation whilst enjoying the south-westerly aspect. Brick-edged, raised planting pockets are filled with colourful shrubs and plants and a gravelled area leads to paved stepping stones which gives access across the lawn. The timber studio outbuilding has a pergola adjoining with a seating area below providing a second space for al fresco sitting and a series of steps rise to a further grassed garden with trees beyond the far margin.

The pretty village of Haslingfield is situated to the south west of Cambridge with local amenities including a convenience store/post office, a recreation ground, village hall and primary school. Secondary schooling and sixth form is available at well-regarded Comberton Village College, which lies about 4.5 miles to the north and excellent independent schools in Cambridge include St Faith’s and The Perse School. Commuters are well served by road or rail with the nearby M11 providing good access to Stansted Airport and the M25 to the south, and northwards to the A14, whilst a mainline railway station at Foxton provides services to London, with a faster link from the station at Royston which is approximately 9 miles distant.